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37 來源： 劍橋菲茨威廉博物館東方藝術部名譽主任，Rolf Cunliffe勳爵
A RARE UNDERGLAZE-BLUE YELLOW-GROUND ‘GARDENIA’ (1899-1963)
SAUCER DISH 於1947年7月18日購自倫敦古董商Peter Boode
Zhengde six-character mark and of the period Cunliffe收藏，藏品PM76號，並由後人保存迄今
With shallow rounded sides, freely painted in shaded tones of cobalt
blue reserved on a rich yellow ground, the interior with a central 展覽：
medallion depicting a single leafy branch bearing two five-petalled 1950至1956年7月期間於劍橋菲茨威廉博物館展出
gardenia blooms and a bud emerging from the top, encircled on
the cavetto by fruiting branches of pomegranate, grape, peach and Dishes depicting gardenia designs in cobalt blue on a yellow ground
a beribboned lotus bouquet, all between double line borders, the were produced from the Xuande through to the Jiajing reigns.
underside with a continuous scroll of blooming peonies between Examples dating to the Zhengde period, however, are very rare. Highly
double lines at the rim and foot, the recessed base with a six-character regarded for its auspicious symbolism underscoring wishes for honour
reign mark within a double circle. and happiness, the gardenia is combined with peaches and grapes;
19.8cm (7 7/8in) diam. both symbolic of longevity, lotus and pomegranate, conveying the wish
for fertility; and peonies, symbolic for wealth and happiness.
£20,000 - 25,000 CNY180,000 - 230,000
HK$220,000 - 270,000 A closely related dish is illustrated in The Complete Collection of
Treasures of the Palace Museum: Blue and White Porcelain with
明正德 黃地青花折枝花果紋盤 Underglaze Red, Hong Kong, 2000, pl.23. Another is included in the
青花「大明正德年製」楷書款 collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession no.
19.28.10; see also from the Percival David Collection of Chinese Art,
Provenance: Rolf, Lord Cunliffe (1899-1963), Honorary Keeper of the illustrated in Oriental Ceramics. The World’s Great Collections, New
Far Eastern Collections at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge York, 1983, vol. 5, pl. 187; another was included in the exhibition, Born
Acquired from Peter Boode, London, 22 May 1947 of Earth and Fire, Chinese Ceramics from the Scheinman Collection,
The Cunliffe Collection, no.PM76, and thence by descent The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1992, no.81; one is illustrated by
R.Krahl, Chinese Ceramics From The Meiyintang Collection, london,
Exhibited: 1994, vol.2, no.681. A similar dish was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong,
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 1950-1956 28 November 2012, lot 2209.
Image courtesy of the Palace Museum, Beijing
