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A RARE YELLOW-GROUND AND Contrasting colours and longevity motifs are 明嘉靖 黄地紅彩水波雲龍圖罐
IRON-RED DECORATED ‘DRAGON’ perhaps the two most characteristic features 《大明嘉靖年製》款
JAR of Jiajing imperial porcelains. The juxtaposition
MARK AND PERIOD OF JIAJING of the imperial five-clawed dragon with sprays 來源:
of longevity fungus, instead of the usual 埃斯卡納齊古董行,倫敦
of baluster form with a rounded shoulder and lotus scrolls, links the ruler in a most obvious 玫茵堂收藏
short straight neck, covered with a transparent symbolism to long life, and reflects the Jiajing 香港蘇富比2011年4月7日,編號66
and yellow glaze and painted in black with Emperor’s fervent pursuit of longevity and
two dragons among lingzhi scrolls between attachment to Daoist practises promising the 展覽:
cloud motifs above and rocks among waves attainment of immortality. The auspicious 《Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang
below, all reserved in yellow against an iron- message is here carried through even in the Collection》,大英博物館,倫敦,1994年
red background, the white base inscribed in colour scheme, where yellow, the imperial colour, 《Evolution to Perfection. Chinese Ceramics
underglaze blue with a six-character reign mark is surrounded by red, the colour of good luck. from the Meiyintang Collection》,Sporting
13.5 cm, 5⅜ in. Combinations of two different glaze colours are d’Hiver,蒙地卡羅,1996年,編號131
characteristic of the Jiajing reign, but the present
PROVENANCE one is a rare case where the two colours are 出版:
superimposed and had to be fired at different 康蕊君,《玫茵堂中國陶瓷》,倫敦,1994-
Eskenazi Ltd, London. times and different temperatures. 2010年,卷2,編號706
The Meiyintang Collection.
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 7th April 2011, lot 66. A jar of this design from the Avery Brundage 嘉靖御瓷,顏色比對分明,紋飾寓意祥瑞。五
Collection in the Asian Art Museum of San 爪龍紋與靈芝圖案並飾,較為罕見,充分凸顯
EXHIBITED Francisco is illustrated in He Li, Chinese 皇帝欲求不老長生、得道成仙之意願,此作紅
Ceramics. A New Standard Guide, London, 1996, 黃相配,「黃」為帝王用色,「紅」則表意幸
Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, pl. 483; another in the Ashmolean Museum, 運,兩種色彩相輔相成,實屬難得。
The British Museum, London, 1994. Oxford, was included in the Oriental Ceramic
Evolution to Perfection. Chinese Ceramics from Society exhibition Iron in the Fire, Oxford, 1988, 同類紋樣作例,可見艾弗里.布倫德基藏
the Meiyintang Collection/Evolution vers la cat. no. 64; one in the Matsuoka Museum of Art, 品,現存舊金山亞洲藝術博物館,收錄於賀
perfection. Céramiques de Chine de la Collection Tokyo, is illustrated in Tōyō tōji meihin zuroku 利,《Chinese Ceramics. A New Standard
Meiyintang, Sporting d’Hiver, Monte Carlo, 1996, [Catalogue of masterpieces of Oriental ceramics], Guide》,倫敦,1996年,圖版483。牛
cat. no. 131. Matsuoka Bijutsukan, Tokyo, 1991, cat. no. 82, 津阿什莫林博物館另有一件,收錄於東方
Similar jars from the collections of Stephen D. 陶瓷學會展覽圖錄《Iron in the Fire》,牛
LITERATURE Winkworth, George Eumorfopoulos and Mrs 津,1988年,編號64。一件東京松岡美術館
Alfred Clark, respectively, were sold in our 藏品,收錄於《東洋陶磁名品圖錄》,松岡
Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the London rooms 25th April 1933, lot 382; 30th May 美術館,東京,1991年,編號82。相若罐
Meiyintang Collection, London, 1994-2010, vol. 2, 1940, lot 286; and 24th March 1953, lot 65; one 例,可見 Stephen D. Winkworth、George
no. 706. from the collection of J.M. Hu was sold in our New Eumorfopoulos 以及艾弗瑞.克拉克夫人藏
York rooms, 4th June 1985, lot 7; another in these 品,分別售於倫敦蘇富比1933年4月25日,
HK$ 2,500,000-3,500,000 rooms, 12th May 1976, lot 51 and again 16th May 編號382、1940年5月30日,編號286、以及
US$ 323,000-451,000 1989, lot 28, from the British Rail Pension Fund. 1953年3月24日,編號65。胡惠春藏另外一
件,售於紐約蘇富比1985年6月4日,編號7。
A Jiajing jar of this design with cover is compared 英國鐵路基金會又藏一例,售於香港蘇富比
with a Qianlong version, both from the Palace 1976年5月12日,編號51,1989年5月16日,
Museum Collection in Beijing in Li Zhiyan, Virginia 編號28。
L. Bower and He Li, Chinese Ceramics from the
Paleolithic Period through the Qing Dynasty, New
Haven and London, 2010, p. 611.
一件紋樣相同之嘉靖蓋罐,可同一件乾隆作
例比較,兩件皆為北京故宮博物院收藏,
參考李知宴、Virginia L. Bower 及賀利,
《Chinese Ceramics from the Paleolithic
Period through the Qing Dynasty》,紐黑文
及倫敦,2010年,頁611。
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