Page 80 - Important Chiense Ceramics and Works of Art, Christie's.pdf
P. 80

figs. 1, 2 & 3  Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing
                                               எӬǮՀࣿӲ  ࢈՗ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦৅



         and dragon motifs of various forms, including square   卻ॲ̪卼ǯ㫍㛢ㅛ㱈㫡䂆⡠卿ֿங㙁௛কཨ༿ӳ⎐ᝳ㍩ࢇ卿ᇈज⬒ᛓ⯝
                                                 ⋁ᛞ⎏ײ⊇⚁㧿ࣿײ⊇ౚभᝳ㨸卿㘺Ջᶜ଍ۊكᛓᄮᾭង⎑༈ԋ㬳჎㞒
         (fig. 4), conjoined circular, prunus and begonia (fig.
                                                 ㇝⎏㪀㉑଍ǯ
         5). While these stands are similarly decorated, their
         sizes and forms vary considerably, possibly in relation   ᙔԋ㧷㯔լ⢆⎏Ὅ᪪Ꮐ㞖ᆭᶜ㫡䂆⡠஋޸卿ཨ༿ӳ㛢ᬘ᳖༈⯠⻦⎏ᄮᾭ
         to where they were placed and for what purpose they   ᪪Ꮐ㞖ᆭᶜ㫡䂆⡠޸㵶ǯۊك⎏㵶⒝Ӭ໸⯝⋁ᛞ༈ᬆᎵᅏ໩⎏ഌཎᝳ㨸ǯ
         were used. Nevertheless, it is clear that they served as   ᗌ㉃㖊卿㘺։Ὅ᪪஋޸⎏᱁۔⣌㙞ᛓ㘺᧙⎏卿✄Ӭٖ㏢།      ჺջங࢈
                                                 ՗㏢Ӵ卿ᗌ㊯ᛓᇖ࢈՗ᷱ᠒ཀ᱁߅ǯԠᇌᝪங࠼ᑣഌ໫ഌ⊶ࢷ⁒㱦ཿ߅
         important furniture and display objects in the palaces
                                                 㙞ǯ     ჺ   ᝲ    ᚚ⡥⡙⼖༛ᬘᐽ㐈ǯ     ჺ⇧೥߅‸⎏Ƕ$IJOFTJTDIFT
         during the Kangxi reign.
                                                 $MPJTPOOFǷԋቲႛᝳӬᆌᷱ᠒ཀഌ㪾༾ᬆ⎏⩞ᾅ‷卿ᇖஎ‷ӳ⏭፽㊃ལ
         The current incense stand is notably larger than   ᛓ㘺։Ꮐ㞖ᆭᶜ஋޸ǯ
         all known Kangxi-marked  qiangjin  and  caiqi  stands
                                                 ᷱ᠒ཀ卿ׅᙻ࢈՗㇛㛑㧰㯔ᵄࢥែࢶ㛑⎏ᷱ᠒ྒྷ㾿卿㒚Ⴊԋᇵ  㱛ݩ㞑ǯ
         with dragon and cloud motifs from the Qing Court   ංᅤᙻ㇛ᛤ᭦ૃ݉ჺ卻   卼卿ཀ㩴ߝलǸૃ◙ཀǹ卿᳖ջᄮᾭ⎑Ⴝ㐁ल
         Collection. Such large size might have to do with   ἃǸྻ㫡ཀǹ卿ֿ୬ཀᇌᝳ䂆ᷱ卿ྒྷӳᝳ᠒᧦卿ᘢᭆ㧿Ӭ⏜♑ἃǸᷱ᠒
         the palace or temple hall in where it was originally   ཀǹǯ໦㒚իႡᝳ      㱛ჺ⎏᫓ट卿⡵ᝳǸݎᝳᷱ᠒ཀ卿ᇌᝳ࢈՗ఉǹ
         placed. It is said that this incense stand was acquired   ⎏ᭆ㋮ǯ᳖ᄮᾭՀࢦՆჺ卻    卼卿ᄮᾭ⎑Ⴝ㩥᚜卿উ㩃Ꮀ㧰ݤᅓṒཀ
         in the 1920s in Beijing, reputedly from the Tanzhe   ⎏ׇᑥۿ卿ⶬल⎏ᇋ໵ഌჇ卿⯝⯇Ⴀ⏟Ւഅჺ⎏㫲༹কབἃᷱ᠒ཀ⎏᪩
                                                 উׇᑥǯ⋁ჺ☌഍卿ᄮᾭ⎑Ⴝ㳍⯅ᷱ᠒ཀ㙊㲞◶ד卿Ԇӻ⊬ׇԻᙇᚚ卿
         Temple. It was later exhibited at the Royal Ontario
                                                 㐃㐁⢪ᷱ᠒ཀᇙᝧ㞖ࠈ⣌ࢦ࣍Ǯ⻹Ⴧ⣌ࢦ࣍Ǯᮩ㲞ྒྷӬᄠǮ೰ྒྷ⒢㈊㮥
         Museum, Canada, and was sold at Sotheby’s New
                                                 ӬཉǮ೰ྒྷ⒢⧲ᶴࢦݨཉ ǯᄮᾭӲࢦݪჺ卻    卼卿ᄮᾭ⎑ႽՀ㙚ᷱ᠒
         York on 22 March 2011.
                                                 ཀ卿ㇼ㐁ཀलἃǸᘬᅤྻ㫡◲ཀǹ卿Ԇㇼ✖㯪༵Իཀ㯫卿ᇖ᫉ᷱ᠒ཀᎰ
         Tanzhe Temple is located in the Mentougou district   ἃ࢈՗஠ࢥᝬഌ⎏Ӭᄠ⎑།ཀ㩴ǯ
         in west of Beijing. It was first erected in A.D. 307   ᳖㫇᫈ჺ㧿卿Ӭश᳅཰➯߅⎏㫇᫈⎑ႽԮཇ☶ߪᷱ᠒ཀ㙊㲞◶דǯ
         during the Western Jin dynasty, and was bestowed
                                                 Գ㪏Ԭჺ       卿Գ㪏⎑Ⴝ✄Ӭ᪖㙚ᷱ᠒ཀ卿Ǹ㐁؊㠤Հ⎋ݦǮࢣ㯫ԬǮ
         the name Xiuyun Temple by the Kangxi Emperor.
                                                 ᥕ⪩ՀǮ㉼ՀǮ⛌ზຽӬ㕻Ǯ⇈⇶Ն؊Ӭలǹǯ
         However, it was commonly known as  Tanzhe
                                                 ᇖᷱ᠒ཀ⩞ᾅ‷⏭卿஋޸ӳ㪀㉑ⶬᓌ⢵⇈⇶Ն؊ǯ㙝᠝ݯձᨯᡪ㏱ᙠ㛢
         Temple for the pond (tan) and berry trees (zhe) in
                                                 ᮱ᝳᐁߪ⯝⇈⇶Ն؊⏟㨸⎏ᙔໃǯगஙǶ㙁㗤⽔पהᎰڔ᰻㈷᳖ᨯǷԋ
         the temple’s surroundings. The Kangxi Emperor had
                                                 ᐁߪԳ㪏㐃㐁ᷱ᠒ཀࢣ⪩⎏㉃㢙ǯǸԳ㪏ԬჺՀᝲߝԬᚚ卿㲛㯅೽໫Ւ
         paid visit to Tanzhe Temple twice, the first time in
                                                 ᇙ✖⎊⢷ཌӬࠗ卿ᇙ✖㿩⢷ཌӬࠗ卿ᇙ✖੓⃹ຽढ़㿩⢷ࢣᙔӬᆌ卿ᇙ✖
              th
         the 25  year of his reign (1686), during which he
                                                 ◙ᱡⅸ㖥ࢣᙔӬᆌ卿ᇙ✖༓ᾅ⏻ൈࢣᙔӬᆌ卿ᇙ✖⸥⊤጑⯸ࢣᙔӬᆌ卿
         bestowed numerous gifts such as sutras, aloeswood,   ᇙ✖஋㬦໵㥚ࢣᙔӬᆌ卿ᇙ✖ᇵ⚁ᆽᎱࢣᙔӬᆌ卿ᇙ✖ሻ୬᲼៧ࢣᙔӬ
         soapstone Guanyin and  luohan  figures, and even   ᆌ卿ᇙ✖㿩⢷ཌӬࠗ卿ᇙ✖ẇ┡ᅠ᳖ࢣᙔӬᆌ卿ᇙ✖⃒ᚢ᳖ಗࢣᙔӬᆌ卿
         personally inscribed on the plaque above the temple.   ᇙ✖ݰഌ㯳࠺ࢣᙔӬᆌ卿ᇙ✖㿩⢷ᑱྒྷӬᆌ卿ᇙ✖⟾⡚⢷ཌӬࠗǯ۔ૈ
         Since then, Tanzhe Temple had become an important   ཆ⎊⢷ཌⶬڔ㠩ໃ㿳ᶜᐦᝲཌӬࠗ卿◙ᱡⅸ㖥ࢣǮ༓ᾅ⏻ൈࢣǮ⸥⊤጑
       78
   75   76   77   78   79   80   81   82   83   84   85