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A FINE YELLOW-GROUND AND GREEN-GLAZED 清嘉慶 黃地綠彩雲龍紋渣斗 A RARE IRON-RED ‘IMMORTALS’ BOWL 清康熙 礬紅墨彩群仙圖盌

‘DRAGON AND PHOENIX’ ZHADOU 《大清嘉慶年製》款 MARK AND PERIOD OF KANGXI 《大清康熙年製》款
SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF JIAQING
superbly painted in shaded tones with immortals, an attendant
the bulbous section incised and decorated with a dragon and and two deer, one immortal portrayed holding a double-gourd 來源：
a phoenix chasing flaming pearls, below key-fret and lappet from which a crane emerges, with details further picked out 法國駐北京、澳門及香港領事 Emile Mancel（1831-1909
borders, the base inscribed in black with a six-character seal in black, the base with an underglaze-blue six-character reign 年）收藏
mark mark, Japanese wood box
l. 9.7 cm, 3¾ in. 17.2 cm, 6¾ in.
PROVENANCE
HK$ 600,000-800,000 Collection of Emile Mancel (1831-1909), French consul
US$ 78,000-104,000
stationed in Beijing, Macau and Hong Kong.
This type of yellow and green glazed zhadou is inspired by Ming HK$ 300,000-400,000
dynasty vessels; for a Zhengde prototype, see one decorated US$ 38,800-52,000
with dragons and clouds, published in Jessica Harrison-Hall,
Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, pl. 8:32.
Bowls of this form enamelled with large figures are rare.
A closely related zhadou, also inscribed with a Jiaqing seal Another example, possibly the pair to this bowl, is illustrated
mark and of the period, was sold twice in our New York rooms,
15th September 2010, lot 399, and 15th/16th September 2015, in Recent Acquisitions, Marchant, London, 2006, cat. no. 11.
lot 309. A closely related but unmarked bowl from the Qing Court
collection and still in Beijing, is illustrated in Kangxi, Yongzheng,
Qianlong: Qing Porcelain from the Palace Museum Collection,
Hong Kong, 1989, no. 47.
Emile Mancel (1831-1909) was a French high official stationed
in Beijing, Macau and Hong Kong and recipient of the Gold
Dragon Medal. In 1862 he was appointed as an Honorary
Consul in Canton (modern day Guangzhou). His letters state
that he purchased his porcelain from other French officers
while in China.
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