Page 24 - Nov 2019 Christie's Hong Kong a Falancai Imperial Bowl.

fig. 8 A yellow-ground falangcai shallow dish, Kangxi yuzhi mark and period
Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei
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A third Kangxi yuzhi porcelain is described, but, sadly, not illustrated, in the ⧻இഺ⦏ᐂ՞ࣿ጑੓།㑂㯀卻#BSCBSB )VUUPO卼⯠⻦
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catalogue of a Sotheby’s London sale, which took place on 26 May, 1937, lot ཎ⎷卿ᙻ ჺ ᝲ ᚚ⣌㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑᐽ߅卻ᐽ
100. This bowl, from the collection of the famous Chinese collector-dealer
৅⤔⽚ 卼卻ވ̉卼ǯٳᘹ⼖༛ᬘ ჺ ᝲ
Wu Laixi (Wu Lai-hsi), is described in the catalogue as having a pink ground
ᚚᐽ㐈ᝯ⎏எ㢙ԋ卿ᝪᓽߪ✄Ӳ׾ᄮᾭᇙㅳ≢
– possibly a dark pink similar to that of the current bowl. It is also described
as being decorated with two yellow lotuses, one green lotus and one blue ⎾卻ᐽ৅⤔⽚ 卼卿኿ត㇦எ▔ǯ᫉⎾߅⯇ԋஇ
lotus, accompanied by buds and leaves and with a pink Kangxi yuzhi mark. ⶬल⻦།ᜫऒⶸਦॕ㏿ᾭ⯠⻦卿ᗌ♑ݯ஠ຽ⟾⡚卿
Although no additional plants are mentioned in the description of the Wu
ज⬒۬ទᐽ৅⯺१ⰰڍ᳅ǯऔം卿எ㢙ᑨ⎾㕇㱈㿩
Laixi bowl, the metal-bodied censer and the two yellow-ground porcelain
⸥Հភ卿⨿⸥ࣿ⻤⸥पӬភ卿ְս⸥⸤⳴⶟卿⧤⟾
vessels all have delicate reeds included amongst the lotuses. The small cup
from the Hutton collection also includes small blue flowers amongst the ⡚ᆭᄮᾭᇙㅳ᪪ǯ㫍὞ᙔԋតᝳᓽࣿॕ᭄⻦⎾⥾ᝳ
lotuses and reeds. Naturalistic lotuses also appear on a pastel pink ground ݯձ᣿⁒卿ֿӳ㘚㞖ྏ⫭㲞‐ࣿՀ׾㿩஠≢଍⎏⸥
porcelain Kangxi yuzhi bowl (fig. 10) in the collection of the National
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Palace Museum, Taipei (illustrated in Special Exhibition of Ch’ing Dynasty
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enamelled Porcelains of the Imperial Ateliers, Taipei, 1992, p. 42, no. 6). However,
on this Taipei bowl the lotuses are restricted to one of the four panels on ㅳ⎾卻ވղ卼卿଍㕇ս⟾ᆭ⬄⬖⡚ἃ஠卿ݯӳ⥾⯇
the sides of the bowl, each of which contains one of the flowers of the four ὞༵༰⎏⸥⡠卿எ㇦Ƕ᳖༈ԋ⇈⇶ᆭ≢⁞ཿǷ㮰
seasons – the other three being peony, plum, camellia, and chrysanthemum.
⤔⽚ 卻झ࢈厍 卼ǯ὞⩧卿ݯം೅ᝳ୨㬷㧷ݏ卿
Interestingly, none of the other vessels include double lotus, like those seen ݤ⥾୨໋Ɽࢭ卻࣊⁍ԕǮᢐⱤǮⳍⱤকⴵⱤ卼卿ݯ
on the current bowl. This suggests that the current bowl was a very special ԋۣᝳӬ㬷㧷ݏ⥾⸥⡠ǯ
order, probably for an occasion regarded by the Kangxi Emperor as being
of exceptional importance. This bowl with its sumptuous red ground and ᝳ㑪⎏ᛓ卿ӳ㘚प׾⎐Ὅទᐽ৅⎏Ԇⷓ⸥⡠ǯज㇦
exquisite encircling lotus design, incorporating double lotus blossoms, appears
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to be a unique, auspicious, imperial treasure of the Kangxi reign.
⁞ἃ῟ㅳǯ⎾㕇⎏༾⒢⡚஠ຉⰴ᪞ᶊ卿Ꮢ⥾㘻ᜀ⸥
ᮆ⡿⮏۔▵卿Ԇ⣧սԆⷓ⸥ᙇᡏ卿༡ዪ◘▼卿ᰵἃ
ᄮᾭᇙ≢ԋℒӬὍՀ⎏⢞ⰰצ≢ǯ

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