Barrels Kangxi, Qing Dynasty

BARRELS. Around, bowl-shaped, with slightly swung edge and on a foot edge. Decor in Famille verte (“green family”) with five figures in a landscape. In the middle a beach, on the right a large pine tree (symbol of a long life). Overglaze painting, contours in dark brown or brown red. The glaze in several places with insignificant unevenness, on the edge flaked, on the bottom outside marks after blisters. The Taoistian Qin Gao, who lived under the fighting states (c. 475 - 221 BC.), was famous for knowing how to extend life. One day he decided to descend into a river to capture the “dragon’s son,” with a view to becoming immortal. The dragon’s son was a red carp and Qin Gao told his disciples to build a temple on the river to a certain date. Just that day, Qin Gao rode out of the water on the red carp and made his way to the temple, where he received thousands supporters. After a month he rode back into the river on the carp, to the realm of immortality. The barrel shows when Qin Gao rides off, while his disciples wave goodbye. Porcelain dish in overglaze enamels. Qing dynasty, Kangxi period Daoist Immortal Qin Gao, Daduring the Warring States period (c. 475 - 221 BCE) was renDafor mastering for longevity. One day he wants to enter a river to “the son of the dragon,” in order to One mortal. The son of the dragon was a red carp, and Qin Gao told his experiences to build a river by a The date. On that very day Qin Gao rode a red carp out of the water and went to sit in the On, to On andsands. After a had elapsed, he rode the red carp back into the river After immortal realms. The dish shows Qin Gao dish on his carp, dish his dish ples bid him farewell on the river bank.