A Journey Through China’s History The Dr Wou Kiuan Collection Part II
A Journey Through China’s History The Dr Wou Kiuan Collection Part II
A magnificent pair of yangcai 'butterfly' vases, Seal marks and period of Qianlong | 清乾隆 洋彩粉地蝴蝶瓶一對 《大清乾隆年製》款
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A magnificent pair of yangcai 'butterfly' vases,
Seal marks and period of Qianlong
清乾隆 洋彩粉地蝴蝶瓶一對
《大清乾隆年製》款
each of baluster shape with a tall waisted neck and an incurving lip, the body covered almost entirely in an even powdery bright pink enamel, scattered with a fanciful variety of butterflies and moths in flight among a multitude of flowers, including peonies, magnolia sprays, peach blossoms, prunus branches, lotus flowers, chrysanthemums, orchids and bamboo, the lower part gently tapered and encircled by lappets enclosing a small floret suspending beads and a chime on a café-au-lait ground, the shoulder decorated with arabesque design in blue enamel between a raised gilt band and a turquoise-and-red ruyi-collar, the lips with an additional ruyi-band between gilt lines, the interior and the base covered in a pale turquoise colour, reserved on the base with a six-character seal mark in iron-red
h. 47 cm
Collection of Lord Loch of Drylaw (1827-1900), by repute.
Collection of Alfred Morrison (1821-17), Fonthill House, Tisbury, Wiltshire, no. 552.
Collection of the Rt. Hon. The Lord Margadale of Islay, T.D., J.P., D.L. (1906-96).
Christie's London, 31st May 1965, lot 107.
Collection of Dr Wou Kiuan (1910-97).
Wou Lien-Pai Museum, 1968-present, coll. no. Q7.34.
傳洛赫勛爵（1827-1900年）收藏
英國威爾特郡蒂斯伯里放山居艾弗瑞．莫里森（1821-97年）收藏，編號552
蘇格蘭艾雷島馬格代爾勛爵（1906-96年）收藏
倫敦佳士得1965年5月31日，編號107
吳權博士 (1910-97年) 收藏
吳蓮伯博物院，1968年至今，編號Q7.34
Rose Kerr et al, Chinese Antiquities from the Wou Kiuan Collection. Wou Lien-Pai Museum, Camberley, 2011, cover and cat. no. 153.
Regina Krahl, ed., China Without Dragons: Rare Pieces from Oriental Ceramic Society Members, London, 2016, cat. no. 207 (one vase).
Mary Redfern, 'Chinese Without Dragons. An Exhibition Presented by the Oriental Ceramic Society', Arts of Asia, November-December 2016, p. 162, fig. 11 (one vase).
柯玫瑰等，《吉塞島吳蓮伯博物館》，坎伯利，2011年，封面及編號153
康蕊君編，《龍隱：東方陶瓷學會會員稀珍藏品展》，倫敦，2016年，編號207（其一）
Mary Redfern，〈Chinese Without Dragons. An Exhibition Presented by the Oriental Ceramic Society〉，《Arts of Asia》，2016年11-12月，頁162，圖11（其一）