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ʩ ڡ A UNIQUE AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT MOULDED BLUE AND
ڀ WHITE BARBED 'FISH' CHARGER,
YUAN DYNASTY
ᘷ fluently painted in cobalt of an inky-blue tone, the central well brilliantly adorned with a single carp swimming amidst swirling eelgrass
̉ and other aquatic plants, enclosed within a broad band on the cavetto accentuated by eight peony blooms depicted in full-frontal
ڀ and profile views, borne on a continuous foliate branch with leaves naturalistically detailed with veins, all outlined and set against a
background of concentric rings resembling cresting waves, the everted barbed rim uniquely moulded with a continuous lingzhi scroll on
ӫ a contrasting solid blue ground, the exterior decorated with a frieze enclosing a lotus scroll, the unglazed base burnt orange
ʗ 47.8 cm
ഷ PROVENANCE Ը๕j
Sotheby’s New York, 9th September 1987, lot 256 and cover. ॲߒᘽబˢ1987ϋ9˜9˚dᇜ256ʿ܆ࠦ
ɹ Eskenazi Ltd, London. ࡾ̔ॶᄁdࡐ
ɽ Collection of T.T. Tsui, Jingguantang Collection, Hong Kong. ࢱ࢝ੀ᎑ᝈੀϗᔛd࠰ಥ
Christie’s Hong Kong, 29th April 2002, lot 607. ࠰ಥԳɻ2002ϋ4˜29˚dᇜ607
ᆵ EXHIBITED
࢝ᚎj
The Tsui Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1990s.
ࢱˤᖵஔd࠰ಥd1990ϋ˾
LITERATURE
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Sotheby’s Art at Auction 1987-1988, London, 1988, p. 258.
Splendour of Ancient Chinese Art. Selections from the Collections Sotheby’s Art at Auction 1987-1988dࡐd1988ϋdࠫ258
of T.T. Tsui Galleries of Chinese Art Worldwide, Hong Kong, 1996, ऎʫ̮ࢱ࢝ੀʕᖵஔᔛۜ፯യd࠰ಥd1996ϋdྡو48
pl. 48. John CarswelldBlue & White. Chinese Porcelain Around the
John Carswell, Blue & White. Chinese Porcelain Around the World, Worlddࡐd2000ϋdྡو5
London, 2000, pl. 5. ࡾ̔ॶᄁdᑡλԽଣdʕᖵஔۜjࡾ̔ॶᄁ
Giuseppe Eskenazi in collaboration with Hajni Elias, A Dealer’s ٙΫኳdࡐd2012ϋdʕᙇوdɪऎd2015ϋd2017ϋΎ
Hand. The Chinese Art World Through the Eyes of Giuseppe وdྡ78
Eskenazi, London, 2012; Chinese version, Shanghai, 2015, reprint, ੰጶёdEarly Chinese Blue-and-White Porcelain. The
2017, fig. 78. Mingzhitang Collection of Sir Joseph Hotungd࠰ಥd2022
Regina Krahl, Early Chinese Blue-and-White Porcelain. The ϋdᇜ9
Mingzhitang Collection of Sir Joseph Hotung, Hong Kong, 2022,
no. 9.
HK$ 30,000,000-50,000,000
US$ 3,830,000-6,380,000
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