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Chinese export porcelain bowl with reticulated walls (linglong), Chongzhen reign, Ming dynasty.

Stock Number: 4835

Chinese export porcelain bowl with reticulated walls (linglong) and medallions with landscapes decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua), unglazed band under the rim and on the foot rim, unglazed base, c. 1643, Chongzhen reign, Ming dynasty, h. 5 cm, 2 in; d. 9 cm, 3½ in. Bespoke box. 1-16239

Literature:

• Octagonal low bowl with a round open work medallion in each side decorated in underglaze cobalt blue with a pair of mandarin ducks at the centre swimming in a pond, d. 13 cm, 5 in, dated from the Jiajing reign (1522-1566), at the Frick Collection, New York, bequest of Childs Frick in memory of Francis Dixon Frick, inventory 1965.8.60;

• Globular honeycomb linglong double wall tea pot and cover decorated in underglaze cobalt blue at the Frick Collection, New York, bequest of Childs Frick in memory of Francis Dixon Frick, inventory 1965.8.65;

A Catalogue of Blue and White Porcelain Forming the Collection of Sir Henry Thompson, London 1878, plate XVIII, cat. 306 for an octagonal tea bowl with reticulated walls;

Oriental Ceramic Art, by S.W. Bushell, 1896 New York reprint of 1980, p. 189, fig. 248 for a similar bowl of smaller size and p. 268, fid. 322 for a small bowl in white porcelain;

• Chinese Pottery and Porcelain, by R.L. Hobson, New York and London 1915, plate 78, fig. 2 for a similar bowl from the Hippisley Collection;

Chinesisches Porzellan, by E. Zimmermann, 1923 Leipzig, plate 84 for a tea bowl and saucer, a globular teapot with arch handle, and a bowl all dated Kangxi, and plate 109 for a plate with open work border decorated in translucent enamels dated Kangxi;

• Chinese Porcelain: Periods of K’ang Hsi, Yung Chéng and Ch’ien Lung, by W.B. Honey, London 1927, plate 38a for double-wall bowl;

La Ceramique Chinoise sous les Ts’ing, by J.P. van Goidsenhoven, Brussels 1936, plate 20, cat. 38 for a bowl;

• Illustrated Catalogue of Porcelains Decorated in Underglaze Blue and Copper Red in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, by M Medley, London 1963, plate XVII, cat. B620-623, for bowls;

• Chinese Export Porcelain, Chine de Commande, by D.F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, 1974 London, cat. 97 for a bowl decorated in underglaze blue with 15,5 cm in diameter from the Collection Bal, Zeeuws Museum, Middelburg, The Netherlands;

• Chinese Blue & White Porcelain, by D. Macintosh, 1977 Devon, UK, p. 59, cat. 41 for a pair of bowls Wanli mark and period decorated in underglaze blue with 8,8 cm in diameter;

• The Wrestling Boys Exhibition held at the Burghley House, 1983, catalogue by G. Lang, p. 77, cat. 197 for a pair of double wall tea bowls;

The Burghley Porcelains, an Exhibition catalogue from the Burghley House Collection and based on the 1688 Inventory and 1690 Devonshire Schedule, Japan Society New York 1986, pp. 84/85, cat. 7 for a 1650 dated silver gilt mounted small bowl with reticulated walls;

• The Hatcher Porcelain Cargoes, The Complete Record (1643/46-1752), by C. Sheaf and R. Kilburn, Oxford 1988, p. 44, fig. 53 for a bowl from the 1643/46 wreck;

• Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, by R.E. Scott, 1989 London, p. 82, cat. 74, for a bowl 8,8 cm in diameter decorated in underglaze blue;

• Pronken Met Oosters Porselein, catalogue by S. Hartog, 1990 Gemeentemuseum Arnhem, The Netherlands, p. 53, cat. 27 for a bowl 11,6 cm in diameter with heavier underglaze blue decoration; p. 102, cat. 113 for a globular teapot; p. 124, cat. 148 for an undecorated round bowl with 9,3 cm in diameter with the Chenghua mark but second quarter 17th century;

• Porzellan aus China und Japan, die Porzellangalerie der Landgrafen von Hessen-Kassel, 1990 catalogue for Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Kassel, p. 300/301, cat. 63a-d for two double-body vases with covers and two beakers 26,5 & 20,7 cm high, dated 17th/18th century;

Ceramic Evolution in the Middle Ming Period, by R. Scott and R. Kerr, Exhibition at the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art and Victoria and Albert Museum, London 1994/5, p. 36, cat 74 for a pair of bowls;

• A Tale of Three Cities: Canton, Shanghai & Hong Kong, by D.S. Howard, 1997 London, p. 66, cat. 65 for a smaller silver gilt mounted bowl;

Precious Cargo, Scots and the China Trade, 1997 Edinburgh, catalogue by S. Leiper, p. 32 for a globular double wall teapot;

Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, by C.J.A. Jörg, London 1997, p. 82, cat. 71 for two bowls one undecorated;

Chinese Ceramics in the Bauer Collection, by J. Ayers, 1999 Genève, vol. I, p. 176, cat. 112 for an undecorated round bowl dated early 17th century;

• Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, by J. Harrison-Hall, London 2001, p. 369, cat. 12:41 to 44 for two pairs of bowls;

Jan Menze van Diepen, A selection from the Collection of Oriental Ceramics, by C.J.A. Jörg, 2002 Groningen, p. 99, cat. 64 for a globular teapot and p. 100, cat. 65 for a tea bowl and saucer;

L’Odyssée de la Porcelaine Chinoise, exhibition catalogue, Paris 2003, p. 132, cat. 68 for a linglong narghileh bottle at the Musée nationale Adrien Dubouché, Limoges, France;

The Glory of Barroque, Dresden, The State Art Collections, 2005 exhibition catalogue in Mississippi, p. 183, cat. 5.1A and 5.1B for an arch handled teapot and a tea bowl and saucer dated 1700/1720;

Seventeenth Century Jingdezhen Porcelain from the Shanghai Museum and the Butler Collection, by Sir M. Butler and Prof. Wang Qingzheng, 2006 Shanghai, pp. 84/85, cat. 10 for a pair of undecorated bowls 8,5 cm in diameter from the Shanghai Museum;

Ming, Porcelain for a Globalised Trade, by E. Ströber, Stuttgart 2013, p. 222, cat. 118/119 for two hexagonal bowls;

100 Years of Chinese Export Porcelain, by A. Varela Santos, 2014/2015, cat. 5 for a tea bowl and saucer and a beaker and saucer;

• Qing Export Porcelain, by A. Varela Santos, 2015/2016, cat. 7 for two tea bowls with saucers;

Yuan to Qing Porcelain, by A. Varela Santos, 2016/2017, cat. 16 for a bowl with 14 cm in diameter;

• Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, by J. Ayers, 2016 London, vol. 1, p. 169 for three double wall cups dated 1650-1680;

• Yuan to Qing Ceramics, by A. Varela Santos, cat. 16 for similar cup.

In the VOC (Dutch East India Company) archives this type of bowls is registered since as early as 1643.

中國外銷瓷青花鏤雕(玲瓏)盌,器壁飾以開光山水圖,口沿及器足處分別有狹窄的無釉帶,器底無釉,約1643年,明崇禎,高5釐米,2英吋;口徑9釐米,3½ 英吋。

圖示:《元代到清代陶瓷》,作者阿.瓦瑞拉.桑托斯,編號16.

參考文獻:

• 紐約Frick收藏嘉慶朝(1522-1566)青花八邊形矮足盌一隻,每邊都帶鏤雕開光,飾以池中鴛鴦 戲水圖,口徑13釐米,5英吋。此盌是Childs Frick為了紀念Francis Dixon Frick而特別定制的, 庫存號1965.8.60;

• 紐約Frick收藏青花玲瓏雙壁帶蓋茶壺,器型渾圓呈蜂窩形,此壺是Childs Frick為了紀念Francis Dixon Frick而特別定制的, 庫存號1965.8.65;

•《Henry Thompson爵士收藏青花瓷著錄》,1878年倫敦出版,參見圖版18編號306鏤雕八邊形茶盌 一件;

•《東方陶瓷藝術》,作者S.W. Bushell,1896年紐約出版,1980年再版,參見第189頁圖248一件較 小近器和第268頁圖322一件白釉小盌;

•《中國陶瓷》,作者R.L. Hobson,1915年紐約及倫敦出版,參見圖版78圖2 Hippisley收藏相似 盌一件;

•《中國瓷器》,作者E. Zimmermann,1923年萊比錫出版,參見圖版84年代為康熙的茶盌及 托盤一件,帶把茶壺一件和盌一隻,圖版109年代同為康熙,施透明釉帶鏤雕口沿的盤子一件;

•《康熙,雍正和乾隆三朝中國瓷器》,作者W.B. Honey,1927年倫敦出版,參見圖版38a雙層盌一件;

•《清代中國陶瓷》,作者J.P. van Goidsenhoven,1936年布魯塞爾出版,參見圖版20編號38盌一隻;

•《大維德中國藝術基金會藏青花釉里紅瓷器圖錄》,作者M Medley,1963年倫敦出版,參見圖版 17編號B620-623之近器;

•《中國外銷瓷器,特別訂制》,作者D.F. Lunsingh Scheurleer,1974年倫敦出版,參見編號97 尼德蘭米德爾堡博物館Bal收藏青花盌一件,口徑為15.5 釐米;

•《中國青花瓷》,作者D. Macintosh,1977年英國德文郡出版,參見第59頁編號41萬曆朝青 花盌一件,萬曆款,口徑為8.8釐米;

•《伯利莊園the Wrestling Boys展覽》,1983年,圖錄編者G. Lang,參見第77頁編號197一對雙 層茶盌;

•《伯利瓷器,據1688年庫存和1690年德文郡日程所編伯利莊園收藏展覽目錄》,1986年紐約日本協會出版,參見84-85頁編號7年代為1650年的鍍銀鑲邊鏤雕小盌;

•《Hatcher號瓷器全編(1643/46-1752)》,作者C. Sheaf及R. Kilburn,1988年牛津出版,參見第44 頁編號53一件於1643-46年打撈的盌一件;

•《大維德中國藝術基金會》,作者R.E. Scott,1989年倫敦出版,參見第82頁編號74口徑為8.8釐米 的青花盌一件;

•《彩繪瓷器》,目錄作者S. Hartog,1990年尼德蘭阿納姆的博物館,參見第53頁編號27口徑為 11.6釐米,釉色濃重的青花盌一件;第102頁編號113茶壺一把;第124頁編號148一件書成化款但作於17世紀後半葉,口徑為9.3釐米無紋飾的盌;

•《黑森-卡塞爾領伯國藏中國及日本瓷器》,1990年德國卡塞爾州立藝術品收藏目錄,300-301頁編 號63a-d兩件帶蓋雙聯瓶和兩件觚形瓶,高度分別為26.5釐米和20.7釐米,年代為17/18世紀;

•《明中期陶瓷的進化》,作者R. Scott和R. Kerr,1994-1995年倫敦大維德中國藝術基金會及維多利 亞和阿爾伯特博物館展覽,參見第36頁編號74一對盌;

•《三城記:廣東,上海和香港》,作者D.S. Howard,1997年倫敦出版,參見第66頁編號65一件較 小的鑲鍍銀盌;

•《珍寶號,中國和蘇格蘭貿易》,1997年愛丁堡出版,目錄作者S. Leiper,參見第32頁一把器型渾 圓的雙層茶壺;

•《阿姆斯特丹國家博物館藏中國陶瓷》,作者C.J.A. Jörg,1997年倫敦出版,參見第82頁編號71盌兩 件,其中一件無紋飾;

•《鮑爾藏中國陶瓷》,作者J. Ayers,1999年日內瓦出版,參見卷一,第176頁編號112年代為17世紀 初的無紋飾盌一件;

•《大英博物館藏明代陶瓷》,作者J. Harrison-Hall,2001年倫敦出版,參見第369頁編號12:41兩 對盌;

•《Jan Menze van Diepen,東方陶瓷選粹》,作者C.J.A. Jörg,2002年格羅寧根出版,參見第99頁編 號64一把圓茶壺和第100頁編號65一把茶壺及托盤;

•《巴洛克的光芒,德累斯頓市州立藝術收藏》,2005年密西西比展覽圖錄,參見第183頁編號5.1A和5.1B年代為1700-1720的彎把茶壺一把和茶盌及托盤一件;

•《上海博物館和Butler收藏17世紀景德鎮瓷器》,作者M. Butler爵士和汪慶正教授,2006年上海 出版, 參見84-85頁編號10上海博物館藏一對口徑為8.5釐米無紋飾盌一對;

•《中國瓷器中的奧德賽》,展覽目錄,2003年巴黎出版,參見第132頁編號68法國利摩日的博物館藏玲瓏透雕水煙瓶一件;

•《明,全球貿易瓷》,作者E. Ströber,2013年斯圖加特出版,參見第222頁編號118-119兩件六邊 形盌;

•《百年中國外銷瓷》,作者阿.瓦瑞拉.桑托斯,2014/2015年目錄,參見編號5茶盌及托盤一件和大口杯及托盤一件;

•《清代外銷瓷》,作者阿.瓦瑞拉.桑托斯,2015-2016年目錄,參見編號7兩件茶盌及托盤;

•《元代至清代瓷器》,作者阿.瓦瑞拉.桑托斯,2016-2017年目錄,參見編號16一件口徑為14釐米 的盌;

•《英女王收藏中日工藝美術品》,作者J. Ayers,2016年倫敦出版,見卷一,第169頁年代為1650-1680的雙壁盃三件;

•《英女王藏中日藝術品》,作者J. Ayers,2016年倫敦出版,見卷一,第169頁1650-1680年作三隻雙層瓷盃;

• 《元代至清代陶瓷》,作者阿.瓦瑞拉.山度士,見編號16一件近似杯子。

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