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A cOPPeR-Red sIlhOueTTe ‘ThRee FIsh’ bOWl,
KANgXI
China, 1662-1722. Chenghua six-character mark within a double
square painted in cobalt-blue to the base. The porcelain bowl with
rounded sides and flaring rim rising from a cylindrical foot, decorated
with three evenly spaced fish tinged with small areas of green and
patches of liver-red.

Provenance: From the collection of
Jerrold Schecter, a journalist for The Wall
Street Journal and Time Magazine, serving
as Times bureau chief in Tokyo, Moscow
and the White House. The present bowl
was acquired in Tokyo between 1964 and
1968.
condition: Superb condition with only
minor firing irregularities and old wear. Jerrold Schecter
Weight: 805.6 g
Dimensions: Diameter 21.6 cm

This cup was produced in the imperial kilns of Jingdezhen in southern China
during the reign of the Kangxi Emperor (1662-1722). The decoration of
the three stylized fishes in underglaze copper red was made after a Ming
original of the 15th century, and a mark of the Chenghua Emperor (1464- Auction result comparison: Compare with a pair of stem cups bearing the
1487) is painted in the inside. same design, but with Xuande marks, at Sotheby’s New york in Fine Chinese
Ceramics & Works of Art, 11 September 2012, lot 15, sold for USD $37,500.
The practice of adding marks of earlier periods can often be seen on
Chinese porcelain. In this case, the combination of the Chenghua mark with 仿明釉裏紅三魚紋碗，康熙
a decorative style of the Ming dynasty can be interpreted as an homage to 中國，1662-1722。碗底雙圈青花成化六字款。瓷碗圈足直挺，碗外壁用釉裏紅繪製
the past and a form of reverence to earlier dynasties. 三條魚，局部汎綠，生動活潑。
These rare silhouetted red-and-white Ming period and Ming style Kangxi 來源：來自Jerrold Schecter私人收藏，他曾是《華爾街日報》與《時代雜志》記
者，是《時代雜志》在東京、莫斯科和白宮的主編。此碗是1964至1968年他在東京
wares used copper-red glazes rather than underglaze red pigments for 所購。
their effects. The red fish may have been designed with the help of paper 品相：品相優良，僅輕微燒製瑕疵與老磨損。
stencils. 重量：805.6 克
尺寸：直徑21.6 厘米
Literature comparison: Chinese Glazes, Their Origins, Chemistry, and
recreation, Nigel Wood, London 2007, page 181. Also compare with Victoria estimate euR 2.000,-
and Albert Museum, C.108-1929. Starting price EUr 1.000,-

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