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A MASSIVE RARE BLACK-GROUND 清光緒 墨地素三彩暗刻龍紋花石圖大盤
EMAMELLED AND INCISED CHARGER 「儲秀宮製」篆書款

GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908), CHUXIUGONG ZHI HALL MARK IN
UNDERGLAZE BLUE 來源:
The central medallion of the charger is incised with two dragons 倫敦蘇富比，1974年11月4日，拍品269號（傳）
around a central flaming pearl, enamelled with flowering peonies 香港蘇富比，1977年12月2日，拍品743號
and prunus springing up from behind ornamental rock, the dragons 香港蘇富比，1993年10月26-27日，拍品299號
partially picked out in enamels, the rounded sides with branches of 香港佳士得，1997年4月27-28日，拍品784號
flowering prunus, peonies, chrysanthemum and lotus all reserved 巴黎蘇富比，2011年6月9日，拍品202號
on a black ground. The reverse is decorated with further striding
dragons amidst flowers reserved on a pale lemon-yellow ground.
25 in. (64 cm.) diam., box
HK$700,000-900,000 US$90,000-120,000

P R O V E NAN C E :
Sold at Sotheby’s London, 4 November 1974, lot 269, by repute
Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 2 December 1977, lot 743
Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 26-27 October 1993, lot 299
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 27-28 April 1997, lot 784 (mark)
Sold at Sotheby’s Paris, 9 June 2011, lot 202

The Palace of Gathered Elegance (Chuxiu gong) is located in the northeast 儲秀宮，內廷西六宮之一，明清時為妃嬪所居。慈禧入宮後曾居住儲秀宮後
of the Six Western Palaces in the Forbidden City, was the residence of 殿，並在此生下同治皇帝。「儲秀宮製」款瓷器為慈禧太后御用瓷器，器型
concubines in Ming and Qing dynasties. The Empress Dowager Cixi 以大盤居多，紋飾以龍紋為主。參考一「儲秀宮製」款黃地素三彩龍紋盤，
(1835-1908) once lived there and gave birth to Emperor Tongzhi. The 見《中國國家博物館藏文物研究叢書》，瓷器卷，上海，2007年，220頁，圖版
porcelain wares with Chuxiugong zhi seal marks were ordered by the 147號。
Empress Dowager Cixi for her use. According to Ronald W. Longsdorf in
"The Tongzhi Imperial Wedding Porcelain", Orientations, October 1996, pp.
69-78, these wares were largely based on Kangxi period prototypes.

Compare to a large yellow-ground green and aubergine enamelled
‘dragon’ dish with Chuxiugong zhi seal mark in the National Museum,
Beijing, illustrated in Studies of the Collections of the National Museum of
China, Porcelain volume, Shanghai, 2007, p.220, no.147.

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