2020.10.09
A Journey Through China’s History The Dr Wou Kiuan Collection Part II | | Sotheby's (sothebys.com)
A Journey Through China’s History The Dr Wou Kiuan Collection Part II | | Sotheby's
VIEW PDF CATALOGUE | 瀏覽電子圖錄Following on from the success of Part I in New York in March and the record-breaking first Hong Kong chapter in April, the carefully curated sale presents six masterpieces from the 18th century showcasing the unparall
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A magnificent and possibly unique ruby-ground yangcai 'trigram' reticulated vase, Seal mark and period of Qianlong | 清乾隆 御製洋彩紫紅錦地乾坤交泰轉旋瓶 《大清乾隆年製》款 (청 건륭 어제 양채자홍금지건곤교태전선병)
Estimate: 60,000,000 - 120,000,000 HKD
Lot sold: 177,463,000 HKD
A magnificent and possibly unique ruby-ground yangcai 'trigram' reticulated vase,
Seal mark and period of Qianlong
清乾隆 御製洋彩紫紅錦地乾坤交泰轉旋瓶
《大清乾隆年製》款
of pear shape, with a revolving trumpet-shaped neck pivoting on a cylindrical inner vase, the globular body cut along a line of interlocking ruyi-heads and pierced with the eight trigrams, the bright ruby ground finely incised in sgraffiato with dense feather arabesques, reserved with stylised lotus flowers borne on curling foliage issuing additional florets and buds, the spreading foot encircled by a ruyi-band in red and blue against a vivid lemon-yellow ground with similar sgraffiato work, the waisted neck with interlinked ruyi and floral designs on a pale blue and yellow ground, flanked by two flat scroll handles enamelled in iron-red and gilt, the flaring mouth rim with leafy sprays on a pale green ground, the inner vase visible through the narrow openings, painted in underglaze-blue with lotus scrolls in early Ming style, the interior of the neck and the base enamelled in pale turquoise green, the base reserved with a six-character seal mark
h. 31 cm
Provenance
Collection of Henry Brougham Loch, 1st Baron Loch of Drylaw (1827-1900), by repute.
Collection of Alfred Morrison (1821-97), Fonthill House, Tisbury, Wiltshire, no. 328, probably since 1861.
Collection of the Rt. Hon. The Lord Margadale of Islay, T.D., J.P., D.L. (1906-96).
Christie's London, 18th October 1971, lot 56.
Collection of Dr Wou Kiuan (1910-97).
Wou Lien-Pai Museum, 1971-present, coll. no. Q11.49.
傳洛赫勛爵（1827-1900年）收藏
英國威爾特郡蒂斯伯里放山居艾弗瑞．莫里森（1821-97年）收藏，編號328，或自1861年始
蘇格蘭艾雷島馬格代爾勛爵（1906-96年）收藏
倫敦佳士得1971年10月18日，編號56
吳權博士 (1910-97年) 收藏
吳蓮伯博物院，1971年至今，編號Q11.49
A very rare yellow-ground green-enamelled 'dragon' vase, Mark and period of Yongzheng | 清雍正 黃地綠彩海水雲龍雙貫耳橄欖瓶 《大清雍正年製》款 (청옹정 황지녹채해수운용쌍관이 감람병)
Estimate: 3,000,000 - 4,000,000 HKD
Lot sold: 10,055,000 HKD
A very rare yellow-ground green-enamelled 'dragon' vase,
Mark and period of Yongzheng
清雍正 黃地綠彩海水雲龍雙貫耳橄欖瓶
《大清雍正年製》款
the baluster body rising from a gently splayed foot to a tall neck flanked by a pair of tubular handles, finely incised and decorated in green enamel against a yellow ground with nine scaly five-clawed dragons writhing amongst cloud scrolls, with cresting waves and a keyfret band below, the neck encircled with a ruyi band and another keyfret, the base inscribed with a six-character reign mark within a double circle
h. 30.5 cm
Provenance
Collection of Lord Loch of Drylaw (1827-1900), by repute.
Collection of Alfred Morrison (1821-97), Fonthill House, Tisbury, Wiltshire.
Collection of the Rt. Hon. The Lord Margadale of Islay, T.D., J.P., D.L. (1906-96).
Christie's London, 31st May 1965, lot 116.
Collection of Dr Wou Kiuan (1910-97).
Wou Lien-Pai Museum, 1968-present, coll. no. Q8.2.
傳洛赫勛爵（1827-1900年）收藏
英國威爾特郡蒂斯伯里放山居艾弗瑞．莫里森（1821-97年）收藏
蘇格蘭艾雷島馬格代爾勛爵（1906-96年）收藏
倫敦佳士得1965年5月31日，編號116
吳權博士 (1910-97年) 收藏
吳蓮伯博物院，1968年至今，編號Q8.2
A magnificent pair of yangcai 'butterfly' vases, Seal marks and period of Qianlong | 清乾隆 洋彩粉地蝴蝶瓶一對 《大清乾隆年製》款 (청건륭 양채분지호접병)
Estimate: 40,000,000 - 60,000,000 HKD
A magnificent pair of yangcai 'butterfly' vases,
Seal marks and period of Qianlong
清乾隆 洋彩粉地蝴蝶瓶一對
《大清乾隆年製》款
each of baluster shape with a tall waisted neck and an incurving lip, the body covered almost entirely in an even powdery bright pink enamel, scattered with a fanciful variety of butterflies and moths in flight among a multitude of flowers, including peonies, magnolia sprays, peach blossoms, prunus branches, lotus flowers, chrysanthemums, orchids and bamboo, the lower part gently tapered and encircled by lappets enclosing a small floret suspending beads and a chime on a café-au-lait ground, the shoulder decorated with arabesque design in blue enamel between a raised gilt band and a turquoise-and-red ruyi-collar, the lips with an additional ruyi-band between gilt lines, the interior and the base covered in a pale turquoise colour, reserved on the base with a six-character seal mark in iron-red
h. 47 cm
A blue and white handled vase, hu, Mark and period of Yongzheng | 清雍正 青花纏枝花卉紋鳩耳壺 《大清雍正年製》款 (청 옹정 청화전지화훼문구이병)
Estimate: 2,500,000 - 3,000,000 HKD
Lot sold: 2,268,000 HKD
A blue and white handled vase, hu,
Mark and period of Yongzheng
清雍正 青花纏枝花卉紋鳩耳壺
《大清雍正年製》款
of bronze hu shape, flanked by a pair of stylised turtledove-shaped handles, each surmounted by a spiralled knop and suspending a mock ring, brilliantly painted in a simulated early Ming 'heaping and piling' style with a broad composite scroll bearing blooms including lotus, chrysanthemum and hibiscus, between bands of petal lappets and ruyi, the neck collared with a continuous foliate scroll of stylised lotus between a slightly raised fillet joining the handles and a border of waves at the rim, the foot decorated by a classic foliate scroll, the base inscribed with a six-character reign mark
h. 33.5 cm
