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350 A FAMILLE-VERTE ‘ELEGANT 清康熙 五彩美人圖盤
BEAUTY’ DISH 《大清康熙年製》款

Kangxi Mark and Period 來源 展覽
H. M. Knight (1971年逝) 收藏 《Oosterse Shatten》，荷蘭國立博物館，
the shallow rounded sides rising to a gently flaring rim, enameled 香港蘇富比1979年11月28日，編號 阿姆斯特丹，1954年，編號352
in delicate tones of green, yellow and augergine, depicting an
elegant woman attired in flowing Han-style robes standing before 149 《The Colors of Earth, Kangxi Era
香港佳士得1990年3月20日，編號
a slender corner-leg table displaying several accoutrements of an Porcelain from the Stamen Collection》，
accomplished lady, such as a book, gilt censer, and bottle vase 685 波士頓美術館，波士頓，2002年，編號16
containing two peacock feathers, the base with a six-character Ed Chan，Galerius
reign mark in underglaze blue, coll. no. 247 Collection，Marion，麻省，1999年
Diameter 6 in., 15.2 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of H. M. Knight (d. 1971).
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 28th November 1979, lot 149.
Christie’s Hong Kong, 20th March 1990, lot 685
Ed Chan, Galerius Collection, Marion, Massachusetts, 1999.
EXHIBITED
Oosterse Shatten, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1954, cat. no. 352.
The Colors of Earth, Kangxi Era Porcelain from the Stamen
Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2002, no. 16.

$ 8,000-12,000

351 A FAMILLE-VERTE ‘ZHANG 清康熙 五彩草聖揮毫圖詩文長頸瓶
XU’ BOTTLE VASE 《大明成化年製》仿款

Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period 來源
Geoffrey Waters，倫敦
the ovoid body rising to a tall cylindrical neck encircled at
the mid-section with a single raised fillet, the rounded sides
delicately enameled with a scene depicting an emperor, standing
in a pale yellow robe appreciating the work of the famous
calligrapher Zhang Xu, the scholar attired in a bright green robe,
kneeling while dipping a brush onto an inkstone held aloft by a
young assistant, scholarly objects atop a table in the background
and several wine pots, a small bat fluttering above, the reverse
with a three line poetic inscription and two seal marks, the base
with an apocryphal six-character Chenghua mark, coll. no. 1591
Height 9 in., 22.9 cm
PROVENANCE
Geoffrey Waters, London.
The inscription is a stanza from Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup
by Du Fu (712-770) and may be translated as,
Give three cupfuls to the calligrapher Zhang Xu and his writing
becomes inspired—he throws off his cap before the officials and
his brush produces cloud and mist
Zhang Xu (710-750), also known as Zhang Changshi for his
official post, was a native of today’s Suzhou of Jiangsu Province.
Zhang once served as a regional officer and was famous for his
exuberant, bold style of cursive calligraphy.
$ 15,000-25,000

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