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拍品專文
The pair to this bowl from the same collection was sold in London, 2 March 1971, lot 195, and again, in Hong Kong, 29 November 1976, lot 626, and is illustrated by Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt and Jean-Claude Moreau-Gobard, Chinese Art, pl. 163.
During the Yongzheng period, enamellers at the palace workshops concentrated on improving their techniques and skills in painting enamels on porcelain, and in only a short period of time, they were able to achieve high artistic standards which have never been surpassed. Formal bands of floral decoration gave way to more naturalistic compositions on white ground, giving emphasis to the pureness of the porcelain and the painterly manner in which the motifs have been rendered. This is the case on the present bowl with the design of peonies in full bloom with yellow enamel stippled centres resembling pollen to attract the two bees hovering above.
This motif is also found on other Yongzheng-marked wares, the closest example being a bowl illustrated by H. Moss, By Imperial Command, Hong Kong, 1976, pl. 63. Other related bowls include a pair of smaller size and with straight sides, each displaying only three peonies, sold in our New York Rooms, 3 June 1993, lot 294; and another painted with yellow and white peonies in the Baur Collection, illustrated by J. Ayers, The Baur Collection, Vol. 4, Geneva, 1974, pl. A599. Compare also a Yongzheng-marked vase from the Palace Museum, Beijing, enamelled with the same format of flowering peonies, illustrated in Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 209, pl. 38.
During the Yongzheng period, enamellers at the palace workshops concentrated on improving their techniques and skills in painting enamels on porcelain, and in only a short period of time, they were able to achieve high artistic standards which have never been surpassed. Formal bands of floral decoration gave way to more naturalistic compositions on white ground, giving emphasis to the pureness of the porcelain and the painterly manner in which the motifs have been rendered. This is the case on the present bowl with the design of peonies in full bloom with yellow enamel stippled centres resembling pollen to attract the two bees hovering above.
This motif is also found on other Yongzheng-marked wares, the closest example being a bowl illustrated by H. Moss, By Imperial Command, Hong Kong, 1976, pl. 63. Other related bowls include a pair of smaller size and with straight sides, each displaying only three peonies, sold in our New York Rooms, 3 June 1993, lot 294; and another painted with yellow and white peonies in the Baur Collection, illustrated by J. Ayers, The Baur Collection, Vol. 4, Geneva, 1974, pl. A599. Compare also a Yongzheng-marked vase from the Palace Museum, Beijing, enamelled with the same format of flowering peonies, illustrated in Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 209, pl. 38.