Lot Essay
Previously sold in Hong Kong, 29 November 1978, lot 246.
Similar ewers have been recorded, one included in the Inaugural Exhibition, Selected Masterpieces of the Matsuoka Museum of Art, Tokyo, 1975, no. 104; and another sold in our Singapore Rooms, The Yangzhitang Collection, 30 March 1997, lot 202.
It is likely that these later Daoguang-period ewers were copied from the Qianlong version, which in turn was produced as a revival of the early Ming originals. For the Ming prototype of this exact design, see R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, 1986, vol. II, no. 618. For the Qianlong version, examples may be found in the Tsui Museum of Art, illustrated Chinese Ceramics IV, Qing Dynasty, no. 78; the S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, illustrated in the Catalogue, vol. I, col. pl. 59; and included in the exhibition The Wonders of the Potter's Palette, Catalogue no. 64.
(US$12,000-15,000)
Similar ewers have been recorded, one included in the Inaugural Exhibition, Selected Masterpieces of the Matsuoka Museum of Art, Tokyo, 1975, no. 104; and another sold in our Singapore Rooms, The Yangzhitang Collection, 30 March 1997, lot 202.
It is likely that these later Daoguang-period ewers were copied from the Qianlong version, which in turn was produced as a revival of the early Ming originals. For the Ming prototype of this exact design, see R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, 1986, vol. II, no. 618. For the Qianlong version, examples may be found in the Tsui Museum of Art, illustrated Chinese Ceramics IV, Qing Dynasty, no. 78; the S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, illustrated in the Catalogue, vol. I, col. pl. 59; and included in the exhibition The Wonders of the Potter's Palette, Catalogue no. 64.
(US$12,000-15,000)