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           A PEACHBLOOM-GLAZED SEAL PASTE BOX        Compare a number of similar seal boxes preserved in
           AND COVER, MARK AND PERIOD OF KANGXI      important collections around the world: one of several in
                                                     the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, illustrated in
           the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue (2)  Suzanne G. Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics,
           Diameter 3⅞ in., 9.8 cm
                                                     New York, 1989, fig. 237; another in the Palace Museum,
           PROVENANCE                                Beijing, published in Kangxi. Yongzheng. Qianlong. Qing
                                                     Porcelain from the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1989, pl. 124;
           Collection of Herman A. E. (d. 1951) and Paul C. (d. 1951) Jaehne.
           Gifted to The Newark Museum, Newark, in 1941 (accession  and a third in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, included
                                                     in the museum’s Special Exhibition of K’ang-hsi, Yung-cheng
           no. 41.1968C-D).
                                                     and Ch’ien-lung Porcelain Ware from the Ch’ing Dynasty,
           The present seal paste box, also known as yinse he or   Taipei, 1986, cat. no. 11. See also examples sold at auction:
           ‘vermilion box’, represents one of eight canonical shapes   one from the Leshantang Collection, sold in our Hong
           of peachbloom wares said to have been made for the   Kong rooms, 8th October 2023, lot 109; another from the
           scholar’s tables of the Kangxi court. These pieces, known   collection of Edward T. Chow (1910-1980) later sold in these
           by connoisseurs as the Badama (‘Eight Great Numbers’),   rooms, 22nd September 2020, lot 102; and a third, formerly
           are among the most sought after examples of imperial   in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, from
           monochrome porcelain ever produced, admired for their   the Florence and Herbert Irving Gift, sold in these rooms,
           understated forms and dazzling peachbloom glaze. To   10th September 2019, lot 42.
           achieve this dappled coloration, also known in Chinese
           as ‘apple red,’ ‘bean red’, or ‘drunken beauty,’ artisans of   $ 60,000-80,000
           the imperial kilns required the utmost technical precision.
           Blowing a copper-lime pigment through a bamboo tube
           onto a layer of clear glaze and covering again with clear   清康熙 豇豆紅釉印泥盒
           glaze to trap the spray in situ, this complex procedure, and   《大清康熙年製》款
           the carefully controlled firing that followed, resulted in a
           spellbinding palette of variegated vermillion, pink and even   來源
           the occasional green, that continues to inspire collectors and   Herman A. E. (1951年逝) 及 Paul C. (1951年逝)
           contemporary ceramicists to this day.
                                                     Jaehne 收藏
                                                     1941年贈予紐瓦克博物館, 紐瓦克 (館藏編號
                                                     41.1968C-D)







































           62      SOTHEBY’S        COMPLETE CATALOGUING AVAILABLE AT SOTHEBYS.COM/N11744                                                                 PROPERTY OF THE NEWARK MUSEUM OF ART, SOLD TO SUPPORT MUSEUM COLLECTIONS  63
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