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Libation cup in Chinese porcelain from Dehua kilns (blanc-de-chine) modelled as a rhinoceros horn on one side with a tiger (cat?), a four-clawed dragon, Kangxi reign.

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Stock Number: 4627

Libation cup in Chinese porcelain from Dehua kilns (blanc-de-chine) modelled as a rhinoceros horn on one side with a tiger (cat?), a four-clawed dragon and a branch with flowers and on the other side with two branches with flowers and deer, Kangxi reign, Qing dynasty, h. 7 cm, 2 ¾ in; w. 13 cm, 5 in. 9-14110

Literature:

A Winterthur Guide to Chinese Export Porcelain, by A.M. Palmer, New York 1976, p. 41, fig. 9, for one cup of this form redecorated in enamels possibly in Europe;

• Blanc de Chine, by P.J. Donnelly, plate 25 for two cups of this form dated 1675-1725;

Blanc de Chine, Porcelain from Dehua, Asian Civilisation Museum of Singapore, by R. Kerr and J. Ayers, cat. 125 for a cup of similar form;

• China for the West, by D. Howard and J. Ayers, p. 102, London and New York 1978, cat. 72 for a cup of this form;

Chinese Art, by S.W. Bushell, London 1906, vol. II, plate 10 for a similar cup;

• Chinese Export Porcelain in Private Brazilian Collections, pp. 70/71, plates 43 and 44 for two cups of similar form;

Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, by B. Gyllensvärd, p. 184, plate 184 for a cup of similar form;

Chinesisches Porzellan, by E. Zimmermann, 1923 Leipzig, plate 154 for three different cups;

From China to Europe, Östasiatiska Museet in Stockholm, J. Wirgin, p. 78 cat. 74 for a cup of this form;

Från Kina till Europa, by J. Wirgin, 1998 Stockholm, p. 78, cat. 74 for a similar cup with width 10,5 cm dated 1675/1725;

La Maladie de Porcelain… East Asian Porcelain from the Collection of Augustus the Strong, by E. Ströber, 2001 Berlin, p. 116/117 for fourteen small libation cups with various forms and sizes;

Oriental Ceramic Art, by S.W. Bushell, 1896 New York reprint of 1980, p. 28, fig. 57 for a cup with the same form;

Porcelain Stories: From China to Europe, by J. Emerson, J. Chen, M.G. Gates, Seattle 2000, p. 155, cat. 12.2 for one cup with similar form;

• Porzellan aus China und Japan, die Porzellangalerie der Landgrafen von Hessen-Kassel, 1990 catalogue for Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Kassel, p. 557, cat. 333 for one similar cup 6 cm high dated Kangxi;

Silk Road, Silk Ships, exhibition catalogue by J.E. Vollmer, E.J. Keal, E. Nagai-Berthrong, Toronto Canada 1983, p. 218 for a cup with the same form;

The Choice of the Private Trader, by D.S. Howard, Minneapolis 1994, p. 188, cat. 216 for two similar cups;

The World of Monochromes, Oriental Ceramic Society exhibition in London in 2009 at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, cat. 270 for a smaller cup of this form with silver gilt mounts.

中國德化白瓷酒杯,一邊模壓有老虎(貓? ),四爪龍和一枝花卉,另一邊模壓有兩枝花卉及鹿, 約1640年,明代,高7釐米,2¾ 英吋;寬13釐米,5英吋。

參考文獻:

•《溫特圖爾中國外銷瓷器導讀》,作者A.M. Palmer,1976年紐約出版,參見第41頁,圖9一隻器 型相同,或在歐洲后加彩的瓷盃;

•《中國白瓷》,作者P.J. Donnelly,參見圖25同一時期1675-1725的兩隻杯子;

•《新加坡亞洲文化博物館藏中國德化白瓷》,作者R. Kerr和J. Ayers, 參加第125號一相同器型的杯子;

•《西行中國》,作者D. Howard和J. Ayers,1978年倫敦及紐約出版,參見第102頁第72號一相同器型 的盃子;

•《中國藝術》,作者S.W. Bushell,1906年倫敦出版,見卷二,彩圖10一件近似杯子;

•《巴西私人珍藏中國外銷瓷器》參見第70/71頁,圖43和44兩近器;

•《Carl Kempe珍藏中國陶瓷》,作者B. Gyllensvärd, 參見第184頁,圖184一近器;

•《中國瓷器》,作者E. Zimmermann,1923年萊比錫出版,參見圖版154三隻不同的盃子;

•《從中國到歐洲,斯德哥爾摩東亞博物館》,作者J. Wirgin, 參見第78頁第74號一相同器型的杯子;

•《从中國到歐洲》,作者J. Wirgin,1998年斯德哥爾摩出版,參見第78頁編號74年代為1675-1725, 口徑為10.5釐米的相似盃子;

•《瓷器狂熱,奧古斯特二世收藏東亞瓷器》,作者E. Ströber,2001年柏林出版,參見第116-117頁不 同器型和尺寸的匜盃十四隻;

•《東方陶瓷藝術》,作者S.W. Bushell,1896年紐約出版,1980年第2次印刷,參見第28頁, 圖57一隻繪有相同紋飾的杯子;

•《瓷器的故事:從中國到歐洲》,作者J. Emerson,J. Chen,M.G. Gates,2000年西雅圖出版, 參見第155頁,編號12.2一器型相同瓷杯;

•《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,參見第557頁編 號333高6釐米的康熙朝盃子。

•《絲路及運絲船舶》,展覽目錄作者J.E. Vollmer,E.J. Keal,E. Nagai-Berthrong,1983年加拿大 多倫多出版,參見第218頁一器型相同的瓷杯;

•《私人貿易的選擇》,作者D.S. Howard,1994年明尼阿波利斯出版,參見第188頁, 編號216兩件近器;

•《單色釉的世界》,2009年倫敦亞非學院東方陶瓷學會展覽,參見編號270一隻器型相同,尺寸較小并鑲鍍銀邊的杯子。