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3196 楁㷗喯⭴㭼炻1996⸜11㚰5㖍炻㉵⑩840嘇
楁㷗喯⭴㭼炻2005⸜5㚰2㖍炻㉵⑩671嘇
A PEACHBLOOM-GLAZED WATER POT, TAIBAI
ZUN ⮲⮷⎋⽖㐯炻䞕柠㹄偑炻溻儡⏰⋲䎫⼊炻⚰嵛ˤ☐ℏ㕥䘥
慱ˤ⢾⡩㺧㕥寯寮䲭慱炻儡悐⇣⢼漵⛀剙㘿䲳ᶱ䳬ˤ⚰嵛ℏ
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF 㕥䘥慱炻曺剙㚠ˬ⣏㶭⹟䅁⸜墥˭㤟㚠㫦ˤ
THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
ˬ⣒䘥⮲˭⚈⼊ỤⒸẋ娑Ṣ㛶⣒䘥梚惺䘬惺仰侴⼿⎵ˤ寯寮
The ‘beehive’-shaped vessel is well potted with rounded sides 䲭㗗⹟䅁㛅䈡㚱䘬慱刚炻朆ⷠ⎵屜ˤ⢾⡩戭䲭慱↮劍⸚㫉⏡
rising to a short flaring rim, incised with three archaistic dragon 慱侴ㆸ炻䅺墥暋⹎㭼恶䩘䲭㚜檀炻㇨ẍ䓊慷⼰⮹炻⣂䁢㔯㇧
roundels on the body. The glaze is of rich raspberry tones with 䓐℟炻ὃ䘯ⷅℏ⺟岆䓐ˤ⁛䴙ᶲ娵䁢⹟䅁寯寮䲭⎒㚱⚢⭂䘬
crimson-red speckles. The interior and countersunk base are ℓ䧖☐⼊炻὿䧙ˬℓ⣏䡤˭ˤ䲸䲬⣏悥㚫⌂䈑棐啷㚱ᶨ⣿⬴
covered in a transparent glaze. 㔜䘬⹟䅁寯寮䲭ˬℓ⣏䡤˭炻庱㕤S. Valenstein叿炻1989⸜䲸
4 ‰ in. (12.5 cm.) wide, box 䲬↢䇰˪A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics˫炻237枩ˤ⎎ᶨ⣿
⬴㔜䘬⹟䅁寯寮䲭ˬℓ⣏䡤˭䁢朄奨➪冲啷炻ⓖ㕤楁㷗Ἓ⢓
HK$700,000-900,000 US$91,000-120,000 ⼿炻1996⸜11㚰3㖍炻㉵⑩557嘇ˤ⹟䅁ẍ⼴炻寯寮䲭慱䅺墥
㈨喅忪⣙⁛ˤ
PROVENANCE

Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 5 November 1996, lot 840
Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 2 May 2005, lot 671

Waterpots of this form are known as Taibai zun, after the Tang dynasty
poet Li Bo who is often depicted leaning against a large wine jar of
similar form. They are also known as jizhao zun because their shape
resembles that of a chicken coop. Such waterpots belong to the group
of eight peachbloom wares for the scholar’s desk, of which a complete
set is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, illustrated by S.
Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, New York, 1989, p. 237.
Another complete set of eight from the Jingguantang Collection, was
sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 3 November 1996, lot 557.

Similar waterpots can be found in many important museum
collections, for example, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, published
in Kangxi Yongzheng Qianlong, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 142, pl. 125; in
the Percival David Foundation, London, included in the Illustrated
Catalogue of Ming and Qing Monochrome Wares, London, 1989, no.
580; and another included in the Hong Kong Museum of Art exhibition
Ming and Ch’ing Porcelain from the Collection of the T. Y. Chao Family
Foundation, 1976, illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 52.

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