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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. CHAN CHI CHIN 清康熙 鬪彩團花馬蹄盃一對
A PAIR OF DOUCAI ‘MEDALLION’ CUPS, 《大明成化年製》仿款
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
來源：
apocryphal Cheunghua marks 香港蘇富比1991年10月29日，編號206
9.1 cm
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 29th October 1991, lot 206.
HK$ 220,000-300,000
US$ 28,200-38,400
The design of the present cups is inspired by similar 口微侈，斜弧壁，臥圈足，盃口覆呈馬蹄狀。線條柔
examples produced during the celebrated reign of the 美，胎釉精良，溫潤似玉。通體施白釉，胎體輕薄，
Chenghua Emperor, known for its strict standards requiring 釉質瑩潤，外壁對稱繪四組團花，其中兩組花卉紋，
perfection of form and execution of design. The Qing
emperors, though ethnically Manchu, also strongly supports 兩組為花鳥紋。清初皇帝非常重視漢文化及儒家正統
traditional Confucian thinking in Han Chinese culture, 思想，他們不但重視宣揚漢文化，既有滿人入主中原
seeking to achieve cultural continuity. Cups of similar shape 正統性的象徵，更將這種思想在藝術創作上表現出
or design to the present lot were made during the Chenghua 來。成化本朝相似的例子，見台北故宮博物院藏五件
period, see five doucai cups, mark and period of Chenghua in 鬪彩團果紋馬蹄盃，著錄於《成化瓷器特展圖錄》，
the Palace Museum, Taipei, all with a similar shape but floral 台北，2003年，編號152-156，另見同著錄中一件成化
medallions, illustrated in Catalogue of the Special Exhibition
of Ch’eng-hua Porcelain Ware, Taipei, 2003, cat. nos 152-156. 鬪彩花鳥團花杯，編號169。
Another cup with a very similar ‘birds and flowers’ medallion
design is illustrated in ibid., cat. no. 169.
Marks
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