California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 July 7, 2018  July 7, 2018

 Lot # 5220 
A VERY LARGE BLUE AND WHITE 'WAN-SHOU' VASE    清 青花萬壽尊


  • Dimension: Height: 30 1/2 in (77.5 cm) Diameter: 15 in (38.1 cm)
  • Estimate From: $12000
  • Estimate To: $24000

Potted with shoulders rising to a waisted neck below galleried rim, the sides tapering gently towards rounded foot rim. The body finely inscribed overall with ten thousand characters in cobalt blue in ninety seven rows, comprising one Wan character and 9999 Shou characters in various forms of seal script. The base unglazed.Qing dynasty period.


尊撇口,短頸,直腹,圈足。通體以青花書寫“壽”字,分佈於口、沿、腹、足四個部位。總共一萬個“壽”字,寓意“萬壽無疆” 。此尊是康熙皇帝過萬壽節(誕辰)時,禦窯廠敬獻的禮品。尊上的“壽”字,全部採用不同書體的篆字書寫,排列整齊,縱橫成行,字體大小肥瘦隨器身的凹凸曲折而加大或縮小,順暢自然,體現了製瓷藝人的匠心,只有經過絲毫不差的縝密安排才能寫成整整一萬個“壽”字,而且字字工整,使整個器物顯得莊重非凡。器物以“壽”字作裝飾往往與其他紋飾相配合,唯獨此尊通體用“壽”字作裝飾,且設計、書寫皆精妙。