Porcelain. China, Qing Dynasty (1644 – 1912)
Powerful body, painting on one side in beautiful cobalt blue tone. Light inward curved cylindrical shape in the art of "brush pots". Painting shows a boat, which – according to inscription – due to the battle in year 208, drifts by the famous "Red Rocks", situated on the course of the Yangzi in Hubei. The view into the boat reveals man and woman as well as servants respect. servant boys. Further depicted are several longevity symbols like pines, crane in flight, bamboo and the rock itself. The long text is carefully written and, according to inscription, he tells in verse the story of the "Red Rocks", Qian Chibi fu å‰èµ¤å£è³¦ . Also noted: he "wrote in a summer month", Xiayue shu yu å¤æœˆæ›¸æ–¼. And that "it is heavenly to live with costly porcelain", Qingyun ju zhenci é’雲居çç“· . But Qingyun (literally "blue cloud") means also "career of a public official", with it “ascend and live with costly porcelain", the depiction of the man in the boat portrays a high official. With seal. HEIGHT 15,5 CM, DIAM. 19,5 CM
From an Irish-Czech private collection