A fahua 'peony' bowl, Ming dynasty, 16th century | 明十六世紀　琺華牡丹紋盌

Collection of George de Menasce (1891-1967).

Bluett & Sons Ltd, London.

Mayuyama & Co., Ltd, Tokyo.

The Arts of the Ming Dynasty, Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1957, cat. no. 169.

Chugoku Toji Meihin Ten Ise Korekushon no Shiho / Masterpieces of Chinese Ceramic Art Exhibition, Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art, Ishikawa, 2012, cat. no. 59.

Shika Meisai: Ise Korekushon no Meito / Imperial Colors: Peerless Chinese Porcelains from the Ise Collection, Gotoh Museum, Tokyo, 2015, cat. no. 9.

Tosetsu / A Monthly Journal Published by The Japan Ceramic Society, vol. 462, September 1991 (Mayuyama & Co., Ltd ad).

Chugoku Toji. Ise Korekushon / Chinese Ceramics. The Ise Collection, Tokyo, 2012, p. 79.

Ise Korekushon Sekai wo Miryoshita Chugokutoji / The Enchanting Chinese Ceramics from the Ise Collection, Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, 2017, p. 227.

Fahua wares from the time of their production in the latter half of the Ming dynasty have been admired and acquired by Japanese connoisseurs and collectors. Several types of Fahua vessel are known to have been used in Japanese tea ceremonies and it is been suggested that these bowls were used at such occasions as water vessels or possibly incense burners.

Compare a closely related example illustrated in Sekai Toji Zenshu [Ceramic art of the world], Tokyo, 1976, vol. 14, p. 132, pl. 133. For similar bowls with Fahua-type decoration see Jessica Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics In The British Museum, London, 2001, p. 424, nos. 13:29 and 13:30. Other bowls of this type are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, illustrated in Suzanne G. Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, New York, 1975, p. 144, no. 89.

來源

George de Menasce（1891-1967年）收藏

Bluett & Sons Ltd，倫敦

繭山龍泉堂，東京

展覽

《The Arts of the Ming Dynasty》，東方陶瓷學會，倫敦，1957年，編號169

《中国陶磁名品展―イセコレクションの至宝》，石川縣立美術館，石川，2012年，編號59

《瓷華明彩―イセコレクションの名陶》，五島美術館，東京，2015年，編號9

出版

《陶説》，463期，1991年9月（繭山龍泉堂廣告）

《中国陶磁― イセコレクション》，東京，2012年，頁79

《イセコレクション―世界を魅了した中国陶磁》，大阪市立東洋陶瓷美術館，大阪，2017年，頁227

明代後期生產的琺華器素為日本收藏家所珍。傳世品中多見茶道用器，考其用途，或作水指以承殘湯或為香爐在茶席中使用。 

可資比照一例極為相近之作，載於《世界陶磁全集》，卷14，東京，1976年，頁132，圖版133。飾有類似琺華風格紋飾之碗器，又可參考霍吉淑著，《 Ming Ceramics In The British Museum》，倫敦，2001年，頁424，編號13:29及13:30。紐約大都會藝術博物館亦藏有同類盌，著錄於蘇珊娜·瓦倫斯坦，《A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics》，紐約，1975年，頁144，編號89。