A rare black-ground famille-rose bowl Mark and period of Yongzheng | 清雍正 黑地粉彩纏枝花卉紋盌 《大清雍正年製》款

Collection of Fong Chow (1923-2012), curator of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, acquired prior to 1971.

Christie's New York, 22nd March 2013, lot 1205.

紐約大都會藝術博物館前館長周方（1923-2012年）收藏，1971年前入藏

紐約佳士得2013年3月22日，編號1205

Bowls of this type are extremely rare and only one other example appears to have been published, from the Sir Alfred Beit (1903-1994) collection, sold in our London rooms, 6th November 2013, lot 77. A similar design, described as 'lucky flowers', rendered on a slightly smaller bowl in the doucai palette, in the Nanjing Museum, is illustrated in The Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p. 132.

This bowl belongs to a small group of black ground wares with similarly enamelled designs consisting of flowers amongst green foliate scrolls, all with Yongzheng marks and of the period; a bowl decorated with a band of flowers on a leafy scroll, from the Charles Russell collection, is illustrated in R.L. Hobson et.al., Chinese Ceramics in Private Collections, London, 1931, pl. 347; another was included in the exhibition The Barbara Hutton Collection of Chinese Porcelain, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, 1956, pl. XIIIa; a dish in the Shanghai Museum, Shanghai, is published in Zhongguo meishu quanji. Gongyi meishu bian [Complete series on Chinese art. Arts and crafts section], vol. 3, Beijing, 1988, pl. 202; another in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, is included in Rose Kerr, Chinese Ceramics. Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty, London, 1986, pl. 23; and a third dish from the Wangxinglou collection is illustrated in Imperial Perfection. The Palace Porcelain of Three Chinese Emperors – Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, Hong Kong, 2004, pl. 33.

本品紋飾獨特，至今只有一件相類作例有見著錄。此例出自 Alfred Beit 爵士收藏（1903-1994年），售於倫敦蘇富比2013年11月6日，編號77。一相關鬪彩盌例現蓄南京博物館，載於《清代御窰瓷器》，上海，2003年，頁132。

此盌屬一組數量不多，皆署雍正年款之黑地粉彩花卉紋器。 Charles Russell 收藏中有一相關盌例，錄於 R.L. Hobson 等，《Chinese Ceramics in Private Collections》，倫敦，1931年，編號347；另見一例曾展於《The Barbara Hutton Collection of Chinese Porcelain》，檀香山藝術學院，檀香山，1956年，圖版XIIIa；上海博物館藏一盤例，載於《中國美術全集：工藝美術編》，卷3，北京，1988年，圖版202；維多利亞和艾伯特博物館收藏另有一盤例，刊於柯玫瑰，《Chinese Ceramics. Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty》，倫敦，1986年，圖版23。望星樓收藏有一盤例，載於《清三代官窰瓷器展：康熙雍正乾隆》，香港，2004年，圖版33。