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PROPERTY FROM THE EHIME BUNKAKAN, JAPAN PROPERTY FROM THE EHIME BUNKAKAN, JAPAN
ⱷ908 ⱷ910
A COPPER-RED-GLAZED DISH AN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE-DECORATED A pair of dishes of the same design from the T. Y.
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN YELLOW-ENAMELED `NINE PEACHES' Chao Collection was included in the exhibition,
UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD DISH Ch'ing Porcelain from the Wah Kwong Collection,
(1736-1795) QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1973, no.
Potted with shallow rounded sides, the interior and UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD 45,and later sold at Sotheby's, Hong Kong,
exterior are covered with a glaze of soft crushed- (1736-1795) 19 March 1987, lot 316. Additional examples
strawberry tone below the white rim. The dish is delicately potted with shallow, rounded include one in the National Palace Museum
Collection, illustrated in Blue and White Ware of
8º in. (20.9 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box sides and is finely decorated in the center with the Ch'ing Dynasty, Book II, Hong Kong, 1968,
peaches borne on leafy branches, and on the pl. 29; one in the Percival David Foundation,
$7,000-9,000 exterior with convolvulus. illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, The World's
10Ω in. (26.5 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box Great Collections, vol. 6, Tokyo, 1982, no. 247;
PROVENANCE: another from the collection of Harry Hellebronth
Ehime Bunkakan, Japan, prior to 1955. $60,000-80,000 illustrated by U. Wiesner in the catalogue for
the exhibition, Chinesische Keramik, Museum
日本愛媛文華館珍藏 PROVENANCE: für Ostasiatische Kunst, Köln, 1988, pp. 142-3,
Ehime Bunkakan, Japan, prior to 1955. no.100; and the example sold at Sotheby’s New
清乾隆 霽紅釉盤 六字篆書款 York, 22 September 2021, lot 72. A blue and white
來源: 日本愛媛文華館珍藏 example, without the yellow enamel, is illustrated (reverse)
愛媛文華館, 日本, 1955年以前入藏 by J. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics, The Koger
清乾隆 黃地青花九桃紋盤 六字篆書款 Collection, London, 1985, no. 96. See, also, the
來源: pair sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, The Imperial
Sale, 30 May 2006, lot 1245.
愛媛文華館, 日本, 1955年以前入藏
908 (mark)
908
PROPERTY FROM THE EHIME BUNKAKAN, JAPAN
ⱷ909
A DEHUA TRIPOD CENSER
17TH-18TH CENTURY
The compressed globular body, which is set with
a pair of dragon handles, is raised on three short
paw-form feet issuing from monster masks. The
shoulder is applied with stylized bat motifs. A
two-character seal, possibly reading hu sheng, is
impressed on the base.
6æ in. (17 cm.) across handles, gilt metal cover
$6,000-8,000
PROVENANCE:
Ehime Bunkakan, Japan.
日本愛媛文華館珍藏
十七/十八世紀 德化窯白釉弦紋龍耳獸足爐
來源:
愛媛文華館, 日本
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