A rare Chinese blue and white 'Water Margin' sleeve vase, Chongzhen (1628-1644)

A rare Chinese blue and white 'Water Margin' sleeve vase Chongzhen (1628-1644) the tall cylindrical body deftly painted in cobalt-blue around the exterior with a continuous scene from the Water Margin, depicting the combat at Mount Mangdang 46.5cm high Provenance: Collection of Wilfred Stuart Delano Barnes (1934-2024) and by family descent, collection no. 16 Stuart worked for Jardine Matheson in Hong Kong from 1962, serving for many years as Group Financial Controller and ultimately as Financial Director. The story of 'Subduing the Demons of Mount Mangdang' 「芒碭山降魔」 is a famous episode from the classic Chinese novel Water Margin 「水浒传」. A sorcerer named Fan Rui, nicknamed the 'Demon King of Chaos', occupies Mount Mangdang alongside his fierce lieutenants, Xiang Chong and Li Gun. Bold and ambitious, Fan Rui boasts that he will conquer and annex the Liangshan Marsh. Outraged by this arrogance, Song Jiang, the leader of Liangshan, arrives with reinforcements, including the Daoist wizard Gongsun Sheng. Fan Rui attempts to use his sorcery to summon winds and rocks against Liangshan. Gongsun Sheng counters by unleashing the 'Orthodox Method of Five-Thunder Heavenly Mind' 「五雷天心正法」, a powerful Daoist magic that shatters Fan Rui's spells and traps his army in a mystical stone formation. The present vase stands as a superb testament to the peak of narrative ceramic production during the politically tumultuous Chongzhen reign (1628-1644). With the decline of imperial financial oversight at Jingdezhen, private kilns rapidly pivoted to accommodate the sophisticated, literary tastes of affluent urban merchants and the literati elite. This social shift directly fuelled a creative boom in porcelain decoration inspired by popular woodblock illustrations from vernacular fiction and drama. Characters from masterworks like Water Margin, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and The Romance of the Western Chamber were meticulously painted onto vases and jars. With twenty seven figures depicted on the vase, the dynamic scene rendered across the cylindrical walls of this vessel brings to life the magical confrontation at Mount Mangdang. It captures the dramatic climax where the rogue sorcerer Fan Rui, holding a demon-faced shield, is utterly subdued by Liangshan's preeminent Daoist strategist and other Liangshan heroes. The anonymous painter has masterfully adapted a flat woodblock composition onto the continuous circular surface of the sleeve vase, exploiting the physical layout to stretch out the action. 明崇禎 青花芒碭山降魔水滸故事筒瓶 拍品來源：威爾弗雷德·斯圖爾特·德拉諾·巴恩斯 (Wilfred Stuart Delano Barnes, 1934–2024) 舊藏，後由家族遞藏，收藏編號no. 16。斯圖爾特自1962年起於香港怡和洋行任職，多年來擔任集團財務總監，並最終升任財務董事。 「芒碭山降魔」的故事是古典名著《水滸傳》中的著名篇章。「混世魔王」樊瑞與他手下的悍將項充、李衮盤據在芒碭山。樊瑞狂妄自大且野心勃勃，揚言要吞併梁山泊。梁山首領宋江及軍事公孫勝因其傲慢而大怒，率領援軍趕赴戰場。樊瑞企圖施展巫術、召喚狂風飛石來對抗梁山。公孫勝則施展「五雷天心正法」進行反擊，一舉擊碎了樊瑞的咒語，並將其軍隊困在神祕的石陣之中。 本尊筒瓶堪稱明朝崇禎年間（1628-1644年）政治動盪時期，敘事性瓷器生產巔峰的絕佳見證。隨著景德鎮御窯廠失去朝廷的財政監管，民窯迅速轉型，以迎合富裕城市商人與文人精英的高雅文學品味。這種社會變遷直接推動了瓷器裝飾的創作熱潮，其靈感多取材自通俗小說與戲曲中廣受歡迎的木刻版畫插圖，諸如《水滸傳》、《三國演義》和《西廂記》等傳世傑作。本器圓筒狀瓶壁上所呈現的生動場景，將芒碭山這場精彩的法術對決表現得淋漓盡致。畫面捕捉了戲劇性的高潮時刻：手持獸面盾牌的草莽法師樊瑞，被梁山首領道教軍師及其他梁山好漢徹底降伏。無名畫工巧妙地將原本平面的木刻版畫構圖，移植到筒瓶的連續圓形表面上，充分利用其器形特點，引導觀者的視線，其中所描繪人物多達二十七位，可謂不可多得的一件過渡期佳作。 Condition Report: rim with one vertical crack of 6cm long visible under the UV light and sprayed Condition Report Disclaimer, A rare Chinese blue and white 'Water Margin' sleeve vase, A rare Chinese blue and white 'Water Margin' sleeve vase Chongzhen (1628-1644) the tall cylindrical body deftly painted in cobalt-blue around the exterior with a continuous scene from the Water Margin, depicting the combat at Mount Mangdang 46.5cm high Provenance: Collection of Wilfred Stuart Delano Barnes (1934-2024) and by family descent, collection no. 16 Stuart worked for Jardine Matheson in Hong Kong from 1962, serving for many years as Group Financial Controller and ultimately as Financial Director. The story of 'Subduing the Demons of Mount Mangdang' 「芒碭山降魔」 is a famous episode from the classic Chinese novel Water Margin 「水浒传」. A sorcerer named Fan Rui, nicknamed the 'Demon King of Chaos', occupies Mount Mangdang alongside his fierce lieutenants, Xiang Chong and Li Gun. Bold and ambitious, Fan Rui boasts that he will conquer and annex the Liangshan Marsh. Outraged by this arrogance, Song Jiang, the leader of Liangshan, arrives with reinforcements, including the Daoist wizard Gongsun Sheng. Fan Rui attempts to use his sorcery to summon winds and rocks against Liangshan. Gongsun Sheng counters by unleashing the 'Orthodox Method of Five-Thunder Heavenly Mind' 「五雷天心正法」, a powerful Daoist magic that shatters Fan Rui's spells and traps his army in a mystical stone formation. The present vase stands as a superb testament to the peak of narrative ceramic production during the politically tumultuous Chongzhen reign (1628-1644). With the decline of imperial financial oversight at Jingdezhen, private kilns rapidly pivoted to accommodate the sophisticated, literary tastes of affluent urban merchants and the literati elite. This social shift directly fuelled a creative boom in porcelain decoration inspired by popular woodblock illustrations from vernacular fiction and drama. Characters from masterworks like Water Margin, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and The Romance of the Western Chamber were meticulously painted onto vases and jars. With twenty seven figures depicted on the vase, the dynamic scene rendered across the cylindrical walls of this vessel brings to life the magical confrontation at Mount Mangdang. It captures the dramatic climax where the rogue sorcerer Fan Rui, holding a demon-faced shield, is utterly subdued by Liangshan's preeminent Daoist strategist and other Liangshan heroes. The anonymous painter has masterfully adapted a flat woodblock composition onto the continuous circular surface of the sleeve vase, exploiting the physical layout to stretch out the action. 明崇禎 青花芒碭山降魔水滸故事筒瓶 拍品來源：威爾弗雷德·斯圖爾特·德拉諾·巴恩斯 (Wilfred Stuart Delano Barnes, 1934–2024) 舊藏，後由家族遞藏，收藏編號no. 16。斯圖爾特自1962年起於香港怡和洋行任職，多年來擔任集團財務總監，並最終升任財務董事。 「芒碭山降魔」的故事是古典名著《水滸傳》中的著名篇章。「混世魔王」樊瑞與他手下的悍將項充、李衮盤據在芒碭山。樊瑞狂妄自大且野心勃勃，揚言要吞併梁山泊。梁山首領宋江及軍事公孫勝因其傲慢而大怒，率領援軍趕赴戰場。樊瑞企圖施展巫術、召喚狂風飛石來對抗梁山。公孫勝則施展「五雷天心正法」進行反擊，一舉擊碎了樊瑞的咒語，並將其軍隊困在神祕的石陣之中。 本尊筒瓶堪稱明朝崇禎年間（1628-1644年）政治動盪時期，敘事性瓷器生產巔峰的絕佳見證。隨著景德鎮御窯廠失去朝廷的財政監管，民窯迅速轉型，以迎合富裕城市商人與文人精英的高雅文學品味。這種社會變遷直接推動了瓷器裝飾的創作熱潮，其靈感多取材自通俗小說與戲曲中廣受歡迎的木刻版畫插圖，諸如《水滸傳》、《三國演義》和《西廂記》等傳世傑作。本器圓筒狀瓶壁上所呈現的生動場景，將芒碭山這場精彩的法術對決表現得淋漓盡致。畫面捕捉了戲劇性的高潮時刻：手持獸面盾牌的草莽法師樊瑞，被梁山首領道教軍師及其他梁山好漢徹底降伏。無名畫工巧妙地將原本平面的木刻版畫構圖，移植到筒瓶的連續圓形表面上，充分利用其器形特點，引導觀者的視線，其中所描繪人物多達二十七位，可謂不可多得的一件過渡期佳作。, Water Margin, Provenance:, Water Margin, Water Margin, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, The Romance of the Western Chamber, Condition Report:, rim with one vertical crack of 6cm long visible under the UV light and sprayed, Condition Report Disclaimer

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