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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE NEW YORK COLLECTOR PROPERTY FROM A NEW ENGLAND COLLECTION
1022 ~1023
A SMALL YELLOW-GROUND POLYCHROME `DRAGON’ DISH A RARE AND UNUSUAL DOUCAI MOON FLASK
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A 18TH CENTURY
DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722) The flattened flask is surmounted by a cylindrical neck and flanked by a pair of
The interior is decorated with a central roundel of two dragons contesting thin, wide handles decorated with three dots. The body is decorated on either
a flaming pearl amidst clouds within a double-line border, and the exterior side with branches of peaches, finger citrons and lychees, all between stylized
is decorated with four cranes in flight alternating with cloud motifs, all in lappet borders.
underglaze blue, iron red, and green and lavender enamels on an egg yolk- 12¿ in. (30.8 cm.) high, hardwood stand
yellow ground.
5Ω in. (14.1 cm.) diam. $30,000-50,000
$8,000-12,000 PROVENANCE:
Probably acquired in Berlin or Amsterdam in the late 19th century, and thence
EXHIBITED: by descent to the present owner, prior to 1959.
Design Museum Denmark, Copenhagen, 1950, no. 524 (according to label).
The shape of this vase is based on Ming dynasty prototypes of early fifteenth
紐約私人珍藏 century date. A Ming example of the same height, but with a narrower neck
and different handles, is illustrated by R. Scott in Percival David Foundation
清康熙 黃地加彩遊龍戲珠紋盤 雙圈六字楷書款 of Chinese Art: A Guide to the Collection, London, 1989, p. 73, no. 61, where
the author notes that this shape has its origins in Syrian glass. However, the
來源:
decoration on the present vase is purely Chinese. The three fruiting branches
丹麥設計藝術館, 哥本哈根, 1950年, 編號524 ( 據標籤) seen here represent the sanduo (Three Abundances), comprised of the citron
(abundance of blessings), the peach (abundance of longevity) and the lychee
(abundance of sons). The citron, pronounced foshou in Chinese, is similar in
its first character (fo) to fu, which means 'blessings'. Peaches are symbols of
longevity, and the second character for lychee, zhi, resembles the word for
'sons'.

新英格蘭珍藏
清十八世紀 鬥彩三多圖抱月瓶
1023
來源:
或於十九世紀晚期自柏林或阿姆斯特丹入藏, 後於1959年以前傳承至現藏家。

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