11th Mar, 2022 10:00

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

 
  Lot 501
 

501

A DOUCAI ‘LANCA AND LOTUS’ DISH, YONGZHENG MARK AND PERIOD
雍正款及年代鬥彩“荷塘鴛鴦”盤

Sold for €8,216

including Buyer's Premium


Lot details

China, 1723-1735. The shallow rounded sides rising from a slightly tapered foot to an everted rim, boldly painted in bright enamels with a Mandarin duck flying above another swimming amongst clusters of leafy blossoming lotus, beneath a band of lanca characters around the rim, the exterior masterfully decorated with a continuous lotus pond band. The recessed base with an underglaze-blue six-character mark da Qing Yongzheng nianzhi within a double circle and of the period.

Provenance: From a private collection in West Yorkshire, England, assembled during the 1970s and 1980s, directly purchased from Bluett & Sons, London. Paper label of Bluett & Sons to base. Bluett & Sons was an important dealer of Chinese works of art, founded by brothers Leonard and Edgar Bluett and later continued by Leonard’s son Roger Bluett, who was president of the British Antique Dealers’ Association, of which his father and uncle were founding members in 1919, during the mid-1970s. Roger Bluett was also Chairman of the Grosvenor House Antiques, first Chairman of the ceramics course at West Dean and first Chairman of the Museum of East Asian Art, Bath.
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and firing irregularities, small frits to the foot.

Weight: 261.7 g
Dimensions: Diameter 17.5 cm

Auction result comparison: Compare a pair of closely related doucai dishes, also painted with ducks in a lotus pond and a lanca band, with six-character Jiajing marks but dated to the late Kangxi period, at Bonhams London in Fine Chinese Art on 10 November 2011, lot 177, sold for GBP 10,000. Also compare with a ‘lanca and longevity’ doucai dish, mark and period of Qianlong, at Christie's Hong Kong, in The Pavilion Sale, 4 April 2017, lot 132, sold for HKD 325,000.


雍正款及年代鬥彩“荷塘鴛鴦”盤
中國,1723-1735年。此盤開口、弧壁,整器以鬥彩裝飾,內底、外壁描繪盛夏時節靜謐的荷塘,田田的荷葉襯托盛開的紅荷,於微風中搖曵,鴛鴦嬉戲於蘆葦和浮萍之間。盤沿上飾一圈梵文。底足内青花雙圈六字二行楷書款“大清雍正年製”。

來源:英國西約克郡私人收藏,1970至1980年間直接購於倫敦Bluett & Sons藝廊,底部可見 Bluett & Sons藝廊紙標籤。Bluett & Sons 曾是是中國藝術品的重要經銷商,由Leonard 與 Edgar Bluett兄弟創立,後來由Leonard的兒子Roger Bluett繼續經營,他是英國古董商協會的主席,他的父親和叔叔於 1919 年成為該協會的創始成員。Roger Bluett 還是 Grosvenor 大宅古玩博覽會的主席、West Dean 陶瓷課程的第一任主席和巴斯東亞藝術博物館的第一任主席。
品相:狀況極好,輕微磨損和燒製不規則,足部有小熔塊。

重量:261.7 克
尺寸:直徑17.5 厘米

拍賣結果比較:比較一對相近的斗彩“荷塘鴨戲”盤,同樣有一圈梵文,嘉靖六字款,但為康熙末年製,見倫敦邦翰思Fine Chinese Art 2011年1110 lot 177, 售價GBP 10,000;另一件梵文壽字斗彩盤,乾隆款及年代,見香港佳士得The Pavilion Sale 2017年44 lot 132, 售價HKD 325,000

 

China, 1723-1735. The shallow rounded sides rising from a slightly tapered foot to an everted rim, boldly painted in bright enamels with a Mandarin duck flying above another swimming amongst clusters of leafy blossoming lotus, beneath a band of lanca characters around the rim, the exterior masterfully decorated with a continuous lotus pond band. The recessed base with an underglaze-blue six-character mark da Qing Yongzheng nianzhi within a double circle and of the period.

Provenance: From a private collection in West Yorkshire, England, assembled during the 1970s and 1980s, directly purchased from Bluett & Sons, London. Paper label of Bluett & Sons to base. Bluett & Sons was an important dealer of Chinese works of art, founded by brothers Leonard and Edgar Bluett and later continued by Leonard’s son Roger Bluett, who was president of the British Antique Dealers’ Association, of which his father and uncle were founding members in 1919, during the mid-1970s. Roger Bluett was also Chairman of the Grosvenor House Antiques, first Chairman of the ceramics course at West Dean and first Chairman of the Museum of East Asian Art, Bath.
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and firing irregularities, small frits to the foot.

Weight: 261.7 g
Dimensions: Diameter 17.5 cm

Auction result comparison: Compare a pair of closely related doucai dishes, also painted with ducks in a lotus pond and a lanca band, with six-character Jiajing marks but dated to the late Kangxi period, at Bonhams London in Fine Chinese Art on 10 November 2011, lot 177, sold for GBP 10,000. Also compare with a ‘lanca and longevity’ doucai dish, mark and period of Qianlong, at Christie's Hong Kong, in The Pavilion Sale, 4 April 2017, lot 132, sold for HKD 325,000.


雍正款及年代鬥彩“荷塘鴛鴦”盤
中國,1723-1735年。此盤開口、弧壁,整器以鬥彩裝飾,內底、外壁描繪盛夏時節靜謐的荷塘,田田的荷葉襯托盛開的紅荷,於微風中搖曵,鴛鴦嬉戲於蘆葦和浮萍之間。盤沿上飾一圈梵文。底足内青花雙圈六字二行楷書款“大清雍正年製”。

來源:英國西約克郡私人收藏,1970至1980年間直接購於倫敦Bluett & Sons藝廊,底部可見 Bluett & Sons藝廊紙標籤。Bluett & Sons 曾是是中國藝術品的重要經銷商,由Leonard 與 Edgar Bluett兄弟創立,後來由Leonard的兒子Roger Bluett繼續經營,他是英國古董商協會的主席,他的父親和叔叔於 1919 年成為該協會的創始成員。Roger Bluett 還是 Grosvenor 大宅古玩博覽會的主席、West Dean 陶瓷課程的第一任主席和巴斯東亞藝術博物館的第一任主席。
品相:狀況極好,輕微磨損和燒製不規則,足部有小熔塊。

重量:261.7 克
尺寸:直徑17.5 厘米

拍賣結果比較:比較一對相近的斗彩“荷塘鴨戲”盤,同樣有一圈梵文,嘉靖六字款,但為康熙末年製,見倫敦邦翰思Fine Chinese Art 2011年1110 lot 177, 售價GBP 10,000;另一件梵文壽字斗彩盤,乾隆款及年代,見香港佳士得The Pavilion Sale 2017年44 lot 132, 售價HKD 325,000

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