拍品 134
  • 134

明宣德 青花四季花卉紋水盂 《大明宣德年製》款

估價
80,000 - 120,000 GBP
招標截止

描述

  • 《大明宣德年製》款
  • ceramic
  • 9.5 公分,3 3/4 英寸
the rounded sides rising from a concave foot, painted to the sides in inky washes of cobalt blue with peonies borne on the same continuous scroll surrounded by fleshy leaves and attendant buds, with a band of classic scroll and lappets at the foot and a band of lotus scrolls at the rim, the underglaze blue six-character mark inscribed horizontally below the rim

Condition

There's a 'Y' shaped crack from the rim to the body, one branch is measuring 7cm. long and the other one is measuring 3cm. long.
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拍品資料及來源

本水盂造型典麗,青花濃艷,紋飾細緻,持於手中,甚為適意,乃宣德御瓷珍品佳例。此器形述於Archibald Brankston,《Early Ming Wares of Chingtechen》,北京,1938,頁25,作者論述,此為凈水盌,盛載凈水,用於靜禱之時,尺寸小巧,器形渾圓,置於掌心,安適稱意。 可比較數例,見於各大重要博物館及私人收藏,其一乃清宮舊藏,現存於北京,載於《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集.青花釉裏紅(上)》,香港,2008,圖版130,同書並載另一例,高足盌,宣德年器並款,用處與本品相近,圖版131;台北國立故宮博物院收藏亦收藏一例,曾展於《明宣德瓷器特展目錄》,台北,1980年,編號20;另比一例,錄《出光美術館蔵品図錄.中国陶磁》,東京,1987 年,圖版636;例四出自大維德爵士伉儷收藏,曾展於《Exhibition of Chinese Art》,Palazzo Ducale,威尼斯,1954年,編號639。尚可比較數例,曾現身拍賣場,其一出自仇焱之收藏,兩度售於香港蘇富比1981年5月19日,編號402及1994年5月3日,編號40;其二曾展於日本陶瓷學會《Inaugural Exhibition》,廣島,1954年,編號14,售於香港佳士得2012年5月30日,編號4056;其三售於香港蘇富比2005年5月2日,編號508。

此外亦可比較數例,器形相近且無款,其一出自John Addis爵士收藏,現存於倫敦大英博物館,載於 Jessica Harrison-Hall,《Ming Ceramics in the British Museum》,倫敦,2001年,圖版4.22另一例出自Fuller收藏,售於倫敦佳士得1965年6月28/29日,編號147;其三載於John Ayers,《Chinese Ceramics. The Koger Collection》,倫敦,1985年,圖版50。

雍正《古玩圖》刻畫御藏古玩珍品,倫敦維多利亞與艾伯特博物館收藏,編號E59-1911,斷代1729年,圖中繪一宣德例,配木座。