A RARE FAMILLE ROSE RUBY-PINK ENAMELED PETAL-LOBED BOWL, YONGZHENG PERIOD
China, 1723-1735. The deep rounded sides supported on a short foot with a row of petals rising to a lobed rim. The interior is finely enameled with a single peony spray. A soft ruby pink glaze covers the exterior stopping neatly at the foot. The base is covered in a transparent glaze.


Provenance:
From an old private collection in the United Kingdom.

Condition:
Excellent condition with minor wear and minuscule firing irregularities.

Weight: 133.3 g
Dimensions: Diameter 10.9 cm


Most scholars believe that pink enamel
seems first to have appeared in the Chinese palette at the end of the Kangxi reign, in about AD 1720. Microscopic examination of this pink enamel has shown red particles immersed in a clear lead-potassium-silicate glass. The rose color was due to minute colloidal particles of gold. The Chinese rose enamel appears different from the European equivalent - the so-called 'Purple of Cassius', developed by Andreas Cassius of Leyden in c. 1670, for that it does not appear to have been made by the same method. The Chinese enamel has a much lower tin content and the scientists concluded that it was made not by precipitation but by making up a ruby glass and grinding this as a pigment to be dispersed in the clear enamel. The advantage of the Chinese method was that it used less gold, and it was also easier to achieve an even coloration within the enamel.


Literature comparison:

Compare a related ruby-pink glazed bowl with a foliate rim, 9.2 cm in diameter, dated late 18th/19th century, in the Chicago Museum of Art, accession number 1925.1007.


Auction result comparison:

Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 May 2013, lot 2108
Price: HKD 930,000 or approx.
EUR 125,000
converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A fine and rare pair of famille rose pink-enameled bowls, Yongzheng period
Expert remark: Compare the closely related famille rose decoration and peony motif. Note the slightly paler rose-pink glaze, and plain rounded sides. Note the related size (10.5 cm) and that the lot comprises a pair.


Auction result comparison:

Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 15 September 2016, lot 964
Price: USD 13,750 or approx.
EUR 16,500
converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: An unusual ruby-pink-enameled deep bowl, 18th century
Expert remark: Compare the related ruby-pink glaze, albeit applied also to the interior. Note the different form and the height (10.4 cm).


Auction result comparison:

Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 15 September 2016, lot 948
Price: USD 13,750 or approx.
EUR 16,500
converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A famille rose ruby-back bowl, Yongzheng period
Expert remark: Compare the related ruby glaze, also applied only to the exterior, the interior however decorated with different motifs. Note the different form and the size (14.8 cm).




雍正時期胭脂紅花口碗

中國，1723-1735年。敞口，深弧腹，圈足。外壁施胭脂紅釉，碗内中心粉彩牡丹紋。 圈足内施一層透明釉。


來源：
英國私人收藏。

品相：
狀況良好，有輕微磨損和燒製不規則。

重量：133.3 克
尺寸：直徑 10.9 厘米


文獻比較：

比較一件相近的十八世紀末至十九世紀胭脂紅花口碗，直徑9.2 厘米，收藏於芝加哥藝術館，館藏編號1925.1007。


拍賣結果比較：

形制：相近
拍賣：香港佳士得，2013年5月29日，lot 2108
價格：HKD 930,000（相當於今日
EUR 125,000
）
描述：清雍正外胭脂紅釉內粉彩牡丹紋盌一對
專家評論：比較非常相近的粉彩裝飾和牡丹主題。請注意較淺的胭脂紅釉，以及普通圓邊。請注意相近的尺寸 (10.5 厘米) ，以及此為一對。


拍賣結果比較：

形制：相近
拍賣：紐約佳士得，2016年9月15日，lot 964
價格：USD 13,750（相當於今日
EUR 16,500
）
描述：清十八世紀胭脂紅釉盌
專家評論：比較相近的胭脂紅釉，且內部也有上釉。請注意不同的外形和高 (10.4 厘米)。


拍賣結果比較：

形制：相近
拍賣：紐約佳士得，2016年9月15日，lot 948
價格：USD 13,750（相當於今日
EUR 16,500
）
描述：清雍正粉彩花果紋盌
專家評論：比較相近的粉彩，且內部也有上釉，內部開光不同的主題。請注意不同的的外形和尺寸 (14.8 厘米)。