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A RARE FAMILLE ROSE ‘EGG-SHELL’ 清雍正 粉彩蘇武牧羊圖盤
DISH
來源:
YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)
Bertram Currie (1899-1959) 舊藏，法恩伯勒，英國
The interior is decorated with a seated figure surrounded by Spink & Son，倫敦，1936年7月 (據R.H.R.帕默帳本)
three rams, all set in a landscape scene within a diaper border 雷金納德暨莉娜．帕默伉儷珍藏，編號419
at the mouth rim.
7√ in. (20 cm.) diam. 展覽:
倫敦，皇家藝術學院，《International Exhibition of Chinese
HK$80,000-120,000 Art》，1935年11月28日-1936年3月7日，編號2131
US$11,000-15,000 出版:
皇家藝術學院，《International Exhibition of Chinese Art》，
PROV ENA NCE: 倫敦，1935年，頁193 & 209，圖錄編號2269 (圖一)
Bertram Currie (1899-1959) Collection, Farnborough, 蘇武，西漢郎中，受漢武帝派遣出使匈奴，淪落被扣長達十九年但堅貞不屈，
England 其臨危不苟及不辱使命的氣節名垂青史。此拍品描繪蘇武北海牧羊、手持漢
Spink & Son, London, July 1936, as recorded in the RHRP 節的情境，表現忠於職守及忠誠於國家民族之信念。
ledger
The Reginald and Lena Palmer Collection, no. 419
EX HI BIT ED:
London, The Royal Academy of Ars, International Exhibition of
Chinese Art, 28 November 1935- 7 March 1936, ser. nos. 2131
LIT E RATU RE:
The Royal Academy of Ars, International Exhibition of Chinese
Art, London, 1935, p. 193 & 209, cat. no. 2269 (Fig. 1)
The figure depicted on the dish is Su Wu, a Western Han diplomat
and politician, celebrated for his virtue of loyalty and bravery in
Chinese history. On his diplomatic mission to the foreign territory
of the Xiongnu as an ambassador, Su Wu was captured and
detained for nineteen years. Regardless of the hardship endured
during his captivity, Su Wu refused to surrender and remained
loyal and faithful to his mission and Emperor Wu of Han. It was
known that Su Wu served long years of herding sheep before
managing to return home; this famous story is depicted on the
present lot. The unusually shaped herding stick held by Su Wu is
known as jie, also shown in the present lot; it is made with bamboo
and decorated with three knots of yak tail. Such jie could only be
bestowed by the Emperor; it not only serves as the pledge of the
Emperor, but also represents the nation.

(Fig.1 圖一) (reverse 背面)

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