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21 octobre 2016

A wucai 'dragon and phoenix' bowl, Qianlong seal mark and of the period (1736-1795)

A wucai 'dragon and phoenix' bowl, Qianlong seal mark and of the period (1736-1795)

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Lot 48. A wucai 'dragon and phoenix' bowl, Qianlong seal mark and of the period (1736-1795). Estimate: £20,000 - 30,000 (€22,000 - 34,000). Photo: Bonhams. 

With deep rounded sides rising to a slightly everted rim, the exterior painted with two phoenixes descending between green and iron-red dragons pursuing flaming pearls amidst flower sprigs, below a band of Buddhist Emblems alternating with ruyi heads joined by a blue line, the interior with a medallion enamelled with an iron-red striding dragon leaping after a flaming pearl within blue line borders. 15.5cm (6 1/8in) diam.

Provenance: a Dutch private collection

NoteA similar bowl, seal mark and period, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures from the Palace Museum. Porcelain in Contrasting Colours, Shanghai, 1999, p.172, pl.158. A similar bowl was sold at Christie's Hong Kong on 30 November 2011, lot 3131.

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fine wucai 'dragon and phoenix' bowl, Qianlong six charater sealmark and of the period (1736-1795). Price Realised  HKD 475,000 (USD 61,264) at Christie's Hong Kong, lot 3131. Photo Christie's Images Ltd 2011.

Well potted with deep rounded sides and slightly flared mouth rim, the exterior brightly painted with two two scaly five-clawed dragons in pursuit of the flaming pearl, alternating with descending long-tailed phoenix, all amidst meandering leafy scrolls and below a band with the Eight Buddhist Emblems, bajixiang, divided by ruyi elements, the interior with a central medallion enclosing a five-clawed dragon in pursuit of the 'flaming pearl'; 5 in. (12.7 cm.) diam. 

Provenance: Previously sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 2 November 1994, lot 217A 

Note: A bowl of this pattern with a Qianlong seal mark in the Qing Court collection, Beijing, is illustrated in Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours,The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Vol. 38, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 148, no. 136. 

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE ART, 10 november 2016, 10:30 GMT, LONDON, NEW BOND STREET

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