A Magnificent Yongle Blue and White Moon Flask
A Magnificent Yongle Blue and White Moon Flask
A superb and exceptionally rare blue and white 'floral' moon flask, Ming dynasty, Yongle period | 明永樂 青花纏枝花卉紋雙耳扁壺
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A superb and exceptionally rare blue and white 'floral' moon flask,
Ming dynasty, Yongle period
明永樂 青花纏枝花卉紋雙耳扁壺
modelled after a Middle Eastern metal prototype, elegantly potted with a flattened moon-shaped body rising from a circular splayed foot to a garlic neck flanked by a pair of handles ending with ruyi-shaped terminals on the shoulders, further decorated with a domed lug detailed with a floral motif at the centre of each narrow side, the narrow sides painted with vertical lines interrupted by the handles and lugs, as though composed of two vertical halves, each side of the vase superbly painted in rich cobalt tones with a single flowering stem springing from the bottom of the vessel and scrolling in a full circle around the domed surface while rhythmically bearing seven stylised blooms, rich foliage, and unusual fronds, the neck collared by a band of stylised floral springs below floral sprays encircling the bulbous mouth, all beneath a most lustrous transparent glaze, the flat unglazed base centred with a well hollowed-out, glazed, globular recess
扁壺器形以中東金銀器為雛本，壺腹扁圓，宛似滿月，上承圓頸，下接圓足，圈足外撇如環，平底無釉，足內施透明釉，器形比例和諧，壺腹二面皆繪單柄花藤，自底部蔓生，環繞器腹，綴七朵盛放嬌蕊，纏枝卷葉相襯，蕨狀長卷葉與花莖優雅相連，輕重錯落，宛如音韻美樂，壺側繪垂直線條，從雙耳貫穿腹側花鈕至圈足，宛若以前、後二部相接，扁壺釉色勻細，青花發色濃豔，紋飾筆法嫻熟，精彩細緻，布局縝密均衡
28.6 cm
Discovered in West Yorkshire in March 1986.
Sotheby's London, 9th December 1986, lot 198.
來源：
1986年3月於英國西約克郡被發現
倫敦蘇富比1986年12月9日，編號198
Zhongguo ming tao Riben xunhui zhan. Gang Tai mingjia shoucang taoci jingpin [Exhibition of famous Chinese ceramics touring Japan. Fine ceramics from private Hong Kong and Taiwanese Collections], Museum of History, Taipei, 1992, p. 117.
Geng Baochang, Ming Qing ciqi jianding [Appraisal of Ming and Qing porcelain], Hong Kong, 1993, pl. 55.
出版：
《中國名陶日本巡迴展—港台名家收藏陶瓷精品》，歷史博物館，台北，1992年，頁117
耿寶昌，《明清瓷器鑑定》，香港，1993年，圖版55
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Selected Treasures of Chinese Art, Min Chiu Society Thirtieth Anniversary Exhibition, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1990-91, cat. no. 128.
Blue and White Porcelain from the Tianminlou Collection, Chang Foundation, Taipei, 1992, cat. no. 28.
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展覽：
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《歷代文物萃珍：敏求精舍三十週年紀念展》，香港藝術館，香港，1990-91年，編號128
《天民樓青花瓷特展》，鴻禧美術館，台北，1992年，編號28
《中国名陶展：中国陶磁2000年の精華》，橋高島屋，東京，以及其他六個日本縣市，1992年，編號73
《天民樓珍藏青花瓷器》，上海，1996年，編號29及封面
《金木水火土：香港文物收藏精品展》，香港藝術館，香港，2001-04年，編號20
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《馳騁古今：中國藝術的仿摹與創新》，香港東方陶瓷學會，香港大學美術博物館，香港，2006年，編號175
《日昇月騰 1368-1644：從敏求精舍藏品看明代》，香港歷史博物館，香港，2015年，編號64
《香江雅集：香港回歸祖國二十周年特展》，首都博物館，北京，2017年，編號117