5th Mar, 2021 10:00

TWO-DAY AUCTION - Fine Chinese Art / 中國藝術集珍 / Buddhism & Hinduism

 
  Lot 226
 

226

A BLUE AND WHITE ‘BAGUA’ LOBED DISH, KANGXI PERIOD
康熙青花八卦八吉祥紋葵口盤

Sold for €1,264

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Lot details

China, 1662-1722. The shallow lobed sides rising from the short ring foot to a slightly everted lobed rim, the interior painted with alternating trigrams (bagua) and auspicious symbols (bajixiang) to the rim and with a medallion enclosing five scholars examining a scroll with a gankyil (“wheel of fortune”) symbol, the exterior with a band of crashing waves. The base with an apocryphal da Ming Chenghua nianzhi mark within a double-circle.

Provenance: Belgian private collection.
Condition: Minuscule chip to the rim and few tiny fleabites, otherwise in superb condition with very minor wear and firing irregularities, no hairlines whatsoever.

Weight: 148.4 g
Dimensions: Diameter 16.5 cm

Literature comparison: A pair of similar bowls, painted with trigrams and crashing waves, is illustrated in Chinese Porcelain, The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong, 1987, pl. 50, where it is noted that the Eight Trigrams, invented by the legendary Fuxi in remote antiquity and adopted by the Daoists during the Ming period, are rarely found on early Qing dynasty porcelain. Other examples include a bowl in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Qing Shunzhi Kangxi chao qinghua ci, Beijing, 2005, no. 118, and another from the Goldschmidt Collection, sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 13 November 1990, lot 6.

Auction result comparison: Compare with a related blue and white bowl, also painted with trigrams and crashing waves, but with a Kangxi mark, at Christie’s New York in Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 17-18 September 2015, lot 2233, sold for USD 100,000.

康熙青花八卦八吉祥紋葵口盤
中國,1662-1722年。葵口,短圈足,口外撇,盤沿八卦紋與八吉祥紋,中央開光,描繪了五位道人觀賞八卦畫軸。外壁浪紋。底足内雙圈“大明成化年制”。

來源:比利時私人收藏
品相:邊緣輕微磕損,除此之外狀況極佳,磨損很小,燒制不規則,絲毫沒有髮絲綫細裂紋。

重量:148.4 克
尺寸:直徑16.5厘米

拍賣結果比較:一件相近青花八卦紋碗,康熙款,見紐約佳士得Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art拍場,2015年9月17-18 日 lot 2233, 售價USD 100,000.

 

China, 1662-1722. The shallow lobed sides rising from the short ring foot to a slightly everted lobed rim, the interior painted with alternating trigrams (bagua) and auspicious symbols (bajixiang) to the rim and with a medallion enclosing five scholars examining a scroll with a gankyil (“wheel of fortune”) symbol, the exterior with a band of crashing waves. The base with an apocryphal da Ming Chenghua nianzhi mark within a double-circle.

Provenance: Belgian private collection.
Condition: Minuscule chip to the rim and few tiny fleabites, otherwise in superb condition with very minor wear and firing irregularities, no hairlines whatsoever.

Weight: 148.4 g
Dimensions: Diameter 16.5 cm

Literature comparison: A pair of similar bowls, painted with trigrams and crashing waves, is illustrated in Chinese Porcelain, The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong, 1987, pl. 50, where it is noted that the Eight Trigrams, invented by the legendary Fuxi in remote antiquity and adopted by the Daoists during the Ming period, are rarely found on early Qing dynasty porcelain. Other examples include a bowl in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Qing Shunzhi Kangxi chao qinghua ci, Beijing, 2005, no. 118, and another from the Goldschmidt Collection, sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 13 November 1990, lot 6.

Auction result comparison: Compare with a related blue and white bowl, also painted with trigrams and crashing waves, but with a Kangxi mark, at Christie’s New York in Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 17-18 September 2015, lot 2233, sold for USD 100,000.

康熙青花八卦八吉祥紋葵口盤
中國,1662-1722年。葵口,短圈足,口外撇,盤沿八卦紋與八吉祥紋,中央開光,描繪了五位道人觀賞八卦畫軸。外壁浪紋。底足内雙圈“大明成化年制”。

來源:比利時私人收藏
品相:邊緣輕微磕損,除此之外狀況極佳,磨損很小,燒制不規則,絲毫沒有髮絲綫細裂紋。

重量:148.4 克
尺寸:直徑16.5厘米

拍賣結果比較:一件相近青花八卦紋碗,康熙款,見紐約佳士得Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art拍場,2015年9月17-18 日 lot 2233, 售價USD 100,000.

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