Descrizione
Description: Chinese porcelain rouleau vase decorated with two mythical beasts (xiezhi?) in rocky landscapes under cloudy sky, and with two small landscapes at the neck, all on a powder-blue background. The decoration of this vase is of the highest quality. The scales of the animals are meticulously individually painted, not cross-hatched as is seen on later porcelain, see the images of the details in the last pictures. This vase belongs from a prestigious collection, see Provenance here below.
Dating: Kangxi period.
Size: 44.5 cm high
Provenance: Antiquarian market.
It belongs from the Laura collection. Luigi Anton and Nera Laura were a couple of very important collectors, scholars and antiquarians. They lived in Liguria, (seaside Genova Region), London, Paris, travelling through the World. They amassed an impressive collection of antiquities. Their Italian house, Villa San Luca in Ospedaletti near the Imperia town, was originally an Anglican Church. They donated it to the FAI (Fondo Ambiente Italiano) which is a non-profit association devoted to restoration and preservation of historical or important buildings and places. The house is now a museum run by the FAI:
https://fondoambiente.it/casa-e-collezione-laura-eng/
Part of the collection was auctioned in June 27, 2001 by Sotheby’s in Paris (The Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Luigi Anton Laura – Important furniture, Works of art and Chinese Porcelain). To give an idea of the quality of the collection, the last two pictures are showing two impressive Kangxi items from the auction’s catalog; we never saw such items before. Allemandi (a publishing house specializing in art books) printed in 2012 the “East Asian Ceramics – The Laura Collection”, ISBN 9788842221425, book by Rose Kerr and Luisa E. Mengoni. The finding of the present rouleau vase was a real stroke of luck for us. We bought it at an Auction house in Torino; it was converted to lamp and the base was not visible, but by the pictures we understand that all the fittings were outside the vase, thus the base should not be drilled. The shade was an antique one and the Auction house listed it in a group of objects belonging from an ancient “Institute for the care and upbringing of abandoned children” that had ceased operations. It was a great surprise, after receiving the vase and removing the socket, to see the sticker of the Laura Collection! We do not know who gave the vase to that Institute, and when; if the Laura couple of somebody else who got it from them.
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