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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE ‘FRUIT AND 明宣德 青花折枝花果紋葵口盌
雙圈六字楷書款
FLOWER’ HEXAFOIL BOWL
來源：
XUANDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE WITHIN A 丹麥 Carl Alfred Jensen (1886-1953)

DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1426-1435) Carl Alfred Jensen為丹麥工程師，曾任職於丹麥Great
Northern Telegraph Company，於1911至1927年被派駐中
The interior of the shallow widely-flaring conical bowl is 國各城市工作。
painted in rich blue tones with a medallion enclosing a fruiting
and flowering peach below individual sprays of lotus, camellia, 此器造型源自宋器，清雅隽秀，裝飾精巧，紋飾豐富，鮮明
chrysanthemum and other flowers around the lobed rim. The 生動。宣德青花盌，《清檔》中或稱「宣窯青花白地葵花大
exterior is painted with fruiting sprays of grapes, pomegranate, 鐃碗」及「宣窯青花白地葵瓣鐃碗」，如乾隆元年「七月十
longyan, peach, persimmon and lychee above individual floral 三日，司庫劉山久來說太監胡世傑交宣窯青花白地葵花大鐃
sprays and a classic scroll around the foot. 碗十六件隨錦匣兩件」；乾隆四年三月二十一日，「七品首
8√ in. (22.7 cm.) diam., box 領薩木哈，催總白世秀來說首領開其里交……宣窯青花白地
葵瓣鐃碗一件……傳旨：著認看等次。欽此。」
HK$800,000-1,200,000 US$110,000-160,000
近似例見諸於世界著名博物館及私人收藏：如北京故宮博物
PROVENANCE: 院所藏一例，載於2000年香港出版《青花釉裏紅〈上〉》，
圖版151號；兩件藏台北故宮博物院，其一刊於1980年出版
Carl Alfred Jensen (1886-1953), Denmark 《明宣德瓷器特展目錄》，圖版36號，另一載於1998年出版
《明代宣德官窯菁華特展圖錄》，圖版62號；一藏大英博物
Carl Alfred Jensen was a Danish engineer who worked for the Great 館大維德基金會，著錄於1982年東京出版《東洋陶瓷大觀》
Northern Telegraph Company in Denmark. He was stationed in various 第6冊，圖版88號；一藏華盛頓弗利爾美術館，見前揭書第9
cities in China with his family between 1911 and 1927. 冊，圖版102號；一藏上海博物館，見2007年上海出版陸明
華著《明代官窯瓷器》圖 3-34；一藏三藩市亞洲藝術博物
Similar examples from important public and private collections have 館，見賀利著1996年紐約出版《Chinese Ceramics, A New
been published, including one in the Palace Museum collection, Comprehensive Survey》圖403號；一為洛克斐勒三世暨夫
Beijing, illustrated in Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red 人收藏，著錄於1982年紐約亞洲協會出版《Handbook of the
(I), The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Mr. and Mrs. JohnD. Rockefeller 3rd Collection》圖版73
Kong, 2000, p. 159, no. 151; two in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 號；一為日本安宅英一舊藏，刊於1979年出版《安宅コレク
one is illustrated in Catalogue of a Special Exhibition of Hsuan-te ション東洋陶磁展》，圖版102號。
Period Porcelain, Taipei, 1980, pl. 36, the other in the Catalogue of the
Special Exhibition of Selected Hsüan-te Imperial Porcelains of the Ming 亦見近似例經拍賣：如經Parlmer及靜觀堂先後收藏的一例，
Dynasty, Taipei, 1998, p. 178-179, pl. 62, one from the Percival David 其於香港佳士得 1989年1月17日拍賣，拍品編號567；Koger
Foundation, now housed at the British Museum, and illustrated in 伉儷舊藏一例，於紐約蘇富比1990年11月27日拍賣，拍品
Oriental Ceramics, The World’s Great Collections, vol. 6, Tokyo, 1982, pl. 編號6；蘇林庵舊藏一例，於香港蘇富比1995年10月10日拍
88; one in the Freer Gallery of Art, included in ibid., vol. 9, pl. 102; one 賣，拍品編號315；日本大阪萬野博物館舊藏一例，2010年
in the Shanghai Museum of Art, illustrated by Lu Minghua in Mingdai 5月31日於香港佳士得拍賣，拍品編號1856；及先後由John
guanyao ciqi, Shanghai, 2007, fig. 3-34; one in the Capital Museum, F. Woodthorpe、Frederick M. Mayer及玫茵堂遞藏的一
Beijing and illustrated in Shoudu Bowuguan cangci xuan, Beijing, 件，2011年10月5日於香港蘇富比拍賣，拍品編號12。
1991, pl. 97; one in the Jingdezhen Ceramic Museum and published in
Keitokuchin jiki, Kyoto, 1982, pl. 38 bottom; one included in the Asian
Art Museum of San Francisco, illustrated by He Li, Chinese Ceramics,
A New Comprehensive Survey, New York, 1996, fig. 403; one published
in the Asia Society Handbook of the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller
3rd Collection, New York, 1982, pl. 73; and another one formerly in
the Ataka Collection, which was included in the Oriental Ceramic
Exhibition, 1979, and illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 102.

Compare also with bowls of this pattern sold at auction: the first from
the collections of Mr and Mrs R.H.R. Palmer and Jingguangtang, sold
at Christie’s Hong Kong, 3 November 1996, lot 546; from the Ira and
Nancy Koger collection, sold at Sotheby’s New York, 27 November
1990, lot 6; from the Su Lin An collection sold at Sotheby’s Hong
Kong, 10 October 1995, lot 315; from The Manno Museum, Osaka,
Japan, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 31 May 2010, lot 1856; and a bowl
formerly in the Meiyintang Collection, was sold at Sotheby’s Hong
Kong, 5 October 2011, lot 12.

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