Waiting Boat

Jingdezhen imperial kilns, 1821-1850
Height:   5.62 cm
Mouth/lip:  0.52/1.96 cm
Stopper:  iron-red, gold and turquoise green pigment on porcelain.

Provenance:
Beijing Wenberry, 22 June 2014, lot 4008
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd.

 

Pale-yellow glaze on white porcelain; with a wide mouth, flat lip, and recessed flat foot surrounded by a protruding convex foot rim; carved with a continuous gorge scene with rocky cliffs on either side of a river, with two figures in a two-building country residence with pine and other trees and bamboo, a covered skiff moored near the dwelling; the foot glazed, the interior unglazed

Alexander Whittaker