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A FINE AND RARE PAIR OF SACRIFICIAL BLUE- A YELLOW-GROUND BLUE AND WHITE ‘NINE

GLAZED BOWLS PEACHES’ DISH

QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795), THE YELLOW ENAMEL POSSIBLY
Each is covered with a sacrificial blue glaze on the exterior and a
OF THE PERIOD
transparent glaze on the interior and base.
The dish is finely painted with a central medallion of nine peaches
4 º in. (10.8 cm.) diam., box (2) suspended from gnarled leafy branches within a border of double-
circles, repeated below the mouth rim, the exterior with a dense
HK$800,000-1,200,000 US$110,000-160,000 interwoven convolvulus scroll between double lines, all on a bright
lemon-yellow ground.
PROVENANCE 10 ¬ in. (27 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box

The Zingone Collection, Rome, 1980 HK$500,000-700,000 US$65,000-90,000
Sold at Christie’s London, 9 December 1991, lot 188
Inspired Connoisseurship: Property from a European Collection, sold at PROVENANCE
Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 June 2011, lot 3536
Collection of Harry Nail, Palo Alto, California, 1960
Sacrificial blue-glazed ritual vessels were intended for use on the Collection of John Yeon, Portland, Oregon
imperial altar at the Temple of Heaven. For the Winter Solstice sacrifice Sold at Christie’s New York, 22 March 2007, lot 331 (one of a
to Heaven in 1748, blue porcelain vessels were used for the first time as pair)
stipulated by the Emperor. S. Marchant & Son, London

清乾隆 霽藍釉盌一對 六字篆書款 清乾隆 黃地青花九桃盤 六字篆書款

來源 來源
Zingone珍藏，羅馬，1980年 Harry Nail珍藏，加利福尼亞州帕羅奧圖，1960年
倫敦佳士得，1991年12月9日，拍品188號 John Yeon珍藏，俄勒岡州波特蘭
羅馬私人珍藏 紐約佳士得，2007年3月22日，拍品331號（一對之一）
《覃思雅識：歐洲私人珍藏御製瓷器》，香港佳士得， S. Marchant & Son，倫敦
2011年6月1日，拍品3536號
盤撇口，弧壁，淺圈足。器外壁繪纏枝牽牛花紋。器心畫桃樹一株，結
霽藍釉燒製工藝繼承元代傳統，至清代生產歷朝未斷，且燒製精細，常 實九枚。器底篆書「大清乾隆年製」六字款。地施黃釉，可能為後加。
見造型是宮廷祭器和陳設用瓷。霽藍釉祭器專供於天壇環丘台，乾隆
十三年（1748 年）冬志祭天首次奉詔用霽蘭釉器。

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