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23       PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTION
                   A RARE PAIR OF INCISED AUBERGINE-GLAZED SAUCER DISHES,
                   MARKS AND PERIOD OF YONGZHENG


                   清雍正   茄皮紫釉劃纏枝石榴紋盤一對
                   《大清雍正年製》款

                   each potted with shallow rounded sides resting on a short foot, incised around the exterior with an undulating
                   pomegranate scroll, covered overall in an aubergine glaze, the white base inscribed with a six-character reign mark
                   within a double circle

                   11.3 cm


                   PROVENANCE                                來源：
                   Acquired from Edward T. Chow (1910-80) in the late   1960年代末購自仇焱之（1910-80年）
                   1960s.

                   HK$ 40,000-60,000
                   US$ 5,200-7,700

                   Although the aubergine glaze colour had been developed   茄皮紫釉早見於宣德一朝，但甚鮮見，直到清代方始流
                   already in the Xuande period, it remained very rare until   行，主要飾於盌盤等器。對盤細刻纏枝石榴，較飾八吉
                   the Qing dynasty, when it became popular mainly for   祥盤更為罕見，後者見玫茵堂舊藏對例，2012年10月9
                   bowls and dishes. The current pair of dishes, incised   日在香港蘇富比拍出，編號7。
                   with pomegranates, is rarer than those with the 'Eight
                   Buddhist Emblems', such as the pair from the Meiyintang   其 他 纏 枝 石榴 紋 例 可 參 閱 約 翰 ．艾 爾 斯 ， 《 T he
                   Collection, sold in these rooms, 9th October 2012, lot 7.
                                                             Baur Collection Geneva: Chinese Ceramics》，日內
                                                             瓦，1968-74年，卷III，圖版 A 476、477。倫敦大英博
                   Other examples are illustrated in John Ayers, The Baur
                   Collection Geneva: Chinese Ceramics, Geneva, 1968-74,   物館大維德爵士藏另有一對，藏品編號 PDF,B.583、584
                   vol. III, pls A 476 and 477; another pair from the Sir Percival   。《清代單色釉瓷器特展》中也有一盤，故宮博物院，
                   David Collection in the British Museum (accession   台北，1981年，編號45。霍爾家族和何鴻卿爵士遞藏也
                   nos PDF,B.583 and 584); and a single dish included in   有一例，兩度在香港蘇富比易手，2000年5月2日，編
                   the exhibition Qingdai danse you ciqi tezhan [Special   號531和2022年10月9日，編號107。尚可參考  Lorant
                   exhibition of monochrome glazed porcelain of the Qing   Goldschlager 舊藏對例，三度在香港蘇富比拍出，最後
                   dynasty], Palace Museum, Taipei, 1981, cat. no. 45.   一次見於馬錢特專場，2020年7月10日，編號3121。
                   Compare also a dish formerly in the collections of the Hall
                   family and Sir Joseph Hotung, sold twice in these rooms,
                   2nd May 2000, lot 531, and 9th October 2022, lot 107; and
                   another pair from the collections of Lorant Goldschlager
                   and Marchant, sold three times in 1973, 2011 and most
                   recently in these rooms, 10th July 2020, lot 3121.











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