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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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