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3022 THE PROPERTY OF A HONG KONG PRIVATE COLLECTOR
A WUCAI ‘CHICKEN’ CUP 3023
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY A FINE AND RARE SMALL MING-STYLE DOUCAI
The cup is painted around the exterior depicting a cockerel on ‘CHICKEN’ CUP
one side and a hen watching over her small chicks on the other
side, divided by two clusters of flowers emerging from rocks. The KANGXI-YONGZHENG PERIOD (1662-1735)
base is inscribed with an apocryphal Chenghua six-character mark
within a double square. The cup is finely potted with thin rounded sides, delicately painted
3 in. (7.8 cm.) diam., box to the exterior in soft translucent enamels and underglaze blue with
a continuous scene depicting two groups of cockerel, separated by
HK$350,000-450,000 US$46,000-58,000 tall garden rocks in underglaze-blue wash, one partially concealing
a palm tree and yellow day lilies, the other a rose bush with iron-
PROVENANCE red flowers, all between a blue double-line border around the
mouth rim and a single line above the footless, countersunk base,
Sold at Sotheby’s London, 11 May 2011, lot 227 which bears an apocryphal six-character Chenghua mark within a
double square.
清十八世紀 五彩雞缸盃 2 ¡ in. (6 cm.) diam., box
底青花書雙方框「大明成化年製」偽款。 HK$1,200,000-1,800,000 US$160,000-230,000
來源 清康熙 / 雍正 鬥彩雞缸小盃
倫敦蘇富比,2011年5月11日,拍品227號
臥足盃,形如缸,因以名之。外壁以通景分繪公雞、母雞及小雞兩組,
間以山石配搭月季和萱草。底青花書雙方框「大明成化年製」偽款。
成化鬥彩雞缸盃,為明清官窯瓷器之名品,清康熙、雍正、乾隆三朝皆
以仿燒為能。清代仿燒品可大致分為兩類,一類如此盃,不論形制或畫
風均較忠於成化的風格,另一類則融入清代宮廷藝術風格。此盃體積特
別小巧,嬌貴可愛,非常罕見。
台北故宮博物院藏八件明成化鬥彩雞缸盃原型,其中六件載於《成化瓷
器特展圖錄》,台北,2003年,頁146-147,圖版132-137號。大維德
基金會藏一件明成化鬥彩雞缸盃原型及清康熙鬥彩雞缸盃各一件,現藏
大英博物館,載於蘇玫瑰,《Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art: A
Guide to the Collection》,倫敦,1989年,頁85,圖版79。 另有兩例清
康熙鬥彩雞缸盃,其一於紐約蘇富比拍賣,2012年9月11日,拍品41號;
其二於香港佳士得拍賣,2014年11月26日,拍品3302號。大維德基金會
之康熙雞缸盃及前述兩拍賣之例均較忠於成化本朝風格。
3022 (mark) 3023 (mark) 另可參考兩件定年為雍正之例。其一於香港佳士得拍賣,2015年6月3日,
拍品3144號。其二亦於香港佳士得拍賣,2008年5月27日,拍品1587號。
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