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29 mars 2015

A fine pair of wucai 'Dragon and Phoenix' bowls, Marks and period of Kangxi (1662-1722)

A fine pair of wucai 'Dragon and Phoenix' bowls, Marks and period of Kangxi

A fine pair of wucai 'Dragon and Phoenix' bowls, Marks and period of Kangxi2

A fine pair of wucai 'Dragon and Phoenix' bowls, Marks and period of Kangxi3

Lot 3104. A fine pair of  wucai 'Dragon and Phoenix' bowls, Marks and period of Kangxi (1662-1722)13 cm., 5 1/8  inEstimate 1,000,000 — 1,500,000 HKD. Lot sold 1,625,000 HKD (209,625 USD). © Sotheby's.

each with deep rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to a gently flared rim, the exterior vividly decorated with a green and a red dragon striding in pursuit of flaming pearls, interrupted by a pair of descending phoenix, all below a band of bajixiang and ruyi emblems, the interior with a medallion enclosing a red five-clawed dragon writhing next to a flaming pearl, the base inscribed in underglaze-blue with a six-character reign mark within a double-circle, wood stands.

ProvenancePurchased in Paris, 1990s. 

NoteBowls painted in brilliant wucai enamels with a dragon and phoenix among a leafy scroll were an innovation of the Kangxi period. This auspicious design, which refers to the Emperor and Empress and conveys the wish for a happy marriage, grew in popularity in the succeeding reigns, when large quantities of bowls of this type were produced.

Kangxi mark and period bowls of three different sizes from the Nanjing Museum, Nanjing, were included in the exhibitionQing Imperial Porcelain of the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong Reigns, Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1995, cat. no. 26; a pair in the Shanghai Museum, Shanghai, is illustrated in Kangxi Porcelain Wares from the Shanghai Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1998, pl. 153; a single bowl from the collection of C.P. Lin was included in the exhibited Elegant Form and Harmonious Decoration, Percival David Foundation, London, 1992, cat. no. 121; and a pair was included in the Hong Kong Oriental Ceramic Society exhibition Ch’ing Polychrome Porcelain, Fung Ping Shan Museum, Hong Kong, 1977, cat. no. 32.

See also a pair of slightly larger bowls in the Palace Museum, Beijing, included in the exhibition Kangxi. Empereur de Chine, Musée National du Château de Versailles, Versailles, 2004, cat. no. 59; and a slightly smaller bowl, also from the Qing Court collection and still in Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong, 1999, pl. 135.

For a later version of this motif, see a Qianlong mark and period bowl in the Jingdezhen Ceramic Museum, illustrated inKeitokuchin Jiki [Jingdezhen porcelain], Kyoto, 1982, p. 119 (bottom).

Sotheby's. Imperial Porcelain and Works of Art from a Hong Kong Private Collection, Hong Kong, 07 april 2015, 10:15 AM

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