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A FINE BLUE AND WHITE ‘ROSE’ BIRD 明宣德 青花纏枝月季紋鳥食罐 六字楷書橫款
FEEDER
XUANDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE IN A LINE 來源
日本名古屋私人珍藏
AND OF THE PERIOD (1426-1435)
The vessel is delicately potted with a flat base rising to a 可比較三件紋飾及造型相同的宣德鳥食罐，一件藏國立故宮博物院，著
compressed globular body below a tapering mouth rim, applied 錄於《明代宣德官窯菁華特展圖錄》，台北， 1998 年，圖版 5 號（圖一）；
to one shoulder with a small loop handle, painted on the exterior 一件出土於景德鎮珠山御器廠遺址，著錄於《景德鎮出土明宣德官窯瓷
with cobalt of inky-blue tones with a band of scrolling rose below 器》，台北，1998 年，圖 55-9；及一件 2019 年 10 月 9 日於香港佳士
the horizontal reign mark. The base is unglazed revealing the fine, 得拍賣，拍品 164 號。
white body.
2 ¡ in. (5.9 cm.) wide, Japanese wood box

HK$500,000-800,000 US$65,000-100,000
PROVENANCE
A Japanese private collection, Nagoya
Compare to a few Xuande-marked bird feeders of identical design,
including one in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in
Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Selected Hsuan-te Imperial
Porcelains of the Ming Dynasty, Taipei, 1998, no. 5 (fig. 1); one excavated
at the imperial kiln site in Zhushan, Jingdezhen, illustrated in Xuande
Imperial Porcelain excavated at Jingdezhen, Taipei, 1998, no. 55-9; and
one sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 9 October 2019, lot 164.

fig. 1 A blue and white ‘rose’ bird feeder, Xuande mark and period.
Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei
圖一 明宣德 青花纏枝月季紋鳥食罐 國立故宮博物院藏品

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