On May 22, Beijing Yongle 2021 Spring Auction, a small "Ming Xuande Blue and Flower Sea Animal Pattern Goblet" treasured by Longquan Hall in Zangshan Yinhai and Cocoon Mountain was sold for 57.5 million yuan, becoming the most dazzling lot in the field, and the bid started at 20 million yuan, and finally fell the hammer at 50 million yuan after more than ten bids, becoming the third highest cup type auction price in recent years.
Ming Xuande Blue and White Sea Beast Pattern Foot Cup
7.7 cm
Estimates are pending
Transaction price: ¥57.5 million
"Daming Xuande Year System"
source:
1. It was introduced to Japan in the 1920s and 1930s, and was originally the old collection of Hisashi Shōjin (1898-1973).
2. Cocoon Mountain Ryusendo Old Collection, 1950, Tokyo, Japan
3. The old collection of the Ehime Bunka Museum in Japan
exhibit:
Eds., By the Japan Ceramics Association, the Cultural Property Conservation Committee, the Tokyo National Museum, and the Mainichi Shimbun, "Exhibition of Famous Works of China Ceramic Magneto Motoaki," 1956, Hashijishimaya, Japan, No. 82
publication:
1. "The Complete Collection of World Ceramics and Magnetism, Yuanming Chapter", River Out of the Study, 1955
2. Edited by the Japan Ceramics Association, the Cultural Property Conservation Committee, the Tokyo National Museum, and the Mainichi Shimbun, "Exhibition of Famous Works of China Ceramic Magneto Motoaki", 1956, Hashijishimaya, Japan, No. 82
3. Complete Ceramics, With The First Dye of Ming, No. 11, Heibonsha, 1960, 页 14, Ming Edition 27
4. "The Complete Collection of World Ceramics and Magnetism, Yuanming Chapter", River Out of the Study, 1961, plate 67
5. Cocoon Mountain Ryusendo, "Ryusen Jifang• 70th Anniversary of Entrepreneurship", Episode 1, 1976, Tokyo, p. 260, plate 781
6. The Back Cover of the March Issue of Tao Shu issued by the Japan Ceramics Association, Vol. 803, 2020
7. "New Wave of Yunshu", March 2020, p. 126
8. ORIENTATIONS, May/June 2020
9. IMPRESSIONS, No. 41, 2020
This piece of foot cup skimming, deep wall, outer skimming of the foot, convex string pattern of the upper circumference, imitation of the Central Asian metal style, circle foot
Exposed tire, flat sole, double string pattern along the inner mouth of the cup, the inner bottom of the heart in the blue and white book Sanskrit celestial body "吽" character, the periphery
The eight characters in Sanskrit are used in a week to form the mid-platform eight-leaf courtyard style, which means the auspicious meaning of being blessed by the Buddha; the outer mouth is painted as desired
Around the cloud, there are two lines of each string above and below it; the outer wall of the vessel is based on seawater as the ground, and nine kinds of blue and white sea beasts are painted; on the feet
The middle and lower parts are each equipped with a group of double string patterns, the middle bulge is painted with a ruyi cloud pattern, and the near foot is painted with a seawater river cliff pattern, symbolizing imperial power
Supreme; the outsole of the instrument fell blue and white letters double circle double line six-character "Daming Xuande Year System" official paragraph. The blue and white hair color is extremely intense
Brilliant, the enamel is clear and bright, and the carved lines are delicate.
During the Yongle Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty, zheng he went to the West seven times overseas, and the country was in the midst of the Buddhist activities of dividing up the Tibetan dharma kings
Therefore, such official kiln works that combine sea beasts and Sanskrit have appeared. Blue and white porcelain fired in the Jingdezhen kiln during the Xuande Dynasty
Instruments have a supreme position in the history of Chinese ceramics. Compared with the blue and white porcelain of other dynasties in the Ming Dynasty, its firing technology
Reaching the pinnacle, it is known as " the strangeness of the opening generation " .
Ming Xuande Qinghua uses imported cobalt material "Su Ni Bo Qing / Su Ma Li Qing ( smalt transliteration )", which is dark and bright in color, and the lines often form blue and black in the middle
Tin spots; covered with a layer of transparent glaze, the smudge is dripping like ink and danqing. This cup of cyan is suitable for shades,
It is really rare; the light painting of the blue waves, the churning of the waves, showing the lightness of the water vapor, and the vague rise of it
The sea beast in the middle is now strong and soft. The sea beast's whiskers fluttered and were strong and fierce, reaching the realm of divine incarnation.
The craftsman's ratio and firing of cobalt material are precise and measured, imitating the ink method and line of ink painting, and the sea water is thick and thin
The lines are outlined in a three-dimensional visual effect, and the sea beasts drawn with dark lines are shaped in color, texture and dynamics
It is a stark contrast, which increases the depth of the picture scene, with the meaning of the hazy and unpredictable meaning of the immortal atmosphere. This painting
The Fa also had an influence on later generations of porcelain ornamentation. During the Xuande period, in addition to bringing back "Su Ni Bo Qing", new books were also introduced
Writing style, Sanskrit, and began to appear on the foot cup, monk hat pot, and later more commonly found in cups and cups. It is these by the state
A variety of new materials and new styles were introduced from outside, so that the blue and white porcelain in the Xuande period was of extremely high quality and expensive, so there was
The Jingdezhen Taolu commented on Xuande porcelain that "all materials are prepared, and blue and white are precious".
This cup of foot is very rarely preserved, and the complete vessel with the same shape, pattern and style is recorded, and there is only one example of this, which is now in the collection
The National Palace Museum in Taipei (see chart), and another remnant, excavated in Jingdezhen, China (see chart);
His collection agency has not seen the same kind of collection; and at present, only this one can be circulated in the market, which is truly unique!
Introduced to Japan in the 1920s and 1930s, this cup was originally the old Kushi Shōjin (1898-1973).
hide. Kushi Shōjin, Japan's top ceramics expert, was The Taishan who studied Chinese ceramics in Japan in the early twentieth century
Hokuto, who in the 1920s and 1930s met the founder of the Juzhongju Art Shop, Hirota Fujin (1897-19).
In 1973), and then Yantaro Umezawa, then chairman of the Japan Ceramics Association, began to delve into China
The fun of ceramics is also during this period, and the focus began to focus on Chinese Ming Dynasty porcelain. Published a number of Ming Dynasty ceramics related
Written and comprehensive: "China's Ceramics", 1942;
, 1943; "With Chinese Dyeing and Akae", Kawara Koten, 1949;
Geisha, 1953 (co-arrival): "Meidatsu Ceramics Drawings", Oyama Akira, 1968 ("First In China
"Ceramics" ( increase of the number of ceramics).
Subsequently, in 1950, it was handled by the Cocoon Mountain Ryusendo Hall and re-entered the Ehime Bunka Museum in Japan, which is the oldest collection institution of ancient art in Ehime, which is home to a large number of Japanese, Chinese, and
A foundation set up by Ninomiya Kanichi, a collector of korean ancient ceramics and other antiques.
Matsutaro Hiyama
In April 1905, at the age of twenty-two, MAYUYAMA & CO., LTD. Shop to
Nearly 120 years of history) founder Matsutaro Cocoon Mountain (1882-1935), went to Beipingkai, China alone
He began his lifelong collection of antique art.
At that time, due to the growing interest in Asian art in the West, Peiping formed a bustling art market, attracting collectors and dealers from all over the world. Value this
In the historical background, Matsutaro Cocoon mountain immersed himself in research and began to build his own artistic empire. Matsutaro in 1935
He died and was succeeded by his eldest son, Junji (1913-1999), as the head of Longquan Hall in Cocoon Mountain. Junji continued his father's
Work, focusing on Asian antique artworks, mainly Chinese ceramics.
After the war, Junkichi made the collection of The Cocoon Mountain Ryusendo included in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, West by introducing masterpieces of Asian art to collectors and museums in North America
The Art Museum of Art and the Cleveland Museum of Art were purchased by institutions such as the Art Museum and were acquired by John F. Kennedy. D. Rockefeller III
Since then, The Cocoon Mountain Longquan Hall has become famous in the world art scene and has become a prominent Asian antique art
One of the dealers of artefacts, it is the same name as the Yamanaka & Company in Japan, and it is Japanese
The national treasure collections of many top museums have also been handled by the Cocoon Mountain Longquan Hall.
To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of Cocoon Mountain Longquan Hall, Cocoon Mountain published a luxurious hardcover two-volume set "Longquan Jifang" in 1976, listing dozens of companies
Among the rare treasures that have been passed is this Ming Xuande Blue and White Sea Beast Pattern Foot Cup auctioned this time. Dragon Springs
So far, there are only two pieces of Xuande small-size foot cups that have been handled, and this product is one of them.
Cocoon Mountain Dragon Spring Hall
| Refer to the class example |
Ming Xuande style Blue and white sea beast foot cup
National Palace Museum, Taipei
Ming Xuande Blue and White Sea Monster Pattern Small Handle (Broken Scripture Repair)
Caliber 8.1 cm Foot diameter 4.3 cm 7.7 cm
It was excavated in 1984 on the ground floor of Xuande, Zhushan Mountain
Published in "The Emperor's Porcelain - A Collection of Porcelain Treasures from the "Ming Dynasty" Official Kiln Unearthed in Jingdezhen"