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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT ASIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION 清乾隆 外檸檬黄彩折腰盤一對 PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT ASIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION 清康熙 豇豆紅釉太白尊
A PAIR OF LEMON-YELLOW ENAMELLED OGEE 《大清乾隆年製》款 A PEACHBLOOM-GLAZED BEEHIVE WATERPOT, 《大清康熙年製》款
SAUCER DISHES TAIBO ZUN
SEAL MARKS AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG 來源： MARK AND PERIOD OF KANGXI 來源：
香港蘇富比1996年4月30日，編號390 1996年9月2日得於香港
each delicately potted with ogee sides rising from a short the domed hemispherical body rising to a short waisted neck
foot, the exterior applied with a rich lemon yellow enamel, and a lipped rim, incised with three circular roundels enclosing
the interior and base left white, the latter inscribed with a six- a stylised archaistic dragon, the exterior covered with a rich
character seal mark in underglaze blue crimson-red glaze suffused with light green spotting imitating
11.5 cm, 4½ in. the skin of a ripening peach
12.6 cm, 5 in.
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 30th April 1996, lot 390. PROVENANCE
Acquired in Hong Kong, 2nd September 1996.
HK$ 250,000-300,000
US$ 32,200-38,700 HK$ 400,000-600,000
US$ 52,000-77,500
The lemon-yellow enamel, which is a pastel tone mixed with
white and therefore opaque, was used primarily for small Peachbloom waterpots of this shape known as taibo zun after
cups and dishes. See another pair of Qianlong lemon-yellow the wine jar of the poet Li Taibo, belong to the eight peachbloom
dishes of this size and form, sold in these rooms, 3rd April wares for the scholar’s desk, of which a complete set in
2019, lot 3661. the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, is illustrated in
Suzanne G. Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, New
York, 1989, p. 237. See a similar example in the Percival David
Marks Foundation, London, included in the Illustrated Catalogue of Mark
Ming and Qing Monochrome Wares, London, 1989, cat. no. 580.