An exceptional imperial Junyao hexalobed narcissus bowl, Early Ming dynasty | 明初 鈞窰玫瑰紫釉三足葵式水仙盆奩 底刻「六」字、「建福宮」、「竹石假山用」款
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6,000,000 - 8,000,000 HKD
Lot Details
Description
sturdily potted with shallow rounded sides rising to a hexalobed everted rim with a beaded border, supported on three ruyi-shaped feet, the interior covered in a sky-blue glaze, the exterior in vivid purple, transmuting to a rich ruby red towards the feet, the glaze thinning to a mushroom tone on the raised edges, the base applied with a thin brown dressing, engraved with the numeral liu ('six') before firing, and engraved after firing with the inscriptions Jianfu gong ('the Palace for the Establishment of Happiness') and zhushi jiashan yong ('For use at the garden hill of bamboo and rockery'), encircled by a ring of small spur marks, zitan stand and nested Japanese wooden boxes
21.5 cm
Shinsuke Hayashi (b. 1869), Kyoto, acquired from an American dealer in Tokyo.
Collection of a prominent Japanese family, acquired from the above.
Kochukyo Co., Ltd, Tokyo, acquired prior to 1953.
Soji Meihin Ten [Masterpieces of the Song dynasty], Kochukyo Co., Ltd, Tokyo, 1953, cat. no. 5.
Soji Meihin Ten [Exhibition of Masterpieces of Song Ceramics], Japan Ceramic Society, Tokyo, 1955, cat. no. 23.
Chugoku Toji Meihin Ten Ise Korekushon no Shiho / Masterpieces of Chinese Ceramic Art Exhibition, Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art, Ishikawa, 2012, cat. no. 43.
Porcelaine. Chefs-d'œuvre de la Collection Ise, Musée Guimet, Paris, 2017, cat. no. 30.
Ise Korekushon Sekai wo Miryoshita Chugokutoji / The Enchanting Chinese Ceramics from the Ise Collection, Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, 2017, cat. no. 37.
Fukosai Hirota, 'Soji Meihin Ten ni Tsuite [About the Masterpieces of the Song Dynasty Exhibition]', Nihon Bijutsu Kogei [Japan Arts and Crafts], vol. 182, December 1953, pp. 39-41.
Chugoku Toji. Ise Korekushon / Chinese Ceramics. The Ise Collection, Tokyo, 2012, pp. 50-51.
來源
林新助（1869年生）收藏，京都，於東京購自一美籍古董商
顯赫日本家族收藏，購於上述來源
壺中居，東京，購於1953年前
展覽
《宋磁名品展》，壺中居，東京，1953年，編號5
《社団法人日本陶磁協会十周年記念：宋磁名品展》，日本橋髙島屋，東京，1955年，編號23
《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43
《Porcelaine. Chefs-d'œuvre de la Collection Ise》，吉美博物館，巴黎，2017年，編號30
《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，編號37
出版
廣田不孤斎，〈宋瓷名品展について〉，《日本美術工芸》，182號，1953年12月，頁39至41
《中国陶磁―イセコレクション》，東京，2012年，頁50至51
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