Page 62 - Christie's Fine Chiense Works of Art November 2018 London

36
A CORAL-GROUND FAMILLE VERTE ‘BOYS’ BOWL
18TH CENTURY
The bowl is enamelled and gilt on a coral-red ground, with four groups of four
boys gathered playing and engaged in leisurely pursuits beside rocks and
plantain on a continuous fenced garden terrace. The rail posts, surrounding
trees and vegetation are highlighted in gilt. The base is painted with a six-
character Kangxi mark.
8º in. (20.8 cm.)
£20,000-30,000 $27,000-39,000
€23,000-33,000
PROVENANCE
Collection of the late Soame Jenyns (1904-1976), then by descent within the
family.
The elaborate and highly amusing design on the present bowl is based
on earlier Ming prototypes of children gathered in groups playing in a
landscaped garden. The earliest representation in this format can be seen
on a Yongle blue and white bowl exhibited at the Hong Kong Museum of
Art, Chinese Porcelain, The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong, 1987,
illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 15.
Bowls of this particular design and palette most commonly appear in the
Jiaqing period (1796-1820). Although the original Kangxi versions are more
rare, an example can be found in the collection of the Tsui Museum, Hong
Kong, illustrated in The Tsui Museum of Art, Chinese Ceramics, vol. 4, Hong
Kong, 1995, pl.104. A pair of bowls with identical design but from the
Qianlong period is illustrated in Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu Collection,
Japan, 1987, pl. 952.
Jiaqing examples include a bowl in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated
in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Porcelains
in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong, 1999, pl.159; and two
bowls in the O.C.S. Exhibition of Ch’ing Polychrome Porcelain, 1977, no. 100,
subsequently sold at Christie’s London, 13 December 1982, lot 528.
清十八世紀 珊瑚紅地描金五彩嬰戲圖大碗

來源: 英國學者詹甯斯(1904-1976)舊藏, 家傳至今

Other fees apply in addition to the hammer price – see Section D of our Conditions of Sale at the back of this Catalogue