REPUBLIC PERIOD (1912-1949)

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A FAMILLE ROSE INSCRIBED 'LANDSCAPE' BOTTLE VASE
REPUBLIC PERIOD (1912-1949)
The exterior of the body is delicately enamelled with a continuous lakeside landscape scene, featuring fishermen and travellers within tall mountains, trees and rocks, below a long poetic inscription to the neck which ends with two red seals. The base bears the iron-red seal mark Zhaode tang zhi, made for the Hall of Zhaode.
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high

Provenance

Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 October 2006, lot 1135

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Lot Essay

The two-line inscription to the neck is extracted from the poem Chun Ri (Spring Day) by the Southern Song author Zhu Xi (1130-1200), eulogising the beauty of a sunny and vibrant spring landscape.

The hallmark Zhaode tang zhi appears to be one of the hallmarks used by Cao Kun (1862-1938), sixth President of the Republic of China between 1923-1924.

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