2nd Jun, 2023 11:00

Fine Chinese Art / 中國藝術集珍 / Buddhism & Hinduism

 
  Lot 78
 

78

AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE PAIR OF INCISED YELLOW-GLAZED ‘FLORAL MEDALLION’ BOWLS, KANGXI MARKS AND PERIOD
康熙款及年代一對黃釉暗刻團花碗

Sold for €33,800

including Buyer's Premium


Lot details

China, 1662-1722. Each bowl is incised on the exterior with four floral roundels divided by cloud scrolls above petal lappets around the foot, the interior with another floral medallion in the center enclosed within a double circle, covered inside and out with an egg-yolk yellow glaze, save for white base. Each bowl with an underglaze-blue six-character mark within a double circle da Qing Kangxi nianzhi and of the period. (2)

Provenance: The VWS Collection, acquired by the previous owner’s father (1890-1977) in China during the 1930s and thence by descent within the family. Each bowl with an old collection label, ‘VWS’. One bowl with an old label, ‘62’. French trade, acquired from the above. The VWS collection tells the extraordinary story of a family fleeing the Tsarist Empire in Russia. Their journey began in 1903 as the Chinese Eastern Railway, the eastern branch of the Trans-Siberian Railway, was completed. Fleeing, like others, a climate of political persecution and anti-Semitism, the family settled in Harbin, the most northerly city in China and started to develop its businesses from 1906 onwards. Like many others, they were attracted to this cosmopolitan place, then a major economic and cultural center in Manchuria, because of its large Jewish community. In Harbin, the father, a cultured, open-minded and multilingual man, felt at home and his early successes in business earned him respect. By 1932, he and his family were forced to flee again, following the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, and found a new home in Shanghai. From there, his businesses took him to Hong Kong, North America, and other Asian countries, where the family would remain for many years. They began collecting art in China during the 1930s and these artworks have remained with the family heirs ever since.
Condition: Superb condition with only minor wear and firing irregularities: The first bowl with a faint glaze line to the rim, the second bowl with three faint glaze lines to the rim, all of which are inherent to the manufacture. None of these glaze lines are visible to the naked eye, or even under the strongest blue light. Also, they are not noticeable to the touch.

Weight: 162.1 g and 147.6 g
Dimensions: Diameter 12 cm (each)

Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related yellow-glazed incised bowl, 12 cm high, also with a Kangxi mark and of the period, sold at Christie’s London, 13 December 1976, lot 55, and illustrated by Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Gulexuan Collection, p. 128, no. 97. A bowl of this design from the Elphinstone collection in the Percival David Foundation, London, is listed in the Foundation’s Illustrated Catalogue of Ming and Qing Monochrome Wares, London, 1989, no. A599. Another bowl of this design from the Kostolany collection was included in the exhibition Monochrome Porcelain of the Ming and Manchu Dynasties, Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1948, cat. no. 188.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Near identical
Auction: Christie’s Hong Kong, 26 November 2014, lot 3291
Price: HKD 325,000 or approx. EUR 46,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: An incised yellow-enameled ‘floral medallion’ bowl, Kangxi six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, decoration, Kangxi mark, and size (11.8 cm). Note that the lot comprises only one bowl.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Near identical
Auction: Christie’s New York, 23 March 2023, lot 901
Price: USD 21,420 or approx. EUR 19,885 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A yellow-glazed ‘Medallions’ bowl
Expert Remark: Please note that unlike the present lot this item has suffered significant damage and was subsequently restored


康熙款及年代一對黃釉暗刻團花碗
中國,1662-1722年。碗直口,深腹,圈足略高,器型規整。內外滿施黃釉為地。口沿外及足牆均飾兩道弦紋,外壁以暗刻技法飾四朵團花,間以如意雲紋,近底足刻變體蓮花瓣紋,紋飾簡潔生動。圈足內白地青花雙圈“大清康熙年製”款。 (2)

來源:VWS 收藏,前主人的父親 (1890-1977)於上世紀三十年代在中國購得,保存在同一家族至今。每個碗上都有一個收藏舊標籤 ‘VWS’;一個碗上有標籤 ‘62’;法國古玩交易,購於上述收藏。The VWS collection收藏講述了一個家庭逃離沙皇俄羅斯帝國的非凡故事。他們的旅程始於 1903 年,當時西伯利亞大鐵路東部支線中東鐵路竣工。和其他人一樣,為了逃離政治迫害和反猶太主義的環境,全家定居在中國最北端的城市哈爾濱,並從 1906 年開始發展業務。像許多其他人一樣,他們被這個國際化的城市吸引,因為這裡有龐大的猶太社區,當時這裡是滿洲的主要經濟和文化中心。 在哈爾濱,父親是一個有教養、思想開放、會說多種語言的人,他早年在商業上的成功為他贏得了尊重。1932 年,日本入侵滿洲後,他和家人再次被迫逃離,並在上海找到了新家。 從那裡開始,他的生意將他帶到了香港、北美和其他亞洲國家,他的家人在那裡待了很多年。他們於 1930 年代開始在中國收藏藝術品,這些藝術品自此一直由家族繼承人保管。
品相:品相極佳,只有輕微磨損和燒製不規則:一個碗的邊緣有一條微弱的釉裂,第二個碗的邊緣有三條輕微的釉裂,這些釉紋沒有一條是肉眼可見的,甚至在最強烈的藍光下也是如此。此外,它們觸摸起來並不明顯。

重量:分別爲162.1克與147.6克
尺寸:直徑12 厘米 (每個)

文獻比較:
比較一件非常相近的康熙款及年代黃釉暗刻碗,售於倫敦佳士得,1976年12月13日,lot 55,也見Regina Krahl,《Chinese Ceramics from the Gulexuan Collection》,頁128,編號97。一件相同設計的碗,來自 Elphinstone collection in the Percival David Foundation,倫敦,被列在基金會的圖錄《Catalogue of Ming and Qing Monochrome Wares》,倫敦,1989年,編號A599。另一件相同設計的碗,來自Kostolany collection,展覽於《Porcelain of the Ming and Manchu Dynasties》,東方陶瓷學會,倫敦,1948年,圖錄編號188。

拍賣結果比較:
形制:幾乎相同
拍賣:香港佳士得,2014年11月26日,lot 3291
價格:HKD 325,000(相當於今日EUR 46,000
描述:康熙款及年代一對黃釉暗刻團花碗
專家評論:比較非常相近的外形、裝飾、康熙款和尺寸(11.8 厘米)。請注意此僅有一個碗

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China, 1662-1722. Each bowl is incised on the exterior with four floral roundels divided by cloud scrolls above petal lappets around the foot, the interior with another floral medallion in the center enclosed within a double circle, covered inside and out with an egg-yolk yellow glaze, save for white base. Each bowl with an underglaze-blue six-character mark within a double circle da Qing Kangxi nianzhi and of the period. (2)

Provenance: The VWS Collection, acquired by the previous owner’s father (1890-1977) in China during the 1930s and thence by descent within the family. Each bowl with an old collection label, ‘VWS’. One bowl with an old label, ‘62’. French trade, acquired from the above. The VWS collection tells the extraordinary story of a family fleeing the Tsarist Empire in Russia. Their journey began in 1903 as the Chinese Eastern Railway, the eastern branch of the Trans-Siberian Railway, was completed. Fleeing, like others, a climate of political persecution and anti-Semitism, the family settled in Harbin, the most northerly city in China and started to develop its businesses from 1906 onwards. Like many others, they were attracted to this cosmopolitan place, then a major economic and cultural center in Manchuria, because of its large Jewish community. In Harbin, the father, a cultured, open-minded and multilingual man, felt at home and his early successes in business earned him respect. By 1932, he and his family were forced to flee again, following the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, and found a new home in Shanghai. From there, his businesses took him to Hong Kong, North America, and other Asian countries, where the family would remain for many years. They began collecting art in China during the 1930s and these artworks have remained with the family heirs ever since.
Condition: Superb condition with only minor wear and firing irregularities: The first bowl with a faint glaze line to the rim, the second bowl with three faint glaze lines to the rim, all of which are inherent to the manufacture. None of these glaze lines are visible to the naked eye, or even under the strongest blue light. Also, they are not noticeable to the touch.

Weight: 162.1 g and 147.6 g
Dimensions: Diameter 12 cm (each)

Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related yellow-glazed incised bowl, 12 cm high, also with a Kangxi mark and of the period, sold at Christie’s London, 13 December 1976, lot 55, and illustrated by Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Gulexuan Collection, p. 128, no. 97. A bowl of this design from the Elphinstone collection in the Percival David Foundation, London, is listed in the Foundation’s Illustrated Catalogue of Ming and Qing Monochrome Wares, London, 1989, no. A599. Another bowl of this design from the Kostolany collection was included in the exhibition Monochrome Porcelain of the Ming and Manchu Dynasties, Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1948, cat. no. 188.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Near identical
Auction: Christie’s Hong Kong, 26 November 2014, lot 3291
Price: HKD 325,000 or approx. EUR 46,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: An incised yellow-enameled ‘floral medallion’ bowl, Kangxi six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, decoration, Kangxi mark, and size (11.8 cm). Note that the lot comprises only one bowl.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Near identical
Auction: Christie’s New York, 23 March 2023, lot 901
Price: USD 21,420 or approx. EUR 19,885 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A yellow-glazed ‘Medallions’ bowl
Expert Remark: Please note that unlike the present lot this item has suffered significant damage and was subsequently restored


康熙款及年代一對黃釉暗刻團花碗
中國,1662-1722年。碗直口,深腹,圈足略高,器型規整。內外滿施黃釉為地。口沿外及足牆均飾兩道弦紋,外壁以暗刻技法飾四朵團花,間以如意雲紋,近底足刻變體蓮花瓣紋,紋飾簡潔生動。圈足內白地青花雙圈“大清康熙年製”款。 (2)

來源:VWS 收藏,前主人的父親 (1890-1977)於上世紀三十年代在中國購得,保存在同一家族至今。每個碗上都有一個收藏舊標籤 ‘VWS’;一個碗上有標籤 ‘62’;法國古玩交易,購於上述收藏。The VWS collection收藏講述了一個家庭逃離沙皇俄羅斯帝國的非凡故事。他們的旅程始於 1903 年,當時西伯利亞大鐵路東部支線中東鐵路竣工。和其他人一樣,為了逃離政治迫害和反猶太主義的環境,全家定居在中國最北端的城市哈爾濱,並從 1906 年開始發展業務。像許多其他人一樣,他們被這個國際化的城市吸引,因為這裡有龐大的猶太社區,當時這裡是滿洲的主要經濟和文化中心。 在哈爾濱,父親是一個有教養、思想開放、會說多種語言的人,他早年在商業上的成功為他贏得了尊重。1932 年,日本入侵滿洲後,他和家人再次被迫逃離,並在上海找到了新家。 從那裡開始,他的生意將他帶到了香港、北美和其他亞洲國家,他的家人在那裡待了很多年。他們於 1930 年代開始在中國收藏藝術品,這些藝術品自此一直由家族繼承人保管。
品相:品相極佳,只有輕微磨損和燒製不規則:一個碗的邊緣有一條微弱的釉裂,第二個碗的邊緣有三條輕微的釉裂,這些釉紋沒有一條是肉眼可見的,甚至在最強烈的藍光下也是如此。此外,它們觸摸起來並不明顯。

重量:分別爲162.1克與147.6克
尺寸:直徑12 厘米 (每個)

文獻比較:
比較一件非常相近的康熙款及年代黃釉暗刻碗,售於倫敦佳士得,1976年12月13日,lot 55,也見Regina Krahl,《Chinese Ceramics from the Gulexuan Collection》,頁128,編號97。一件相同設計的碗,來自 Elphinstone collection in the Percival David Foundation,倫敦,被列在基金會的圖錄《Catalogue of Ming and Qing Monochrome Wares》,倫敦,1989年,編號A599。另一件相同設計的碗,來自Kostolany collection,展覽於《Porcelain of the Ming and Manchu Dynasties》,東方陶瓷學會,倫敦,1948年,圖錄編號188。

拍賣結果比較:
形制:幾乎相同
拍賣:香港佳士得,2014年11月26日,lot 3291
價格:HKD 325,000(相當於今日EUR 46,000
描述:康熙款及年代一對黃釉暗刻團花碗
專家評論:比較非常相近的外形、裝飾、康熙款和尺寸(11.8 厘米)。請注意此僅有一個碗

#byimperialcommand

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