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fig. 1 Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei fig. 2 Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing
எӬ झ࢈இ⛁ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦৅ எՀ ࢈՗ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦৅

3004 Continued

The peony spray on the interior of the dish is delicately and realistically ᫉ཌ⏎הՀࢦ୨≓ⴵ≓ᆨ卿⏎ݤս⇈⇶ᙠ⥾սᐙ៨⁍ԕǮណ⼵ࣿ⡻⴫⢑
painted in a style reminiscent of the renowned court painter Yun Ꮀ⎏ஏⱤ⡠㱈卿ᦔஎԖ᪖ߎᚺ卿ࡷࡘ⠢⡿ǯⱤ≓ս⇈⇶⎊ᙠ᠎㚒卿⶟‷
Shouping (1633-1690), who in turn drew inspiration from Song-dynasty
flower paintings, as demonstrated by one of his album paintings titled ս᳅᳍ӶӬ⎏⣔ᙠ⥾ㅳ⩧Ꮀ卿ዪஎヿ→㇛ᰑ⎏ݏᆴᚺᜡᐃᯧ卿ἃ㫇᫈ᆭ
In imitation of the ancient (fig. 1), now housed in the National Palace ≢ԋᥑἃⅧ⧎⎏צהǯ᫉㯸ⴵ≓⏎⎏ໄӽ㞔ᥑݯ☮ཐ卿㗻իַབត㇦⯝
Museum, Taipei, accession number: gu-hua-001195-00003. ᫉⏎⏟ऱཨ༿ࣿ⡠㱈⎏׾ຽǯ᫉⏎ࣽᎰཌ卿ӻ৅⏟Ⱞൃ卿ᝤ࠼㫙ᇑǯ
The opaque white enamel allowed the decorator to build up and ᚝⯍໬ջ㧷ං卿ࢎ՞Ⴁ⬒㬦᰻஠ཆ㪃≢ᄀࢇἃ⯇὞⊤Ɽ⎏㙁௛卿ݯԋᝬ
shade the petals of the flowers, when used in conjunction with the Ꮀ࠻⎏׾ຽⴢ㙞ᙻ᳖༈⯠⻦ԋ⎏࢈໬ᮃ⚨㬪≢⸥Ɽᅴᵐ⎾卿ݯהࢦ≓卿
clear pink made from colloidal gold. These colours were developed by
craftsmen in the imperial workshops during the reigns of the Kangxi ֎ⲋӬភ⣭ᘞ⎏⸥Ɽ卿㙁௛㬱㌁ݱ㪿卿ἃ㪃≢႙⻱टӳ⎏ႍ࿨Ԡהǯᛞ
and Yongzheng emperors. The porcelain decorator of these dishes ⯍㫇᫈Ӭង卿ᇙ⚨ᅐங⎑Ⴝ᳖㪿⎏༳⧻৅ঀᅸ㯅Ӵ卿ՔჇᯧ⯇὞卿ᓚ⊇
has achieved a particularly pleasing counterpoint between the opaque ᙲⒺ⎉Ꮀ࠻⎏㞏ᆭ῟ㅳ߅Ի㞏ⰰप⊿⎏੷ⰰ㞏ⴵ≓⏎卿սࣿᙇ㞔☮ཐս
colours of the flowers and the translucent colours of the leaves. ᆭᙠ⠢ᇵ⥾ㅳ⩧Ꮀ⎏ⴵ≓⏎ǯ
Two types of dishes from this group exist, one is moulded with twenty-
four lobes, which are found in two size groups, with the present ᫉ཌ⏎⎏⥾⊺㰍ᡟ⢙भԻዎ೰ჹ⊺ԋ⎏༵༰⦤⡿卻ॲː卼սࣿ㇛ᙹᯌ⊺
dish belonging to the smaller group ranging between 15.5-16.5 cm. 㞒㇬⎏ᚺᜡݏᆴǯᰑᆭⴵ≓⏎ᝳݦ♎ᆨᅴ卿Ӭ♎ൈ᫉ཌ卿⏎೅ݤം⎐ה
in diameter, and a larger group measuring 23 cm. in diameter. The Ɽ≓ᆨǯऔӬ♎⏎ऑᐙᯒ卿ܪᙻݤ೅הⴵ≓ᆨ卿ᓎߛ⡿༗ǯ᫉♎ⴵ≓⏎
present pair of dishes appears to be the only examples in this size བᝳݦ♎ཨ༿卿᫉ཌྏ㖅ཎӬ㯸ǯݯձཨ༿⏟֎ֿ⡠㱈Ӷऱ⎏׾ຽजࣻ
group and decorated with this design.
⩠࢈՗ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦ݦ։卻 ݩߎ卼卿㖊ᙻǶ⇈⇶ᆭ厁⟾ᆭǷ卿⤔⽚
Other dishes of this smaller size group include two single dishes (fig. 2) Ǯ 卻ॲ̤卼卿ݯݤ㱈⁍ԕ⡠卿ᦔஎ⏟ཌ➯੷卿ս⏇㧷⎏⁍ԕהἃ⏎
in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection ᇵ⎏Ԗ㵲⊺㬷厎഍ᭆ᧊Ⅷ⻦Ӭ։卻 ݩߎ卼卿Ք㱈ഌភ⁍ԕ⡠卿⯝࢈
of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Porcelains with Cloisonne Enamel ՗ᘢ༈׾ຽ⏟֎卿㇦Ƕ഍ᭆ᧊⻦≢Ƿ卿㲞ᳰ卿 ჺ卿எ‸ ⽚厎ࣿ
Decoration and Famille Rose Decoration, Hong Kong, 1999, nos. 58
and 59, which have a simpler composition with only one, but larger 㑤ᇖルࣿ⒢㧰లݎᇌ㙬⻦Ӭཌ卿ݤ㱈ஏⴵ⡠卻 ݩߎ卼卿ᝪ㖊ᙻంᙱ
peony in full bloom in adjacent to a half-open bud; another in The ⫗⡢䁖Ƕ2JOH 1PSDFMBJO GSPN B 1SJWBUF $PMMFDUJPOǷ卿ٳᘹ卿 ჺ卿எ
Tianminlou Collection, illustrated in Chinese Porcelain: The S. C. Ko ‸ ⽚ǯ
Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong, 1987, no. 96, which has a similar
composition to the Palace Museum examples; and a pair painted with ཨ༿㖅ഌӬ㯸जࣻ⩠ݦ։⡠㱈⯝᫉㘆Ԣ⏟ऱ⎏׾ຽ卿ݯज⬒ࣥἃӬཌ卿
chrysanthemums from the collections of T.Y. Chao and Shimentang, Ӭ։ᙻ㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑ ჺ ᝲ ᚚᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅ ⽚卿औӬ։ᙻ㲞ᳰ
included in Qing Porcelain from a Private Collection, Eskenazi, London, צ೥ᇑ ჺ ᝲ ᚚᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅ ⽚卻 ݩߎ卼ǯऔӬ♎ᆨᅴ
2012, no. 5.
⎏ᰑᆭⴵ≓⏎卿जࣻ⩠இ⛁ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦ݦ։㱈սⴵⱤ⡠⎏׾ຽ卿⻦৅
For dishes of the larger size group bearing almost identical design as ⤔⽚厍ᘢ≢ 卻 ݩߎ卼ࣿᘢ≢ 卻 ݩߎ卼厎սࣿ
the current dish, see an example sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 26 April ՗㛢⯠⻦㱈ⴵⱤ⡠⎏Ӭཌ卿㇦㲞ᳰ⼖༛ᬘ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅
1998, lot 510, which may have formed a pair with another dish sold at
Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 November 2016, lot 3219. ⽚卻 ݩߎ卼ǯ
The second type is moulded with narrower fluted lobes rising to a flat
and everted rim with chrysanthemum to the centre, see two examples
of this type in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, accession numbers:
guci-015001 (17.3 cm.) and guci-015012 (17.1 cm.); and a pair from a
Kyoto collection, sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 October 2013, lot 203.

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