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A RARE WUCAI SQUARE-SECTION 明十七世紀中期 青花五彩四季花鳥圖花盆
JARDINÈRE
款識: 宣德年製
MING DYNASTY, MID 17TH CENTURY
來源:
The sides are decorated with flowering branches of peach, Alfred Clark伉儷舊藏，英國，編號248
magnolia, prunus and bamboo that emerge next to rocks and 倫敦蘇富比，1953年3月24日，拍品61號
birds. The base is inscribed with a Xuande four-character
mark. John Sparks，倫敦，1953年3月27日
雷金納德暨莉娜．帕默伉儷珍藏，編號668
5æ in. (14.7 cm.) high
展覽:
HK$200,000-300,000 倫敦，皇家藝術學院，《International Exhibition of Chinese
US$26,000-38,000 Art》，1935年11月28日-1936年3月7日，編號2555
倫敦，《The Exhibition of Chinese Art》，1938年 (據R.H.R.
帕默帳本)
PROV ENA NCE:
倫敦，東方陶瓷學會，《Polychrome Porcelain of the Ming and
Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Clark Collection, United Kingdom, no. Manchu Dynasties》，1950年，編號70 (據R.H.R.帕默帳本及
248
Sold at Sotheby’s London, 24 March 1953, lot 61 標籤)
John Sparks, London, 27 March 1953 倫敦邦瀚斯，《Reginald and Lena Palmer, Their Collection
The Reginald and Lena Palmer Collection, no. 668 and The Oriental Ceramic Society, 1921-1970: A Loan
Exhibition》，2021年10月25日- 11月2日
EX HI BIT ED:
London, The Royal Academy of Arts, International Exhibition 出版:
of Chinese Art, 28 November 1935- 7 March 1936, ser. nos. 皇家藝術學院，《International Exhibition of Chinese Art》，
2555 倫敦，1935年，頁129 & 151，圖錄編號1560
London, The Exhibition of Chinese Art, 8 – 28 January 1938, as 邦瀚斯，《Reginald and Lena Palmer, Their Collection
recorded in the RHRP ledger and The Oriental Ceramic Society, 1921-1970: A Loan
London, The Oriental Ceramic Society, Polychrome Porcelain Exhibition》，倫敦，2021年，頁40- 41，圖錄編號10
of the Ming and Manchu Dynasties, 1950, no. 70, as recorded in
the RHRP ledger and according label 一件與本拍品尺寸、紋飾及款識均為相似之近似例，為大維德爵士舊藏(PDF
Bonham’s London, Reginald and Lena Palmer, Their Collection 705)，曾於1935至1936年倫敦皇家藝術院之《International Exhibition of
and The Oriental Ceramic Society, 1921-1970: A Loan Chinese Art》展覽，展覽編號1560，並載於R. Fung，《Ming Colours–
Exhibition, 25 October – 2 November 2021 Polychrome Porcelain from Jingdezhen》，倫敦，2006 年，頁48-49，
編號 15。
LIT E RATU RE:
The Royal Academy of Arts, International Exhibition of Chinese
Art, London, 1935, pp. 129 & 151, cat. no. 1560
Bonham’s, Reginald and Lena Palmer, Their Collection and The
Oriental Ceramic Society, 1921-1970, London, 2021, pp. 40-41,
no. 10
A similar vessel also bearing an apocryphal Xuande four-character
mark, is in the collection of Sir Percival David (PDF 705). The
David piece was included in the International Exhibition of Chinese
Art, London, 1935-1936, exhibit no. 1560, and illustrated by R.
Feng in Ming Colours – Polychrome Porcelain from Jingdezhen, London,
2006, pp. 48-49, no. 15.

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