A fine and rare blue and white 'landscape' beaker cup, Mark and period of Yongzheng | 清雍正　青花山水高士圖仰鐘式盃　《雍正年製》款

Collection of  B. C. Tattenhall Esq.

Sotheby’s London, 12th December 1989, lot 319.

Christie’s Hong Kong, 3rd- 4th November 1996, lot 758.

Sotheby’s London, 10th May 2017, lot 216.

It is extremely rare to find an example of this type, bearing a Yongzheng mark. From its playful landscape design, rendered in a rich underglaze-blue palette, to its curvaceous bell-shape, the present cup is notably rooted in the artistic tradition of the Kangxi period (1662-1722) and can therefore be reliably dated to the very earliest years of the Yongzheng reign, before the formulation of the more typical ‘Yongzheng taste.’

To date, no other Yongzheng beakers of this type appear to have come to market. Compare a number of closely related Kangxi examples including one preserved in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, illustrated in Rose Kerr, Chinese Ceramics. Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty 1644-1911, London, 1986, pl. 41; and a pair from the Highfield Jones Collection, sold in our London rooms, 8th July 1975, lot 171 and again in these rooms 29th November 1977, lot 215.

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B. C. Tattenhall 收藏

倫敦蘇富比1989年12月12日，編號319

香港佳士得1996年11月3-4日，編號758

倫敦蘇富比2017年5月10日，編號216

同類盃落雍正年款者極罕。此盃青花發色明艷，圖紋妙趣盎然，且作仰鐘式形制，種種皆見康熙（1662-1722年）遺風，應爲雍正早期之作，彼時典型雍正風格尚未成形。

遍尋市場所見，未遇其他雍正仰鐘式盃，康熙例則有若干，可比一件，藏維多利亞與艾爾伯特博物館，倫敦，錄柯玫瑰，《Chinese Ceramics. Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty 1644-1911》，倫敦，1986年，圖版41；及一對，Highfield Jones雅藏釋出，先後售於倫敦蘇富比1975年7月8日，編號171，及香港蘇富比1977年11月29日，編號215。