A WUCAI 'WEIQI PLAYERS' DOUBLE-GOURD VASE, TRANSITIONAL PERIOD
China, mid-17th century. Finely painted in bright enamels, the upper section with boys at play below wispy clouds, the lower section with two scholars in a garden playing weiqi (go) and flanked by two attendants.

Provenance: Collection of Gerard Levy. Gerard Levy (1934-2016), named by Le Figaro as 'The Man with the Carnation' for the flower he would always wear on his lapel, was a revered dealer and connoisseur of Asian art and antique photography. His gallery in Paris, designed by Le Corbusier, opened in 1966, and is today run and managed by his daughter, with the help of her two brothers, both renowned collectors themselves. About his collection, Gerard Levy once said, “The intention was that my collection should be off the beaten track. Should you share my taste, I will know that I was right to collect along these lines. But in any case, I have gained enormous pleasure from my collection.”
Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear and firing flaws, such as pitting, dark spots, and glaze recesses, as well as few minor frits and surface scratches.

Weight: 486 g
Dimensions: Height 21 cm

The countersunk base with an apocryphal four-character underglaze-blue mark Chenghua Nianzhi.

Auction result comparison: Compare a closely related wucai double-gourd vase, also dated to the transitional period and painted with the same subject, but with an unglazed base and significant wear, at Christie's Amsterdam, 11-13 December 2012, lot 513, sold for EUR 3,750.

過渡時期五彩“下棋”人物場景葫蘆瓶
中國，十七世紀中期。琺瑯彩繪精美，葫蘆瓶上半部有童子嬉戲圖，下半部可見兩位文人在園中下圍棋，兩側有侍從。

來源：Gerard Levy收藏。Gerard Levy (1934-2016) 被費加羅報命名為“康乃馨先生”，因為他總是在領上佩戴著康乃馨花，他是一位受人尊敬的亞洲藝術和古董攝影經銷商和鑑賞家。 他在巴黎的畫廊由Le Corbusier 設計，於 1966 年開業，如今由他的女兒在她的兩個兄弟的幫助下經營和管理，兩位兄弟都是著名的收藏家。 關於他的收藏，Gerard Levy 曾經說過，“我要讓我的收藏與眾不同。如果你我品味相投，我就會知道我收藏的方向是正確的。 但無論如何，我從我的收藏中獲得了巨大的樂趣。”
品相：狀況極佳，有輕微磨損和燒製缺陷，如麻點、黑點和釉面凹陷，以及少量輕微熔塊和表面劃痕。

重量：486 克
尺寸：高 21 厘米

瓶底青花“成化年製”紀念款。

拍賣結果比較：比較一件過渡時期五彩葫蘆瓶，相同主題，但底部未上釉，且磨損較嚴重，見阿姆斯特丹佳士得2012年12月11-13日 lot 513, 售價EUR 3,750。