HOTUNG | 何東 The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung: Part 1 | Evening
HOTUNG | 何東 The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung: Part 1 | Evening
An important and exceptionally painted blue and white 'fish' jar, guan, Yuan dynasty | 元 青花魚藻紋大罐
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An important and exceptionally painted blue and white 'fish' jar, guan,
Yuan dynasty
元 青花魚藻紋大罐
the sturdily-potted baluster body rising from a spreading foot to a short straight neck with a lipped rim, superbly painted around the body in vibrant cobalt blue with four fishes swimming in a pond amidst large blooming lotus flowers and various aquatic plants, the lively scene detailed with two butterflies hovering above, the neck encircled with cresting waves painted with calligraphic precision, the rounded shoulder with large peony blooms borne on a continuous leafy scroll, with the blooms alternating in frontal and profile views, all above stylised upright petals enclosing various precious emblems and flaming pearls, the broad foot ring and recessed base unglazed
w. 35.3 cm
A European private collection.
Christie’s London, 11th July 2006, lot 111 and back cover.
Eskenazi Ltd, London, 2006.
歐洲私人收藏
倫敦佳士得2006年7月11日，編號111及封底
埃斯卡納齊，倫敦，2006年
Rosemary Scott, ‘A Magnificent and Rare 14th Century Fish Jar’, Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Including Export Art, Christie’s London, 2006, pp. 108-11.
Huo Jishu (Jessica Harrison-Hall), ‘Yuandai qinghua ci: Da Ying Bowuguan yu Daweide Jijinhui cang pin/Yuan Dynasty Blue-and-White: Collections and Collectors in the British Museum and Sir Percival David Collection’, in Li Zhongmou et al., Youlan shencai. 2012 Shanghai Yuan qinghua guoji xueshu yantaohui lunwenji/Splendors in Smalt. Art of Yuan Blue-and-white Porcelain Proceedings, Shanghai, 2015, vol. 1, p. 389, fig. 23.
Regina Krahl, Early Chinese Blue-and-White Porcelain. The Mingzhitang Collection of Sir Joseph Hotung, Hong Kong, 2022, no. 8.
蘇玫瑰，〈A Magnificent and Rare 14th Century Fish Jar〉，中國瓷器及工藝精品，倫敦佳士得，2006年，頁108-11
霍吉淑，〈元代青花瓷：大英博物館與大維德基金會藏品〉，李仲謀等，《幽藍神采：2012上海元青花國際學術研討會論文集》，上海，2015年，卷1，頁389，圖23
康蕊君，《Early Chinese Blue-and-White Porcelain. The Mingzhitang Collection of Sir Joseph Hotung》，香港，2022年，編號8
British Museum, London, on loan, 2012.
大英博物館，倫敦，借展，2012年