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PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED ASIAN COLLECTOR
亞洲顯赫私人珍藏
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A RARE AND LARGE BLUE AND WHITE 明萬曆 青花十六子嬰戲圖大盌 雙圈六字楷書款
‘BOYS’ BOWL 來源
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A Charles Russel（1866-1960）舊藏（傳）
DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1620) 香港蘇富比，2004 年 4 月 25 日，拍品 296 號
The bowl is painted in bright blue of purplish tone with a
continuous scene of sixteen boys at play in a garden with peonies 嬰戲圖自宋代起步發展，於明清兩代到達巔峰，明初時陸續出現於青
and plantain trees emerging from ornamental rocks, all above a 花瓷器上。萬曆嬰戲圖盌尺寸普遍較大，如倫敦佳士得 1964 年 5 月 25
band of conjoined ruyi heads around the base. The centre of the 日拍賣一例（直徑 34 公分），著錄於 A. du Boulay《Christie’s Pictorial
interior is painted with a medallion depicting boys seated at a low History of Chinese Ceramics》，紐澤西，1984 年，頁 136，圖 4，及紐約
table watching a spinning top within a fenced garden. 佳士得 1998 年 9 月 16 日拍賣一例，拍品 59 號。
14¬ in. (37 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box 另可參考英國鐵路基金會舊藏一件嘉靖嬰戲圖盌，於香港佳士得 2003 年
HK$1,200,000-1,800,000 US$160,000-230,000 4 月 28 日拍賣，拍品 654 號；及三件成化無款嬰戲圖盌，一件藏於英國
維多利亞與艾伯特博物館，一件為大維德珍藏，一件為里埃斯科舊藏，
PROVENANCE 2013 年 11 月 27 日於香港佳士得拍賣，拍品 3113 號。
Collection of Charles Russell (1866-1960) (by repute)
Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 25 April 2004, lot 296
For other large Wanli-marked bowls of this design, compare an example
(34 cm.) sold at Christie’s London, 25 May 1964, and illustrated by A.
du Boulay, Christie’s Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics, New Jersey,
1984, p. 136, no. 4, and another (35.8 cm diam.) sold at Christie’s New
York, 16 September 1998, lot 59.
Compare also with an earlier Jiajing-marked bowl of this design from
the British Rail Pension Fund, sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 16 May
1989, lot 21, and at Christie’s Hong Kong, 28 April 2003, lot 654; and (mark)
three unmarked examples from the Chenghua period, one illustrated by
Ayers, Far Eastern Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum, no. 49,
another in the Percival David Foundation, exhibited in Elegant Form and
Harmonious Decoration, Catalogue, 1992, p. 56, no. 47, and one from the
Riesco Collection, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 27 November 2013,
lot 3113.