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A SMALL BLUE AND WHITE ‘THREE FRIENDS OF 清雍正 青花歲寒三友紋小罐 雙圈六字楷書款

WINTER’ OVOID JARLET
來源
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE Ralph M. Chait Galleries，紐約
美國威斯特徹斯特郡私人收藏
WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735) 紐約佳士得，2012 年 3 月 22-23 日，拍品 2023 號

The high-shouldered, tapering body is finely decorated with one 可參考兩件尺寸較小的雍正青花小罐，一對載錄於 John Alexander Pope
young and one mature pine tree with widely spreading branches 著，《Porcelains in the Frick Collection》，第 7 冊，紐約，1974 年，69 頁，
that partially obscure two slender prunus trees, with bamboo 編號 124、125（5.4 公分高）；另一件（6.2 公分高）為天民樓珍藏，載
growing in their midst, the decoration representing the ‘Three 於劉良佑著《中國歷代陶瓷鑑賞》，第 5 冊，台北，1991 年，90 頁。
Friends of Winter’ (prunus, pine and bamboo), all below a narrow
scroll border of detached clouds on the short, waisted neck.
3Ω in. (8.9 cm.) high, box

HK$600,000-800,000 US$78,000-100,000

PROVENANCE

Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York
A Westchester County private collection
Sold at Christie’s New York, 22-23 March 2012, lot 2023

Several jars of this design and small size are known including a pair
illustrated by John Alexander Pope, Porcelains in the Frick Collection,
vol. 7, New York, 1974, p. 69, nos. 124 and 125, (5.4 cm. high); and
another smaller example (6.2 cm. high) in the S.C. Ko Tianminlou
Collection illustrated by Liu Liang-yu, A Survey of Chinese Ceramics,
vol. 5, Taipei, 1991, p. 90.

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