• Dimension: Height: 19 in (48.3 cm) Width: 7 1/2 in (19.1 cm)
• Estimate From: $3500
• Estimate To: $5500

Chinese. The cylindrical body surmounted by a straight neck and everted galleried rim, finely painted with scenes depicting officials and warrior figures, the shoulder with reserves enclosing books and antiques on a diaper ground. Qing Dynasty period.

尺寸碩大，盤口直頸，豐肩鼓腹，下承圈足，因形似棒槌而得名，其腹部平緩而開闊，適宜繪飾各類人物場景，為康熙朝新創之瓶式。通身施五彩繪圖案，口沿、頸部飾“迴紋”“如意云紋”一周，肩部開光飾“八寶紋”，瓶腹採用通景式構圖方法繪飾“山水人物圖”，人物形象逼真活脫，畫法精細入微。起伏變化的山石、蒼松和點綴其間的草叢來體現畫面的空間感和錯落感，人物與背景之間協調巧妙，這種移步換景的構圖方式，給人以密不透風之觀感，雖畫面滿而全，但主次關係分明，人物關係安排合理，錯落有秩，既面面俱到，又重點突出。整器氣勢恢宏，成對保存完好，帶木座，實屬難得。來源: 洛杉磯私人藏家收藏
Provenance: From a private Los Angeles collection