Lot 122
An exceptionally rare Imperial famille rose yellow-ground 'floral' bowl Qianlong six-character mark and of the period
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30 May 2017, 15:00 HKT
Hong Kong, Six Pacific PlaceSold for HK$3,420,000 inc. premium
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An exceptionally rare Imperial famille rose yellow-ground 'floral' bowl
Qianlong six-character mark and of the period
Finely enamelled in vibrant colours of pink, white, blue, coral-red and green with various blossoms including lily, narcissus, lotus and anemone, all borne on dense leafy scrolls with further florets reserved on a bright yellow ground, the interior decorated with five iron-red bats, the base with a six-character kaishu mark in underglaze blue. 15.1cm (6in) diam.
Finely enamelled in vibrant colours of pink, white, blue, coral-red and green with various blossoms including lily, narcissus, lotus and anemone, all borne on dense leafy scrolls with further florets reserved on a bright yellow ground, the interior decorated with five iron-red bats, the base with a six-character kaishu mark in underglaze blue. 15.1cm (6in) diam.
Footnotes
清乾隆 黃地粉彩花卉纏枝紋盌 青花「大清乾隆年製」楷書款
Provenance:
An important European private collection formed during the first half of the 20th century, and thence by descent. This lot is the pair to the bowl sold in these rooms on 29 November 2016, lot 25.
來源：
重要歐洲私人收藏，蒐集於二十年代上半葉，後由其家族繼承（與香港邦瀚斯曾售出一例原為一對，2016年11月29日，拍品25）
The European collector (1880-1952) was an entrepreneur with early links to Russia and Japan. From 1911-1917 he lived in St. Petersburg where he owned a company selling high-quality stainless steel, and where he learned the Russian language. Although he first visited Japan in 1907, it was in 1920 that he returned home to set up a sales operation similar to that in St. Petersburg which had been halted three years earlier due to the political upheaval. He spent several years in Osaka and Kobe, when his interest in Japanese works of art commenced. Once again he realised the benefit of learning the language in order to facilitate the acquiring of works of art. The result was a fine collection of woodblock prints, netsuke, inro, porcelain (in particular Kakiemon vases), swords, lacquer and silver. It was in the 1930s when back in Japan, that he extended his collection to include Chinese art. Fine porcelain, Tang silver, and early bronzes were his particular interests, and he studied these subjects both in books and through his discussions with his friend Kusaka Shogado, who was a leading dealer based in Kyoto, and from whom he made many purchases. He visited Japan for the last time in 1938, when he bought numerous items for his collection.
The present bowl is exceptionally rare and only four other examples with a Qianlong regular kaishu six-character mark and of the period appear to have been published; one in the Shanghai Museum, illustrated by Wang, Zhongguo Taoqi, Jingdezhen Caihui Ciqi, Shanghai, pl.III and Chugoku Toji Zenshu, vol.21, pl.111; the second in the Wang Xing Lou collection, see Imperial Perfection: The Palace Porcelain of Three Chinese Emperors, Kangxi - Yongzheng - Qianlong, Hong Kong, 2004, pp.158-159, no.57; the third was previously with S.Marchant & Son, Ltd., London, in 2006, and later sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong on 4 April 2012, lot 3190; and the fourth example, the pair to the present lot, was sold in these rooms on 29 November 2016, lot 25.
Superbly enamelled with full flowering blossoms, demonstrating the exceptional level of aesthetic and technical craftsmanship achieved during the Qianlong reign, the same design is also shared by a number of bowls with a Qianlong underglaze-blue seal mark as well as by bowls with a Qianlong blue-enamel four-character seal mark. For bowls with underglaze-blue six-character seal marks, see one in the British Museum, London (14cm diam.), illustrated by H.Moss, By Imperial Command, Hong Kong, 1976, pl.6; another example from the Qing Court collection, Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in The All Complete Qianlong: The Aesthetic Tastes of the Qing Emperor Gaozong, Taipei, 2013, pp.220-221, pl.II-3.28; another one is in the Nanjing Museum (18.5cm diam.), illustrated in Treasures in the Royalty: The Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p.243. For an example of a blue-enamel four-character seal mark bowl, see Geng Baochang, Ming Qing Ciqi Jianding, Hong Kong, 1993, p.281, fig.485.
This decorative design on bowls continued into the Daoguang period, indicating the particular popularity of this design at the Imperial court; see S.G.Valenstein et al., The World's Great Collections: Oriental Ceramics, Vol.11: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Tokyo, 1982, pl.163; see also a pair of famille rose yellow-ground 'floral' bowls, Daoguang seal marks and of the period, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong on 5 October 2011, lot 2069.
此盌由一位重要歐洲藏家（1880-1952年）舊藏。該藏家早年在俄羅斯及日本經商，在1911年至1917年間旅居聖彼得堡從事不銹鋼貿易。藏家最早於1907年造訪日本，在大阪及神戶市居住多年期間，對日本的語言和文化產生濃厚興趣，後來對日語的掌握更為他在日本的收藏道路打開便利之門。到1920年他返回歐洲設立自己的新公司時，他所集得的收藏品已包括版畫、雕刻、陶瓷、武士劍、漆器及銀器等等。當藏家1930年代再次回到日本時，他對古代藝術品的興趣已延伸至中國古代藝術，包括陶瓷、唐代金銀器以及古代青銅器等等。他習讀書籍，結交同好，成為京東尚雅堂日下先生的好友及坐上客。1938年藏家最後一次踏訪日本，並為自己又添置了數件藏品。
盌敞口，深腹，圈足。內白釉，盌心礬紅繪五隻蝙蝠。外壁以黃釉為地，繪纏枝番蓮、百合、洋菊、秋葵花卉，纏枝葉以白料彩暈染，以模仿光影明暗繪畫效果。內底施白釉，書青花「大清乾隆年製」楷書款。
此盌紋飾精美華麗，花卉嬌豔，色彩絢麗，所繪花卉融合西洋風格，呈現出典型乾隆器的奢華和創新風格，是不可多得的藝術珍品。整器滿地繁花，留白極少，盌內壁施白釉，釉汁潤澤，宛若凝脂。根據清宮檔案記錄可知，此式盌被稱為「洋彩黃地洋花宮盌」，最早於乾隆二年《活計檔》則有記載，「傳旨：黃地洋花宮盌甚好，再燒造些。」可見乾隆皇帝對此式宮盌之重視及喜愛。
傳世品所見同式黃地宮盌中，帶青花楷書款者寥寥無幾，目前僅見四例，一件藏於上海博物館，見周麗麗著，《上海博物館藏品研究大系：清代雍正-宣統官窯瓷器》，上海，2014年，頁198，圖3-146；第二件藏於望星樓，著錄於《清代康雍乾官窯瓷器：望星樓藏瓷》，香港，2004年，頁158至159，編號57；第三件為倫敦古董商S. Marchant & Son舊藏，後售於香港蘇富比，2012年4月4日，拍品編號3190。第四件與此盌同一出處，原與此盌成對，後售於香港邦瀚斯，2016年11月29日，拍品25。
同式之洋彩宮盌，底部更多書青花「大清乾隆年製」篆書款或藍彩「乾隆年製」篆書款；青花六字篆書款之例見倫敦大英博物館藏一例（口徑14厘米），著錄於H.Moss，《By Imperial Command》，香港，1976年，圖版6；北京故宮博物院清宮舊藏一例，見《十全乾隆：清高宗的藝術品味》，台北，2013年，頁220至221，圖版II-3.28；再參考南京博物院藏一例（口徑18.5厘米），著錄於《宮廷珍藏：中國清代官窯瓷器》，上海，2003年，頁243；藍彩四字篆書款之例見耿寶昌著，《明清瓷器鑒定》，香港，1993年，頁281，圖485。
此紋飾在乾隆朝以後至道光一朝仍然有燒造，可見乾隆帝的審美品味對後朝御用瓷的影響，見一道光例子著錄於S.G.Valenstein，《The World Great Collections: Oriental Ceramics, Vol.11: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York》，東京，1982年，圖版163；另見香港蘇富比售出一對清道光帶款粉彩黃地花卉紋盌，2011年10月5日，拍品編號2069。
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