11th Mar, 2022 10:00

DAY 2 - TWO-DAY AUCTION - Fine Chinese Art / 中國藝術集珍 / Buddhism & Hinduism

 
  Lot 485
 

485

A WUCAI ‘IMMORTALS’ DISH, WANLI MARK AND PERIOD
萬曆款與年代五彩開光仙人福壽盤

Sold for €16,432

including Buyer's Premium


Lot details

China, 1573-1619. Delicately potted with shallow rounded sides rising from a tapered foot to a flared rim, intricately painted to the interior with a central medallion enclosing Shoulao and two other immortals standing beside gnarled pine trees in a garden landscape with colorful clouds, the cavetto with a foliate meander bearing lingzhi heads supporting stylized Shou characters, painted to the exterior with eight floral sprays between a band of swirls and a double-line border. The recessed base with an underglaze-blue six-character mark da Ming Wanli nianzhi within a double circle and of the period.

Provenance: From an important private collection in southern Germany, assembled between 1950 and 1987. Thence by descent.
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and firing flaws, including dark spots and pitting, two tiny chips to the rim with old kintsugi repair.

Weight: 131.7 g
Dimensions: Diameter 14.2 cm

Expert’s note: This finely enameled piece belongs to a distinct group of porcelain dishes painted in either underglaze blue or wucai enamels with Daoist immortals and a scroll of lingzhi supporting Shou characters on the rim.

Literature comparison: Compare a closely related bowl illustrated in Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colors, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, vol. 38, Hong Kong, 1999, no. 43.

Auction result comparison: Compare a closely related wucai dish, 12.3 cm diameter, also with a Wanli mark and of the period and depicting Shoulao, at Sotheby’s Hong Kong in The Pilkington Collection of Chinese Art on 5 April 2016, lot 47, sold for HKD 1,125,000. Compare a related wucai bowl, 17 cm diameter, also with a Wanli mark and of the period and depicting Shoulao, at Christie’s Hong Kong in The Pavilion Sale on 4 October 2018, lot 44, sold for HKD 1,125,000.


萬曆款與年代五彩開光仙人福壽盤
中國,1573-1619年。侈口,圓腹淺盤,圈足。盤内紋飾精美,中央開光可見壽老和另外兩個神仙在五彩祥雲的圍繞中,旁邊可見松樹、靈芝與瑞獸。盤沿上壽字紋、雲紋以及花卉紋。圈足内青色雙圈六字“大明萬曆年製”。

來源:一個重要的南德私人收藏,購於1950年至1987年,保存至今。
品相:狀況極好,有輕微磨損和燒製瑕疵,包括黑點和點蝕,邊沿上有兩個小磕損,經過金繼技術修復。

重量:131.7 克
尺寸:直徑 14.2 厘米

專家注釋:這件仙人福壽盤,製作精美,青花五彩琺琅釉繪製仙人、靈芝、卷葉紋以及壽字。

文獻比較:比較一件相近的碗,見Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colors, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, 第38冊,香港,1999年,圖 43。

拍賣結果比較:比較一件相近的五彩盤,直徑12.3 厘米,同樣有萬曆款和壽老紋飾,見香港蘇富比The Pilkington Collection of Chinese Art 2016年45日 lot 47, 售價HKD 1,125,000; 比較一件相近五彩碗,直徑17厘米,同樣有萬曆款與年代以及壽老紋飾,見香港佳士得The Pavilion Sale 2018年104日 lot 44, 售價HKD 1,125,000

 

China, 1573-1619. Delicately potted with shallow rounded sides rising from a tapered foot to a flared rim, intricately painted to the interior with a central medallion enclosing Shoulao and two other immortals standing beside gnarled pine trees in a garden landscape with colorful clouds, the cavetto with a foliate meander bearing lingzhi heads supporting stylized Shou characters, painted to the exterior with eight floral sprays between a band of swirls and a double-line border. The recessed base with an underglaze-blue six-character mark da Ming Wanli nianzhi within a double circle and of the period.

Provenance: From an important private collection in southern Germany, assembled between 1950 and 1987. Thence by descent.
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and firing flaws, including dark spots and pitting, two tiny chips to the rim with old kintsugi repair.

Weight: 131.7 g
Dimensions: Diameter 14.2 cm

Expert’s note: This finely enameled piece belongs to a distinct group of porcelain dishes painted in either underglaze blue or wucai enamels with Daoist immortals and a scroll of lingzhi supporting Shou characters on the rim.

Literature comparison: Compare a closely related bowl illustrated in Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colors, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, vol. 38, Hong Kong, 1999, no. 43.

Auction result comparison: Compare a closely related wucai dish, 12.3 cm diameter, also with a Wanli mark and of the period and depicting Shoulao, at Sotheby’s Hong Kong in The Pilkington Collection of Chinese Art on 5 April 2016, lot 47, sold for HKD 1,125,000. Compare a related wucai bowl, 17 cm diameter, also with a Wanli mark and of the period and depicting Shoulao, at Christie’s Hong Kong in The Pavilion Sale on 4 October 2018, lot 44, sold for HKD 1,125,000.


萬曆款與年代五彩開光仙人福壽盤
中國,1573-1619年。侈口,圓腹淺盤,圈足。盤内紋飾精美,中央開光可見壽老和另外兩個神仙在五彩祥雲的圍繞中,旁邊可見松樹、靈芝與瑞獸。盤沿上壽字紋、雲紋以及花卉紋。圈足内青色雙圈六字“大明萬曆年製”。

來源:一個重要的南德私人收藏,購於1950年至1987年,保存至今。
品相:狀況極好,有輕微磨損和燒製瑕疵,包括黑點和點蝕,邊沿上有兩個小磕損,經過金繼技術修復。

重量:131.7 克
尺寸:直徑 14.2 厘米

專家注釋:這件仙人福壽盤,製作精美,青花五彩琺琅釉繪製仙人、靈芝、卷葉紋以及壽字。

文獻比較:比較一件相近的碗,見Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colors, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, 第38冊,香港,1999年,圖 43。

拍賣結果比較:比較一件相近的五彩盤,直徑12.3 厘米,同樣有萬曆款和壽老紋飾,見香港蘇富比The Pilkington Collection of Chinese Art 2016年45日 lot 47, 售價HKD 1,125,000; 比較一件相近五彩碗,直徑17厘米,同樣有萬曆款與年代以及壽老紋飾,見香港佳士得The Pavilion Sale 2018年104日 lot 44, 售價HKD 1,125,000

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