Imperial Porcelain - A Private Collection
Imperial Porcelain - A Private Collection
A DOUCAI 'LOTUS AND CHRYSANTHEMUM' JAR AND COVER, QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD | 清乾隆 鬪彩番蓮團菊紋蓋罐 《大清乾隆年製》款
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November 6, 11:47 AM GMT
Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 GBP
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A DOUCAI 'LOTUS AND CHRYSANTHEMUM' JAR AND COVER
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD
清乾隆 鬪彩番蓮團菊紋蓋罐 《大清乾隆年製》款
the finely potted ovoid body rising from a tapered foot to a rounded shoulder and an upright rim, embellished to the exterior with roundels enclosing pairs of red and yellow blooming chrysanthemums against leafy green grounds, alternating with lotuses in red and yellow enamels borne on undulating leafy scrolls, all between bands of ruyi heads, the flat-topped cover similarly decorated to the centre with a chrysanthemum medallion, the sides adorned with four leafy lotuses, the base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue
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Height 11.9 cm, 4¾ in.
Jars of this form and painted in the subtle doucai palette with floral roundels, were inspired by porcelain ware made in the Chenghua period (r. 1465-1487). While no original example of this exact design appears to have been recorded, roundels of chrysanthemum are well known on Chenghua mark and period bowls and cups, such as a bowl excavated from the waste heaps of the Ming imperial kilns at Jingdezhen, illustrated in Imperial Porcelains from the Reign of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty II, Beijing, 2016, pl. 155, together with a cup, pl. 179.
A closely related jar and cover, in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, is illustrated in Catalogue of Ch'ing Dynasty Porcelain, vol. 2, Tokyo, 1981, pl. 24; another in the Nanjing Museum, is published in The Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, pl. 224; a pair in the Tianjin Museum, is illustrated in Porcelains from the Tianjin Municipal Museum, Hong Kong, 1993, pl. 177; and a further pair is published in Min Shin no bijutsu [Ming and Qing Art], Tokyo, 1982, pl. 170.
本品器型及淡雅鬪彩團菊紋飾靈感源自明代成化，據現時記載並無紋飾完全相同之作例，然而菊花團花紋飾，則見於帶成化年款之宮盌及盃例，比較一盌，出土自景德鎮御窰遺址廢品堆，圖載於《Imperial Porcelains from the Reign of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty II》，北京，2016年，圖版155，同書並載一盃例，圖版179。
台北故宮博物院收藏一連蓋例，圖載於《故宮清瓷圖錄》，卷2，東京，1981年，圖版24。南京博物院收藏一例，載於《中國清代官窰瓷器》，上海，2003年，圖版224；天津博物館亦藏一例，見《天津市藝術博物館藏瓷》，香港，1993年 ，圖版177；再比一對例，載於《明清の美術》，東京，1982年，圖版170。