9th Mar, 2023 13:00
TWO-DAY AUCTION - Fine Chinese Art / 中國藝術集珍 / Buddhism & Hinduism
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A MASSIVE COPPER-RED AND UNDERGLAZE-BLUE ‘HUNDRED BOYS’ JARDINIÉRE, DATED 1779 OR 1839
1779年或1839年青花紅彩《百子圖》花盆
Sold for €7,800
including Buyer's Premium
Inscriptions: To the base, inscribed in black ink “Commissioned by […] Mu in the summer of the Year of Jihai”, this date corresponding to 1779 or 1839.
China. Heavily potted, the exterior finely decorated with a festive scene depicting numerous boys in a fenced garden outside a small building amid trees, plantain leaves, rockwork, and swirling clouds, carrying lanterns and toy bats attached to sticks, others moving a large elephant-form cart on four wheels with a tall vase containing a gnarled branch on its back, with further boys playing percussive instruments, one boy blowing into a horn, with distant mountains in the background.
Provenance: English trade.
Condition: Excellent condition with old wear, traces of use and shallow surface scratches overall. Some firing irregularities such as distinct glaze recesses along the foot, which have darkened over time, and dark spots.
Weight: 19.7 kg
Dimensions: Diameter 59 cm
The present lot is filled with auspicious imagery. The ‘hundred boys’ motif symbolizes the Chinese perpetual wish for many sons, while the image of an elephant with a vase on its back (taiping youxiang, or ‘when there is peace, there are signs’) represents a good harvest and peacetime. According to Terese Tse Batholomew in Hidden Meanings in Chinese Art, San Francisco, 2006, page 63, the 'hundred boys' theme has its origins in the Western Zhou dynasty when King Wen of the Zhou adopted one son in addition to his ninety-nine sons to complete the number of one hundred.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Sotheby’s London, 9 November 2016, lot 247
Price: GBP 35,000 or approx. EUR 50,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A copper-red and underglaze-blue ‘landscape’ jardinière, Qing dynasty, 18th century
Expert remark: Compare the copper-red and underglaze-blue painting. Note the similar size (57 cm). Also note the different form and subject, and possibly slightly earlier date.
1779年或1839年青花紅彩《百子圖》花盆
中國。厚胎，外壁青花紅彩描繪節日場景，野外，許多男孩敲鑼打鼓，提著燈籠，騎著竹馬；另一群童子則推著一輛大象形的四輪車，大象背上放著一個高大的花瓶。小童們歡天喜地，興高采烈。
款識：花盆底墨水寫“王？沐置於己亥夏”
來源：英國古玩交易。
品相：整體品相極佳，有磨損、使用痕跡和表面淺劃痕，一些燒製不規則，例如明顯的釉料凹陷，已隨著時間的推移變暗，以及黑點。
重量：19.7 公斤
尺寸：直徑 59 厘米
拍賣結果比較：
形制：相近
拍賣：倫敦蘇富比，2016年11月9日，lot 247
價格：GBP 35,000（相當於今日EUR 50,500）
描述：清十八世紀青花釉裏紅山水紋缸
專家評論：比較鐵紅色和青花釉畫。請注意相似的尺寸(57 厘米)。請注意不同的外形和主題，以及可能年代較早。
Inscriptions: To the base, inscribed in black ink “Commissioned by […] Mu in the summer of the Year of Jihai”, this date corresponding to 1779 or 1839.
China. Heavily potted, the exterior finely decorated with a festive scene depicting numerous boys in a fenced garden outside a small building amid trees, plantain leaves, rockwork, and swirling clouds, carrying lanterns and toy bats attached to sticks, others moving a large elephant-form cart on four wheels with a tall vase containing a gnarled branch on its back, with further boys playing percussive instruments, one boy blowing into a horn, with distant mountains in the background.
Provenance: English trade.
Condition: Excellent condition with old wear, traces of use and shallow surface scratches overall. Some firing irregularities such as distinct glaze recesses along the foot, which have darkened over time, and dark spots.
Weight: 19.7 kg
Dimensions: Diameter 59 cm
The present lot is filled with auspicious imagery. The ‘hundred boys’ motif symbolizes the Chinese perpetual wish for many sons, while the image of an elephant with a vase on its back (taiping youxiang, or ‘when there is peace, there are signs’) represents a good harvest and peacetime. According to Terese Tse Batholomew in Hidden Meanings in Chinese Art, San Francisco, 2006, page 63, the 'hundred boys' theme has its origins in the Western Zhou dynasty when King Wen of the Zhou adopted one son in addition to his ninety-nine sons to complete the number of one hundred.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Sotheby’s London, 9 November 2016, lot 247
Price: GBP 35,000 or approx. EUR 50,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A copper-red and underglaze-blue ‘landscape’ jardinière, Qing dynasty, 18th century
Expert remark: Compare the copper-red and underglaze-blue painting. Note the similar size (57 cm). Also note the different form and subject, and possibly slightly earlier date.
1779年或1839年青花紅彩《百子圖》花盆
中國。厚胎，外壁青花紅彩描繪節日場景，野外，許多男孩敲鑼打鼓，提著燈籠，騎著竹馬；另一群童子則推著一輛大象形的四輪車，大象背上放著一個高大的花瓶。小童們歡天喜地，興高采烈。
款識：花盆底墨水寫“王？沐置於己亥夏”
來源：英國古玩交易。
品相：整體品相極佳，有磨損、使用痕跡和表面淺劃痕，一些燒製不規則，例如明顯的釉料凹陷，已隨著時間的推移變暗，以及黑點。
重量：19.7 公斤
尺寸：直徑 59 厘米
拍賣結果比較：
形制：相近
拍賣：倫敦蘇富比，2016年11月9日，lot 247
價格：GBP 35,000（相當於今日EUR 50,500）
描述：清十八世紀青花釉裏紅山水紋缸
專家評論：比較鐵紅色和青花釉畫。請注意相似的尺寸(57 厘米)。請注意不同的外形和主題，以及可能年代較早。
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