Imperial Porcelain - A Private Collection
Imperial Porcelain - A Private Collection
A FINE AND RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON MEDALLION' BOWL, YONGZHENG MARK AND PERIOD 清雍正 青花團夔龍紋臥足盌 《大清雍正年製》款
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November 6, 11:47 AM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
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Description
A FINE AND RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON MEDALLION' BOWL
YONGZHENG MARK AND PERIOD
清雍正 青花團夔龍紋臥足盌 《大清雍正年製》款
with gently rounded sides rising from a concave base to a slightly everted rim, painted to the exterior in rich tones of cobalt with four circular roundels each depicting a pair of interlaced archaistic kui dragons, repeated to the centre of the interior and surrounded by a border of stylised pomegranates, the base inscribed with a six-character reign mark within a double circle in underglaze blue
Diameter 11.9 cm, 4¾ in.
Finely painted with roundels of interlocking dragons against a brilliant white ground, this charming bowl was inspired by a Chenghua period (r. 1465-1487) design. See for example two shallow washers painted with roundels of sinuous makara dragons, in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, included in the Museum's Special Exhibition of Ch'eng-hua Porcelain Wares, Taipei, 2003, cat. nos 49 and 50.
A pair of closely related bowls from the collection of William and Jennifer Shaw was sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 20th November 1984, lot 384, and again in our New York rooms, 16th March 2016, lot 300. See also a pair of bowls with this design rendered in pencilled lines sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30th October 1995, lot 776; and a single bowl also sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 20th March 1990, lot 768.
本盌精繪團夔龍紋，白地明净，取靈感自成化雛本。比較兩團夔龍紋洗作例，現藏於台北故宮博物院，載於《成化瓷器特展圖錄》，2003年，編號49及50。另比一對例，出自趙文虎丘珍妮伉儷收藏，售於香港蘇富比1984年11月20日，編號384，後易手於紐約蘇富比2016年3月16日，編號300。另比一對例，繪團夔龍紋，售於香港佳士得1995年10月30日，編號776；另一例售於香港佳士得1990年3月20日，編號768。