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FROM A EUROPEAN NOBLE COLLECTION

歐洲貴族珍藏

(LOTS 125-131)

(other side)

PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN NOBLE COLLECTION
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GRANDE JARDINIÈRE EN PORCELAINE BLEU BLANC
CHINE, DYNASTIE MING, MARQUE À SIX CARACTÈRES EN LIGNE EN
BLEU SOUS COUVERTE ET ÉPOQUE WANLI (1573-1619)
De forme légèrement évasée, elle est décorée en bleu vif sous couverte de See an almost identical phoenix jardinière, also bearing a Wanli mark, in the
deux larges phénix en vol parmi les nuées en volutes au-dessus d'un registre collection of the Capital Museum of China, Beijing. See a Wanli mark and
de pétales de lotus stylisés abritant des rinceaux. Le bord supérieur est period jardinière featuring five-clawed dragons prowling across a lotus pond
souligné de nuées stylisées.
where lingzhi grow include one illustrated in Meisterwerk aus China, Korea und
Hauteur : 50,8 cm. (20 in.)
Japan, Museum für Ositasiatische Kunst der Stadt Köln, Köln, 1995, pl. 44;
€40,000-60,000 US$41,000-61,000 one in the collection of the Porzellansammlung, Dresden, which was exhibited
£35,000-52,000 in Schätze Chinas in Museen der DDR: Kunsthandwerk und Kunst aus vier
Jahrtausenden, Roemerund Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim, 1990, cat. no.
A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ‘PHOENIX’ JARDINIÈRE 140; one from the collection of Wong Kai Zur, exhibited in Shanghai in 1908,
CHINA, MING DYNASTY, WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN A LINE IN and illustrated in A. W. Bahr, Old Chinese Porcelain and Works of Art in China,
UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619) London, 1911, pl. XXVIII; and one offered in our Hong Kong rooms, 28th April
1992, lot 59. A related Wanli mark and period jardinière featuring cobalt-blue
歐洲貴族珍藏
dragons dashing over waves amidst a field of scrolling yellow lotus, from the
明萬曆 青花鳳Ӂ㌻大缸 青花六字楷書款
Edward T. Chow Collection sold twice in our Hong Kong rooms: first on 19th
May 1981, lot 438, and later on 30th October 2002, lot 244. Several examples
Large basins of this scale, variously referred to as 'fish bowls' or 'jardinières', with the same mark, form, and palette, but with the blue dragons roaming a
were produced at the Wanli imperial kilns typically with imperial motifs such field of scrolling yellow lingzhi, including one from the collection of Anthony
as dragons or phoenix, or aquatic decoration. Here, the flying phoenix could be du Boulay sold at Bonhams London, 10th November 2003, lot 126; one sold in
read as an auspicious wish for the empress to enjoy longevity and harmony. our Hong Kong rooms, 23rd October 2005, lot 453; and one from the Percival
David Foundation, now in the collection of the British Museum, London (acc.
no. PDF.728).

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