Cylindrisk hög form med utböjd mynning. Målad dekor i underglasyrblått föreställande en dignitet och hans entourage med krigare och betjäning. Höjd 45 cm.
Något avkortad i halsen, spricka som löper från foten.
From the Collection of Captain Nils Gutaf von Heidenstam. Thence by descent.
Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Christiaan J. A. Jorg in collaboration with Jan van Campen, published by Phillip Wilson and the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, London and Amsterdam, 1997, p 78, also see p 78 pl. 66 for a Rolwagen vase with a similarly decorated overhanging willow tree. Another two examples of Rolwagen vases can be found in La Maladie de Porcelaine – East Asian Porcelain from the Collection of Augustus the Strong, Eva Strober, Edition Leipzig, Berlin, 2001, p 32, pl. 9, as well as another example of the Chinese rebus, p 30, pl. 8. Also see for a selection of Rolwagen vases, Shunzhi Porcelain – Treasures from an Unknown Reign, Michael Butler, Julia B. Curtis, Stephen Little, Art Services International, Alexandria, Virginia, 2002, p 96, pl. 6, p 114, pl. 16, p 126, pl. 22.1.
Rolwagens are known as part of the VOC export assortment and enjoyed great popularity in Europe as decorative objects. The Dutch word rolwagen (literally ‘rolling wagon’) may have been derived from an element in a scene which frequently occurs on these vases, namely a figure seated in a cart with two big wheels, the rolwagen.