Edward Luper
Specialist, Chinese Works of Art
Lot 42
A pair of blue and white bowls Yongzheng six-character marks and of the period
10 November 2016, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £5,625 inc. premium
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A pair of blue and white bowls
Yongzheng six-character marks and of the period
The exteriors painted with a continuous scene of two ladies in a balustraded garden with willow and potted plants led by an attendant carrying a candle, the interior with a medallion encircling pine, bamboo and plum blossom. Each 15.5cm (6 1/8in) diam. (2).
The exteriors painted with a continuous scene of two ladies in a balustraded garden with willow and potted plants led by an attendant carrying a candle, the interior with a medallion encircling pine, bamboo and plum blossom. Each 15.5cm (6 1/8in) diam. (2).
Footnotes
清雍正 青花拜月亭圖盌 一對
青花「大清雍正年製」楷書款
Provenance: an important European private collection
來源：重要歐洲私人收藏
The decoration on the bowls refers to the Yuan dynasty play 'Moon Obeisance Pavilion' (Bai yue ting). The story goes that the Jin Empire was being invaded from the north and all from the capital fled, including the official Wang Shang and his wife and daughter. However, in the confusion his daughter Rui Lan gets separated from the family but finds the young scholar Jiang Shilong. Together they encounter many hardships but fall in love. When the father Wang Shan finds his daughter again, he disapproves of the relationship and takes Rui Lan away where she only finds comfort from her sister Rui Lian. The decoration on the present bowl depicts them together at night going to make obeisance to the moon in memory of the love for Jiang Shilong.
Compare with a similar blue and white bowl, Yongzheng mark and of the period, sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong on 7 April 2015, lot 3672.
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