10th Mar, 2023 10:00
TWO-DAY AUCTION - Fine Chinese Art / 中國藝術集珍 / Buddhism & Hinduism
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A BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGON’ BOMBÉ CENSER, TRANSITIONAL TO EARLY KANGXI PERIOD
明清過渡時期至康熙初年青花龍紋爐
Sold for €2,340
including Buyer's Premium
China, c. 1630-1680. Boldly painted to the exterior with a pair of confronted sinuous four-clawed dragons centered by a flaming pearl below a band of clouds. Covered overall with a transparent glaze save for a central circular section to the interior and the foot rim. The recessed base with a double circle.
Provenance: Property of a Gentleman, acquired in 1986. Sotheby’s New York, 23 March 2019, lot 1520, estimate of USD 6,000 or approx. EUR 6,300 (converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing).
Condition: Good condition with minor wear and firing irregularities, including small glaze recesses, dark spots, minute firing cracks, and scattered burst glaze bubbles. The rim with a short hairline crack and few tiny frits.
Weight: 1,900 g
Dimensions: Diameter 23.8 cm
Expert’s note: During the early Qing dynasty, up until the 1680s, conditions were unsettled in China and the making of Imperial wares as well as the use of reign marks on porcelain was restricted in various ways. During this period, different types of other marks came into use, including lingzhi fungus marks and double circles.
Literature comparison:
A related censer bearing a Chongzhen mark in the Butler Family Collection, similarly decorated with a pair of five-clawed dragons, with a dedicatory inscription dated to 1639, is illustrated in Shanghai Museum (ed.), Seventeenth Century Jingdezhen Porcelain from the Shanghai Museum and the Butler Collection: Beauty's Enchantment, Shanghai, 2005, pp. 78-79, cat. 7. Another Shunzhi period example in the Beijing Palace Museum, cyclically dated to 1659, is illustrated by Chen Runmin, Qing Dynasty Blue and White Porcelain, Beijing, 2005, pp.52-53.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby’s New York, 28 September 2021, lot 712
Price: USD 9,450 or approx. EUR 9,400 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A blue and white ‘dragon’ bombé censer, 17th century
Expert remark: Compare the closely related bombé form, blue and white decoration with similar four-clawed dragons, double-circle mark, and size (23.8 cm).
明清過渡時期至康熙初年青花龍紋爐
中國，約1630-1680年。球狀爐身，三個小圓錐形足，縮頸，爐唇外翻。青花描繪雙龍戲珠紋。圈足内雙圈款。
來源：紳士舊藏，購於1986年；紐約蘇富比2019年3月23日 lot 1520，估價USD 6,000 或相當於 EUR 6,300 (根據通貨膨脹率)。
品相：品相良好，有輕微磨損和燒製瑕疵，包括釉面凹陷、黑點、微小燒製裂紋和分散釉面氣泡。邊緣有一條衝線和一些細小的熔塊。
重量：1,900 克
尺寸：直徑23.8 厘米
文獻比較：
一件相近的1639年崇禎款香爐 ，有相近的五爪龍紋，見上海博物館編，《上海博物館與英國巴特勒家族所藏：十七世紀景德鎮瓷器》，上海，2005年，頁 78-79，圖錄編號7。另一件1659年順治時期例子，收藏於北京故宮博物院，見 Chen Runmin，《Qing Dynasty Blue and White Porcelain》，北京，2005年，頁52-53。
拍賣結果比較：
形制：非常相近
拍賣：紐約蘇富比，2021年9月28日，lot 712
價格：USD 9,450（相當於今日EUR 9,400）
描述：十七世紀青花雲龍趕珠紋爐
專家評論：比較非常相近的球狀爐身、相似的青花五爪龍紋、雙圈款和 尺寸(23.8 厘米)。
China, c. 1630-1680. Boldly painted to the exterior with a pair of confronted sinuous four-clawed dragons centered by a flaming pearl below a band of clouds. Covered overall with a transparent glaze save for a central circular section to the interior and the foot rim. The recessed base with a double circle.
Provenance: Property of a Gentleman, acquired in 1986. Sotheby’s New York, 23 March 2019, lot 1520, estimate of USD 6,000 or approx. EUR 6,300 (converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing).
Condition: Good condition with minor wear and firing irregularities, including small glaze recesses, dark spots, minute firing cracks, and scattered burst glaze bubbles. The rim with a short hairline crack and few tiny frits.
Weight: 1,900 g
Dimensions: Diameter 23.8 cm
Expert’s note: During the early Qing dynasty, up until the 1680s, conditions were unsettled in China and the making of Imperial wares as well as the use of reign marks on porcelain was restricted in various ways. During this period, different types of other marks came into use, including lingzhi fungus marks and double circles.
Literature comparison:
A related censer bearing a Chongzhen mark in the Butler Family Collection, similarly decorated with a pair of five-clawed dragons, with a dedicatory inscription dated to 1639, is illustrated in Shanghai Museum (ed.), Seventeenth Century Jingdezhen Porcelain from the Shanghai Museum and the Butler Collection: Beauty's Enchantment, Shanghai, 2005, pp. 78-79, cat. 7. Another Shunzhi period example in the Beijing Palace Museum, cyclically dated to 1659, is illustrated by Chen Runmin, Qing Dynasty Blue and White Porcelain, Beijing, 2005, pp.52-53.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby’s New York, 28 September 2021, lot 712
Price: USD 9,450 or approx. EUR 9,400 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A blue and white ‘dragon’ bombé censer, 17th century
Expert remark: Compare the closely related bombé form, blue and white decoration with similar four-clawed dragons, double-circle mark, and size (23.8 cm).
明清過渡時期至康熙初年青花龍紋爐
中國，約1630-1680年。球狀爐身，三個小圓錐形足，縮頸，爐唇外翻。青花描繪雙龍戲珠紋。圈足内雙圈款。
來源：紳士舊藏，購於1986年；紐約蘇富比2019年3月23日 lot 1520，估價USD 6,000 或相當於 EUR 6,300 (根據通貨膨脹率)。
品相：品相良好，有輕微磨損和燒製瑕疵，包括釉面凹陷、黑點、微小燒製裂紋和分散釉面氣泡。邊緣有一條衝線和一些細小的熔塊。
重量：1,900 克
尺寸：直徑23.8 厘米
文獻比較：
一件相近的1639年崇禎款香爐 ，有相近的五爪龍紋，見上海博物館編，《上海博物館與英國巴特勒家族所藏：十七世紀景德鎮瓷器》，上海，2005年，頁 78-79，圖錄編號7。另一件1659年順治時期例子，收藏於北京故宮博物院，見 Chen Runmin，《Qing Dynasty Blue and White Porcelain》，北京，2005年，頁52-53。
拍賣結果比較：
形制：非常相近
拍賣：紐約蘇富比，2021年9月28日，lot 712
價格：USD 9,450（相當於今日EUR 9,400）
描述：十七世紀青花雲龍趕珠紋爐
專家評論：比較非常相近的球狀爐身、相似的青花五爪龍紋、雙圈款和 尺寸(23.8 厘米)。
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