Chinese porcelain bottle vase with tall cylindrical flared neck decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua), Kangxi

Fine Chinese porcelain pear shaped slender bottle vase with tall cylindrical flared neck decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua) with flowering branches and in the centre with bamboo, all within double lines, the body with a continuous fishing scene with two seated fishermen at a riverside, conversing over a meal of fish on a platter, a wine pot and cover with two cups, all beneath a willow tree emerging from rock work, continuing with a scene of a lady in a boat moored at the riverside, holding a baby, who looks at the stove, h. 17 cm, 6½ in, c. 1700 Kangxi reign, Qing dynasty. 1-22514

Provenance: Marchant, stock R9880.

Literature: Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, volume III, by R. Krahl and J. Ayers, p. 911, cat. 2088 for an identical vase.

精美的中國青花花卉人物紋長頸瓶，頸部飾以開光花卉，瓶身畫兩漁夫正在垂柳下品嘗美味佳餚，遠處河岸邊停靠一艘船，船上一位婦女懷抱嬰孩。17釐米，6 ½英吋，約1700年，清康熙。

藏品來源：馬錢特，庫存編號R9880。

參考文獻：《伊斯坦布爾托普卡帕博物館藏中國陶瓷》，卷三，作者R. Krahl 和J. Ayers，見第911頁，編號2088一件相同瓶子。