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Eight small blue and white dishes, Chongzhen period, circa 1643

15 dimanche Fév 2015

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'The Romance of the Western Chamber', Blue-and-White, Chongjiao Bei Xixiang Ji, Chongzhen period, circa 1643, Collection of Julia and John Curtis, Li Zhuowu, The Collated Story of the Western Wing, Tianqi Period, Woodblock illustration, Wuxing, Xi Xiang Ji

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Eight small blue and white dishes, Chongzhen period, circa 1643. Estimate $12,000 – $18,000. Photo Christie’s Image Ltd 2015

Each small dish has a foliate rim and is delicately decorated with a different narrative scene from The Romance of the Western Chamber and other literary sources. The reverse of each is decorated with a continuous river landscape and is inscribed with an apocryphal Jiajing mark on the base. 3 ½ in. (8.9 cm.) diam. Lot 3516

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Provenance: The Property of Captain Michael Hatcher; Christie’s Amsterdam, 14 March 1984, lot 200 (part), lot 201 (part).
Collection of Julia and John Curtis.

Literature: Julia B. Curtis, “Transitionware Made Plain: A Wreck in the South China Sea,” Oriental Art, Volume XXXI, No. 2, Summer, 1985, pp. 169-170, figs. 13, 16,17, 18 a,b.
Colin Sheaf and Richard Kilburn, The Hatcher Porcelain Cargoes, The Complete Record, London, 1988, p. 66, pl. 97 (four).
Julia B. Curtis, “La porcelaine chinoise de Transition,” La porcelaine chinoise de Transition: et ses influences sur la céramique japonaise, proche-orientale et européenne, Geneva, 1993, no. 7.

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Notes: This interesting group of dishes is decorated with a variety of scenes that most likely derive from popular novels, as well as one generic scene with a scholar and attendant, and one showing four immortals. Two scenes can be directly compared to woodblock illustrations from The Romance of the Western Chamber. The small dish with two ladies in a garden depicts the heroine Yinying offering incense in honor of her deceased uncle. (fig. 1)

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Fig. 1: Woodblock illustration to Xi Xiang Ji (Romance of the Western Chamber). From an edition published at Wuxing in the Tianqi period (1621-1627), from Craig Clunas, “The West Chamber: A Literary Theme in Chinese Porcelain Decoration,” Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1981-82, p. 76, pl. 9.

Another direct comparison can be drawn between the small dish decorated with a lady seated on a garden rock beneath a tree and a woodblock illustration with the scene known as ‘Repudiation of the billet-doux’. (fig. 2)

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Fig. 2: Woodblock illustration to Chongjiao Bei Xixiang Ji (The Collated Story of the Western Wing), commentary attributed to Li Zhuowu, 1598.

CHRISTIE’S. AN ERA OF INSPIRATION: 17TH-CENTURY CHINESE PORCELAINS FROM THE COLLECTION OF JULIA AND JOHN CURTIS, 16 March 2015,New York, Rockefeller Plaza

A blue and white bowl, Kangxi six-character mark and of the period

08 lundi Sep 2014

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'The Romance of the Western Chamber', Blue and White Bowl, Blue-and-White, Kangxi six-character mark and of the period, The Story of the Western Wing, Xixiangji

A blue and white bowl  Kangxi six-character mark and of the period

A blue and white bowl  Kangxi six-character mark and of the period

A blue and white bowl, Kangxi six-character mark and of the period. Photo Bonhams.

Painted to the interior with a central medallion of boys, the dish shaped rim with a diamond pattern border, the exterior with four scenes from ‘The Romance of the Western Chamber’ beneath the hatched pattern with enclosed flowerheads to the exterior of the rim. 20.3cm (8in) diam. Estimate £5,000 – 7,000 (€6,300 – 8,800) 

The Romance of the Western Chamber, also known as The Story of the Western Wing, in Chinese 西廂記 Xixiangji is amongst China’s most famous dramatic works. Written by the Yuan Dynasty playwriter Wang Shifu, it has enjoyed unparalleled popularity amongst the public since its appearance in the 13th century, and became a most popular subject matter for decorating blue and white porcelain in the Kangxi period. 

Bonhams. ASIAN ART. 11 Sep 2014 10:30 BST. LONDON, KNIGHTSBRIDGE

 

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