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A VERY RARE PAIR OF
MOULDED TURQUOISE-
ENAMELLED MALLOW-FORM
TEA BOWLS
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS
IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN
DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD
(1723-1735)
清雍正 松石綠釉葵式茶鍾一對
雙圈六字楷書款
HK$600,000-800,000
US$78,000-100,000
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Each bowl is delicately moulded with a band of petal lappets above
the foot rim, below swirling and overlapping mallow-flower petals
flaring to corresponding lobed rim, covered on the exterior with an
opaque turquoise enamel stopping neatly around the foot rim. The
interior and base are covered with a transparent glaze.
4 Ω in. (11.3 cm.) diam. (2)
PROVENANCE
Frank Caro, successor to C.T. Loo, New York, 1960s
EXHIBITED
San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas, 1984-2017
The attractive form of the current bowl appears to have originated
during the Yongzheng reign. It can be found in a range of sizes, from
as small as a wine cups measuring just over 6 cm. in diameter, to large
bowls measuring over 20 cm. in diameter. The present pair, appears to
be the only known examples decorated with turquoise enamel and of
this size.
Other Yongzheng-marked bowls of this form include: a smaller pair of
lemon-yellow enamelled cups (6.3 cm.), sold at Sotheby’s New York,
18 September 1996, lot 221; a white-glazed cup (7 cm.) moulded
with longer petals on the upper tier with incised details illustrated in
The Wonders of the Potter’s Palette, Qing Ceramics from the Collection of
the Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1984, pp. 100-101, no.
58; a lime-green enamelled bowl (15.5 cm.) in the Victoria and Albert
Museum, illustrated by R. Kerr in Chinese Ceramics: Porcelain of the Qing
Dynasty, 1644-1911, London, 1986, p. 92, no. 66; a pair of lemon-
yellow enamelled bowls (15.2 cm.) from the E. T. Hall collection, sold
at Christie’s London, 7 June 2004, lot 277; a white-glazed bowl (15.5
cm.) in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Gugong Bowuyuan
cang Qingdai yuyao ciqi [Porcelains from the Qing dynasty imperial kilns
in the Palace Museum], vol. 1, pt. II, Beijing, 2005, no. 96; and a
large lemon-yellow enamelled bowl (20.7 cm.), sold at Christie’s Hong
Kong, 27 October 2003, lot 703.
來源
Frank Caro，盧芹齋繼承人，紐約，1960年代
展覽
德州聖安東尼奧美術館，1984-2017年
此茶鍾造形特殊，經模印而成，下層花瓣平行仰立，上層相疊飄
逸，猶如綻放之秋葵，外壁施松石綠釉，釉色幽雅，本拍品雙雙
成對，更為難得。此造型始見於雍正官窯，其尺寸範圍不一，由
徑6公分的酒圓至20公分的茶鍾皆有。
其他雍正款葵式盃、盌包括：檸檬黃釉盃一對（口徑6.3公分），
1996年9月18日於紐約蘇富比拍賣，拍品221號；一件白釉盃
（口徑7公分），載於《清瓷薈錦：香港藝術館藏清代陶瓷》，
香港，1984年，頁100-101，圖版58號；一件藏於倫敦維多利亞
和阿爾伯特博物館的淡綠彩盌（口徑15.5公分），載於柯玫瑰，
《Chinese Ceramics: Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty, 1644-1911》，
倫敦，1986年，頁92，圖版66號；E.T. Hall舊藏檸檬黃釉盌一對
（口徑15.2公分），2004年6月7日於倫敦佳士得拍賣，拍品277號。
一件藏於北京故宮博物院的白釉盌（口徑15.5公分），見《故宮
博物院藏清代御窯瓷器》，第一冊，第二部，北京，2005年，圖
版96號；以及檸檬黃釉大盌一件（口徑20.7公分），於2003年10
月27日香港佳士得拍賣，拍品703號。