A VERY RARE IMPERIAL FAHUA BOTTLE VASE

ENCIRCLED ZHENGDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

細節

A VERY RARE IMPERIAL FAHUA BOTTLE VASE
encircled zhengde six-character mark and of the period
The spherical body rising to a flaring rim with a short straight lip, the surface covered in a deep blue with two two writhing dragons among clouds reserved in white biscuit and pale blue enamel, the interior with a warm yellow glaze
8 in. (22.2 cm.) high

來源

Baron Eugene de Rothschild, sold in these Rooms, 23 March 1974, lot 172

出版

A. du Boulay, Christie's Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics, 1984, p.175, no.2, colour plate.

拍品專文

Anthony du Boulay ibid. points out that "apart from a few pieces with Zhengde marks, no fahua appears to be Imperial." Compare the unmarked ewer of fahua type with dragon panels included in the Exhibition of Far Eastern Ceramics, Tokyo National Museum, 1970, Catalogue, front cover, no.1, where it is dated to the 15th/16th century.