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Wanli mark and period; image courtesy Chenghua mark and period; image courtesy
of the Palace Museum, Beijing of the National Palace Museum, Taipei
明萬曆，「大明萬曆年製」款，北京故宮博物院藏 明成化，「大明成化年製」款，台北國立故宮博物院藏

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A VERY RARE IMPERIAL DOUCAI ‘BAJIXIANG’ BOWL the Kangxi period, the present lot still distinguishes itself in its pleasing
Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period elegance and refined delicacy of the potting and enamelling. Compare
Elegantly potted with deeply rounded sides rising from a short straight the present bowl to the shape and the colour scheme of a doucai bowl
foot to a gently flared rim, the exterior delicately outlined in underglaze decorated with dragon medallions, Kangxi mark and period, in the
blue and enamelled in yellow, aubergine, green and iron-red with Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in ibid., p.226, no.207.
the Eight Buddhist Emblems, bajixiang, each emblem supported
on a blossoming lotus issuing from leafy tendrils, all above a border Compare also a related example of a doucai ‘bajixiang’ stem bowl,
of upright lappets, the interior medallion decorated with clumps of Yongzheng mark and period, which was sold in these Rooms, 29
bamboo amidst rockwork and a spray of lingzhi fungus, box. November 2016, lot 20. See another doucai stem bowl also decorated
15cm (6in) diam. (2). with the Eight Buddhist Emblems, which was made under Imperial
command in the tenth year of the Yongzheng reign (1733) as a gift
HK$200,000 - 300,000 to Mongolian nobles, in the Nanjing Museum, illustrated in Zhongguo
US$26,000 - 38,000 lidai Jingdezhen ciqi: Qing juan, Beijing, 1998, p.120. Therefore, it is
possible that the present bowl was specially commissioned for the
emperor’s personal use or as an Imperial gift.
清雍正 鬥彩蓮托八吉祥紋碗 青花「大清雍正年製」楷書款
碗敞口，弧腹，圈足。外壁以釉下青花和釉上紅、綠、黃、紫彩描繪
Provenance: 八種吉祥物包括法輪、寶螺、寶傘、寶蓋、蓮花、雙魚、寶瓶和盤
A distinguished Asian private collection 長，近足處繪仰蓮瓣紋。碗心以鬥彩飾靈芝、湖石、翠竹。碗底書青
花雙圈兩行「大清雍正年製」楷書款。
來源：
重要亞洲私人收藏 此式蓮托八吉祥紋碗創燒明成化年間，見台北國立故宮博物院藏一件
明成化青花蓮托八吉祥紋碗（缺釉上彩），著錄於《成化瓷器特展
The design on the present bowl is directly derived from Imperial 圖錄》，台北，2003年，頁145，編號131；至晚明萬曆時期亦有燒
Chenghua-period porcelain, as can be seen on a blue and white bowl, 造，但數量極少，見北京故宮博物院藏一件明萬曆鬥彩蓮托八寶紋
missing its overglaze enamel decoration, Chenghua mark and period, 碗，《故宮博物院藏文物珍品大系：五彩·鬥彩》，香港，2007年，
in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Catalogue of the 頁205，編號187。
Special Exhibition of Ch’eng-Hua Porcelain Ware, Taipei, 2003, p.145,
no.131. This design inspired later Ming dynasty wares, as can be 此碗胎質細膩，釉彩明麗，其墩形形制及相對濃艷的釉上彩似乎更接
seen on a similarly decorated bowl, Wanli mark and period, illustrated 近康熙時期類似鬥彩碗的風格，如北京故宮博物院藏一件清康熙鬥彩
in The Complete Collection of the Treasures of the Palace Museum: 團龍紋碗，著錄於《故宮博物院藏文物珍品大系：五彩·鬥彩》，香
Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Shanghai, 2007, 港，2007年，頁205，編號207。
p.205, no.187.
參看香港邦瀚斯曾售出一件清雍正鬥彩蓮托八吉祥紋高足碗，2016年
This bowl still preserves some of the features of the Kangxi wares 11月29日，拍品編號20；另見南京博物館藏類似一例高足碗，著錄於
including the form with a deeply potted shape and a wide mouth, as 《中國歷代景德鎮瓷器：清卷》，北京，1998年，頁120，據記載該
well as a relatively more opaque doucai palette, suggesting an early 類高足碗於雍正十年二月奉命燒造，專為賞賜蒙古王公之用，因此此
date in the Yongzheng reign. However, whilst probably near in date to 碗亦或為清宮對蒙藏貴族的賞賜之物。

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