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A PAIR OF WUCAI ‘SU WU’ BOWLS, MARKS AND 明萬曆 青花五彩蘇武牧羊圖盌一對 《大明
PERIOD OF WANLI 萬曆年製》款
the base of each with a six-character mark in underglaze
blue within a double circle (2)
Diameter 5¾ in., 14.7 cm 來源:
卡爾肯普博士(1884–1967) 收藏
PROVENANCE 巴黎蘇富比2008年6月12日，編號25
Collection of Dr. Carl Kempe (1884-1967). 法國私人收藏
Sotheby’s Paris, 12th June 2008, lot 25. 巴黎佳士得2020年12月10日，編號95
French Private Collection.
Christie’s Paris, 10th December 2020, lot 95.
出版：
LITERATURE 喜龍仁，《Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe
Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection》，斯德哥爾摩，1964年，圖版847
Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl. 847. 《博物館珍藏的精品：中國陶器及其它》，遠東博物
Chinese Ceramic Treasures, a Selection from the Ulricehamn 館，烏爾里瑟港，2002年，頁314，圖版1027
East Asian Museum, Including The Carl Kempe Collection.
The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities, Ulricehamn,
2002, p. 314, no. 1027.
$ 10,000-20,000

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A WUCAI FAN-SHAPED ‘DRAGON AND 明萬曆 五彩穿花龍鳳紋扇形蓋盒 《大明萬
PHOENIX’ BOX AND COVER, MARK AND 曆年製》款
PERIOD OF WANLI

the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue within
a scallop-edged rectangular cartouche, Japanese wood box
(4)
Height 3¼ in., 8.3 cm
The enameling on Wanli reign-marked polychrome boxes
of this fan-shape form is amongst the most refined of the
period. Two related boxes and covers were sold in our
London rooms, the first, 11th July 1978, lot 192, and the
second, 9th June 2004, lot 187; one lacking the cover, from
the collection of Roger Pilkington, was sold in our Hong Kong
rooms, 6th April 2016, lot 50; and a further box of this form
painted with confronting dragons in the British Museum,
London, is illustrated in Jessica Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics
in the British Museum, London, 2001, pl. 11:152. This design
is also known painted entirely in underglaze blue; compare
for example a Wanli reign-marked box, in the Palace
Museum, Beijing, published in The Complete Collection of
Treasures of the Palace Museum. Blue and White Porcelain
with Underglazed Red (II), Shanghai, 2000, pl. 174; and a pair
from the Edward T. Chow Collection, sold in our Hong Kong
rooms, 25th November 1980, lot 14.
⊖ $ 30,000-40,000

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