Page 105 - Sotheby's Hong Kong Important Chinese Works of Art, Oct. 9, 2022

3642 3643

PROPERTY FROM THE DR HONJI CHANG COLLECTION 清乾隆 粉彩過枝癩瓜紋盌一對 A CORAL-GROUND REVERSE-DECORATED 清乾隆 珊瑚紅白地秀竹紋盌
A PAIR OF FAMILLE-ROSE 'BALSAM PEAR' 《大清乾隆年製》款 'BAMBOO' BOWL, 《大清乾隆年製》款
BOWLS, SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG
SEAL MARKS AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG 來源： 11.7 cm 來源：
倫敦佳士得2006年11月7日，編號227
Reangthong Limpuangthip（1949-2013年）收藏，貝塞
11 cm
PROVENANCE 斯達，馬里蘭州
PROVENANCE Collection of Reangthong Limpuangthip (1949-2013), 紐約佳士得2016年3月18日，編號1630
Bethesda, Maryland.
Christie's London, 7th November 2006, lot 227.
Christie's New York, 18th March 2016, lot 1630.
HK$ 600,000-800,000
US$ 76,500-102,000 HK$ 500,000-700,000
US$ 64,000-89,500
A pair of bowls of this type, from the Sir Percival David
collection and now in the British Museum, London, is This bowl is notable for the beautifully executed design of
illustrated in Catalogue of Ch’ing Enamelled Wares, London, bamboo in reserve, which creates a sharp and pleasing
1958, pl. 897; a bowl in the Musée Guimet, Paris, is published contrast between the iron-red enamel and the white
in Oriental Ceramics. The World Great Collections, vol. 7, porcelain. While iron red was already used to decorate Cizhou
Tokyo, 1981, pl. 91; another is published in the Illustrated wares in the Jin dynasty, and was adopted at Jingdezhen
Catalogue of Tokyo National Museum. Chinese Ceramics, during the Yuan dynasty, it was only in the 18th century, when
vol. 2, Tokyo, 1980, pl. 660; and a further pair of bowls, from Tang Ying (1682-1756) supervised the imperial kilns during Mark
the Alfred Beit Foundation, was sold in our London rooms, the Yongzheng and early Qianlong periods, that its decorative
6th November 2013, lot 78. See also an example from the potential was fully realised. Iron red, which adheres in a thin,
collection of Malcolm Mackintosh, sold in these rooms, 10th opaque layer, allows for razor-sharp lines, as seen on the
July 2020, lot 3117. pointy leaves of the present lot, which could not be achieved
with other enamels that are thicker and glassier. This
property makes ‘negative’ reverse designs most successful,
giving it a delicacy rarely seen with ‘positive’ painting on a
white ground. Against a backdrop in red, which in China is the
colour of joyful celebrations, bamboo serves both as a pun for
congratulation (zhu) and as a symbol for peace.
See a closely related example in the Hong Kong Museum
of Art, included in The Wonders of the Potter's Palette: Qing
Ceramics from the Collection of the Hong Kong Museum of
Art, Hong Kong, 1984, cat. no. 77, previously sold in these
rooms, 19th May 1982, lot 321; and another pair preserved
Marks
in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, accession nos
74-1883 and 74A-1883.

102 FOR COMPLETE CATALOGUING 詳盡圖錄內容請瀏覽 SOTHEBYS.COM/HK1265 103