China Guardian Spring Auction 2024
Phase 1
Preview time
May 7 - May 10
Auction time
Zile Linlang - Private Collection of Porcelain, May 12, 19:30
Auction location
Guardian Arts Center
(No. 1, Wangfujing Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing)
In the spring auction of 2021, the Porcelain and Antiques Department released a total of 10 pieces of monochrome glaze, blue and white and colored porcelain purchased by the owner of the three generations of the Qing Dynasty after several years. In this season's spring auction, we have joined hands with the owner of Zile Tang to launch a special session of "Zile Linlang - Private Collection of Porcelain", a total of 12 pieces of Qing Dynasty imperial kiln treasures, all of which are exquisite in style, fresh and refined in color, and have clear sources and orderly inheritance.
Lot 1118
Qing Yongzheng Yangcai Wanhua presents Ruitu plate
"Yongzheng Year of the Great Qing Dynasty" six-character double-line regular book, Yongzheng Dynasty
With wooden frames
D: 51.3 cm
Description:
《The Glory of the Garden》，苏富比、皇家园艺协会（The Royal Horticultural Society）， 1987年1月2-28日，第167页，图352
Exhibit:
《The Glory of the Garden》，苏富比、皇家园艺协会（The Royal Horticultural Society）， 1987年1月2-28日，编号352
Description of this product
The floral decoration painting method on the imperial porcelain, the collection of ancient court paintings, the flower picture of the heart basket and the Lianfang map on the outer wall of this product, you can find the mother from the Song painting in the old collection of the Qing Palace. The National Palace Museum in Taipei has a collection of "Collection of Pictures of the Past Dynasties", one of which is the "Flower Basket" by Li Song in the Song Dynasty, which may be the inspiration for the flower basket in the heart of this product.
As for the flowers on the outer wall, the painting method and color are the meteorology of this dynasty, inheriting the style of the Yun Nantian school in the early Qing Dynasty, and the Palace Museums on both sides of the strait have Zou Yigui's "Flower Atlas" multiple volumes, the painted petals are smudged from deep to shallow layers, and the shape and spirit are possessed, or they are the powder of this product.
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The back of this product is an excerpt from Zou Yigui's "Flower Atlas" in the Palace Museum
It is worth mentioning that the size of this product is quite rich, more than 50 centimeters, this system of Yongzheng pastel plate can be seen to have painted the branch of Fushou eight peach five bats and the branch of the moon season and other examples of the pattern, the Palace Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London have collections, the auction market has also appeared in several cases, the transaction price is more than 10 million.
Lot 1119
Qing Yongzheng imitates Yongle blue and white melon gourd, continuous sea water pattern folded along the large plate
"Yongzheng Year of the Great Qing Dynasty" six-character double-line regular book, Yongzheng Dynasty
D: 45.5 cm
Source:
Taipei Auction, March 23, 1997, lot 1253;
China Guardian, May 12, 2012, lot 2640
Description:
"Treasure in Porcelain: Treasures of Elegant Collections", edited by Jin Liyan, Beijing Arts and Crafts Publishing House, 2015, pp. 120, 121, fig. 37
Exhibit:
"Jiaqu in Porcelain - Jiaqu Yaji Member Collection", China Guardian International Auction Co., Ltd., Jiaqu Yaji, November 2015, lot 37
Description of this product
This product has a clear provenance, it was treasured in Taipei in the early years, and then released at the spring auction of China Guardian in 2012, and exhibited and recorded in the "Jiaqu in Porcelain - Jiaqu Yaji Member Collection" in Beijing in 2015.
This product can be described as an antique wonderful product, the shape of the utensils is full and generous, the tire color is white like jade, the pattern lines are stretched and smooth, the blue and white hair color is pure and bright like sapphire, and it is dyed with a heavy pen in the local area, and successfully imitates the fainting effect of the Yongxuan Imperial Kiln Su Ma Liqing. Its prototype is the same decoration of Yongxuan, which can refer to the old collection of the Qing Palace in the Palace Museum. Comparing the two, it can be seen that the size of this product is larger, and the melon vine and tangled flower patterns are denser, which shows that it is not blindly imitated, but combined with the style of this dynasty in imitation, with the unique fresh and elegant charm of Yongzheng Imperial Kiln.
Lot 1120
Qing Yongzheng imitates Yongle blue and white peach bamboo flower and bird pattern plate
D: 39 cm
Source:
London Auction, 13 June 1989, lot 262
Collection of the Palace Museum
The shape and decoration of this product are imitated from the blue and white plate of the imperial kiln in the early Ming Dynasty, and the pattern of flowers and birds especially has the charm of Yongxuan blue and white, which is the antique work of Yongzheng Imperial Kiln. The Yongzheng blue and white flower and bird pattern plate with the same decoration can be seen in the collection of the Palace Museum in Beijing, which can be compared.
Lot 1113
Qing Qianlong blue and white Wannian Ruyi bottle
"Qianlong Year of the Qing Dynasty" six-character three-line seal book, Qianlong Dynasty
H: 13.2 cm
Source:
Private Collection, Hong Kong;
Beijing Auction, 6 June 2014, lot 8265
Description:
"Porcelain in the Joy of Beauty: The Collection of Members", edited by Jin Liyan, Beijing Arts and Crafts Publishing House, 2015, pp. 140, 141, fig. 47
Exhibit:
"Jiaqu in Porcelain: Jiaqu Yaji Member Collection", China Guardian International Auction Co., Ltd., Jiaqu Yaji, November 2015, no. 47
Description of this product
According to the record in the "Activity File": "On the seventh day of the first month of the first year of Qianlong (1736): the eunuch Mao Tuan handed over a green jade double-tube bottle. Message: Follow this double-tube bottle style...... Draw auspicious flowers, first draw a sample and present. Chin this. The mention of "auspicious flowers" refers to the very likely to be if this product is decorated with "ten thousand years of ruyi", and the decorative patterns of auspicious language are composed of flowers, which can be said to be the most prominent manifestation of the decorative connotation of "decoration must be intentional, meaning must be auspicious".
Lot 1116
Qing Yongzheng red glazed small gallbladder bottle
"Yongzheng Year of the Great Qing Dynasty" six-character double-line regular book, Yongzheng Dynasty
H: 17.2 cm
Source:
Hong Kong auction, 31 October 1995, lot 419;
The old collection of Dr. Guo Fangzhou's family
Comparing the collection of this kind of red glazed gallbladder bottle, it can be seen that the collections of Nanjing Museum and Taipei Palace Museum are similar in shape to this product, the former is 19.6 cm in height, slightly larger than this product, and the latter is 15.8 cm, slightly smaller than this product. It can be seen that the inner court loved this style at that time, and would fire various sizes and furnishing palms. The glaze of this product is bright, pleasing to the eye, and the circulation of similar vessels is extremely rare, and the quality is excellent, which is worth cherishing.
Lot 1122
Qing Kangxi "peach blossom piece" cowpea red glazed bowl
"Kangxi Year of the Great Qing Dynasty" six-character double-line regular script, Kangxi Dynasty
D: 15.5 cm
Source:
Hong Kong Auction, 28 May 2014, Lot 3434
Description:
Kiln Fire Danqing - Liangqing Book House Collection Porcelain, Jin Liyan, Shanghai Painting and Calligraphy Publishing House, 2017, p. 58, fig. 38
Exhibit:
"Gongzhilang Temple Guanghongjun - Kangxi Treasures Lang Tingji Art Exhibition", Poly Art Museum, March 28–April 16, 2023
According to the paragraph recognition and writing, it can be seen that this product is a Lang kiln product. The common red glaze ware made by Lang kiln, its glaze color is as strong as the initial condensation of ox blood, and this product has changed its color, imitating Xiao Benchao cowpea red glaze, which is quite interesting. Carefully examined, at the intersection of green spots and red glaze, you can also see the unique "cow hair pattern" of Langyao red glaze, and the glass texture of its glaze is stronger than that of "eight big yards". This product is actually a masterpiece that not only embodies the Lang kiln to the best porcelain technology, but also the two strange flowers of the monochrome glaze of the Kangxi period: Lang kiln red and cowpea red, which is rare and worth cherishing.
Lot 1114
Qing Qianlong carmine entwined branch lotus eight treasure pattern small flowers
"Qianlong Year of the Qing Dynasty" six-character one-line seal book, Qianlong Dynasty
H: 25 cm
Source:
Former collection of the Yamanaka Chamber of Commerce
Description:
Kiln Fire Danqing - Liangqing Book House Collection Porcelain, Jin Liyan, Shanghai Painting and Calligraphy Publishing House, 2017, p. 64, fig. 42
Magnificent and intricate, this product embodies the grace and luxury of the royal vessels. Consult the public and private collections, the shape is similar to this product, it can be seen that the collection of Guangzhou Cultural Relics General Store, the shape and style are similar, but the size is slightly larger than this product, which can be compared. In addition, Japan Jingjiatang has the same variety of carmine eight auspicious arabesque incense burners in the Qianlong period, although the shape is different, but the overall decoration and craft style are quite similar, and this product is out of Japan, can also be used for reference. In addition to its own shape and glaze beauty, it is worth noting that this product is in the collection of the famous Japanese antique dealer Yamanaka Shogun, which is inherited in an orderly manner and is worth paying attention to.
Lot 1121
Qing Kangxi imitated the blue and white inner year, the three friends of the three friends, and the outside of the Tang people's poetic ladies picture plate
"Ming Chenghua Year System" six-character double-line regular book
D: 15.3 cm（2）
Source:
Beijing Auction, 28 October 2012, lot 840
Exhibit:
"Gongzhilang Temple Guanghongjun - Kangxi Treasures Lang Tingji Art Exhibition", Poly Art Museum, March 28–April 16, 2023
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This style of the three friends of the outer garden lady picture plate began to see in the Ming Xuande period, the outer wall with different decorative themes, such as the courtyard lady baby play, Tang and Song Dynasty poetry, twenty-four filial piety, etc., and then successive dynasties inherited the burning, the courtyard lady baby play into its fixed style, continued to the end of the Qing Dynasty. This type of plate, Xuande this dynasty is mostly only painted ladies, and in Chenghua imitation Xuande works have seen the infant play elements, handed down to the Qing Dynasty works to see the outer wall of the painting of the female baby play, such as the outer wall of this product only painted ladies is rare.
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