Olivia Xu
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Lot 121
A RED-GLAZED INCISED 'CLOUDS AND CHILONG' SAUCER-DISH Xuande six-character mark, Kangxi
16 May 2024, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £32,000 inc. premium
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Edward Luper
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A RED-GLAZED INCISED 'CLOUDS AND CHILONG' SAUCER-DISH
Xuande six-character mark, Kangxi
Rising from a slightly tapering foot to well curved sides, covered in a mottled deep pink glaze thinning at the edges, the interior faintly incised with three cloud clusters encircled by four chilong, the base glazed white and inscribed with a six-character Xuande mark within a double circle. 16.4cm (6 1/2in) diam.
Rising from a slightly tapering foot to well curved sides, covered in a mottled deep pink glaze thinning at the edges, the interior faintly incised with three cloud clusters encircled by four chilong, the base glazed white and inscribed with a six-character Xuande mark within a double circle. 16.4cm (6 1/2in) diam.
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清康熙 豇豆紅釉暗刻遊龍祥雲紋盤
青花「大明宣德年製」楷書款
Peach-bloom glaze was originally recorded as chui hong (blowing red) or chui qing (blowing green) in the Notes on the Southern Kiln (南窯筆記) composed during the reign of Emperor Qianlong. The glaze was applied by blowing into a tube. The opposite end of the tube was covered with gauze and immersed in the red glaze. The technique was employed until the entire biscuit body was entirely covered with red mottles. Since the late Qing dynasty, this type of glaze has been called jiangdou hong (cowpeas red) for the resemblance of its colour with that of cowpeas.
Traditionally, there has been a prevailing belief that the peach-bloom glaze was exclusively used for application on vessels made for scholar's desks. However, a departure from this convention is evident in a peachbloom-glazed dish, Xuande mark, Kangxi period, in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated by Yang Jingrong, Gugong bowuyuan cang wenwu zhenpin quanji: yanse you, Hong Kong, 1999, p.23, pl.20.
A very similar peachbloom-glazed incised 'clouds and chilong' dish with a Xuande mark, Kangxi period, was sold at Bonhams London, 20 May 2008, lot 228. See also a larger peachbloom-glazed dish, Kangxi period, with a Xuande mark, but without incised decoration was sold at Sotheby's New York, 19 March 2016, lot 1451.
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