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拍品编号：0162
估价：GBP300,000—500,000
成交价：暂无数据
拍卖时间：2019-11-06 上午11:30
拍卖地点：伦敦
拍卖公司：伦敦蘇富比
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A FINE AND RARE LARGE LIME-GREEN GROUND FAMILLE-ROSE‘THREE RAMS’VASE
QING DYNASTY, DAOGUANG PERIOD SHENDETANG HALL MARK
清道光 绿地粉彩通景三羊开泰双螭耳大瓶《慎德堂制》款
robustly potted with an ovoid body rising from a splayed foot, surmounted by a tall waisted neck and flared rim, the neck flanked by a pair of iron-red archaistic dragon handles accentuated with gilt highlights, the exterior of the body finely enamelled against the white ground with a continuous scene depicting three rams traverse in a landscape setting, detailed with fruiting and blossoming branches issuing from rockwork, including berries, roses and peonies and prunus, together with leafy trees, all between lime green-ground bands with ruyi blooms and floral sprays encircling the shoulder and lower body, the neck similarly decorated with further stylised lotus blossoms and bats suspending chimes between a band of ruyi pendant collaring the rim and pink floral band bordering the lower neck, the turquoise-enamelled base inscribed to the centre with a four-character hall mark reading Shendetang zhi (’Hall for the Cultivation of Virtue’) in iron-red within a white cartouche
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Sotheby’s London, 11th May 2011, lot 283.
伦敦苏富比2011年5月11日，编号283
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This remarkably large vase belongs to a special group of imperial porcelains made during the Daoguang reign to furnish the emperor’s newly built‘Hall of Prudent Virtue’(Shende Tang). Vessels of such imposing dimensions testify to the technological prowess of the potters active at the imperial kilns in Jingdezhen and showcase the opulence preferred at the imperial court.
Part of the Jiuzhouqingyan complex in the Yuanming Yuan, the Shende Tang was completed in 1831 and became the Emperor’s preferred residence until his death there in 1850. Featuring three connecting wave roofs on a square-shaped structure, the hall was markedly different from the more characteristic Confucian-inspired architecture, a feature that was reflected in the style of porcelain that was produced for it. Porcelains bearing Shende Tang marks such as this vase, are often decorated in brilliant coloured enamels against rich colour grounds, a style pioneered by the Qianlong emperor (r. 1736-1795) and inspired by paintings mounted on silk. Stacey Pierson notes that no less than 30 types of imperial Shende Tang porcelains are extant in public and private collections, mostly in the shape of bowls, dishes and vases, see Stacey Pierson, Rare Marks on Chinese Ceramics, London, 1998, p. 36.
This vase is painted with the‘Three Rams (san yang)’design that represents a change of fortune with the arrival of Spring and the New Year and is thus closely associated with New Year celebrations. The three rams are often shown together with the rising sun (taiyang) to form the rebus for‘three ram (yang) bring prosperity’. The Book of Changes (Yijing) first mentions the phrase san yang referring to the three male lines, called tai – the symbol of heaven. Tai is positioned under three female lines called kun that represent earth. Hence the phrase‘sanyang kaitai’which means the New Year brings renewal and a change in fortune.
Vases of such large dimensions and painted with this motif are rare, and no other closely related example appears to have been published. Compare a slightly smaller vase painted with this motif also inscribed with a Shende Tang mark, but with a more globular body, sold in our New York rooms, 4th December 1985, lot 283; and a much smaller vase with a Daoguang mark and of the period, sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 11th April 2008, lot 3025.
本瓶编制庞大，出自一组道光年制、作为慎德堂陈设御瓷，如此庞大之器，反映景德镇御窑瓷匠绝技，彰显宫廷华丽气派。
慎德堂，圆明园后湖「九洲清晏」岛上，道光十一年（即1831年）落成，道光皇帝喜爱之寝宫，道光三十年皇帝驾崩于此。慎德堂屋顶起伏如波浪，堂呈正方形，建筑风格有别于儒家风格之殿堂楼阁，如此特色，亦见于为该堂特制之瓷器。 如本瓶般带《慎德堂制》款之瓷器，多属色彩艳丽者，釉上彩与釉下色地呈强烈对比，此乃乾隆年间首创风尚，取灵感自装裱于丝绢之书画之上。Stacey Pierson论述，现存慎德堂瓷器仅有少于30款，主要为盌、盘及瓶类，属于博物馆及私人收藏（Stacey Pierson，《Rare Marks on Chinese Ceramics》，伦敦，1998，页36）。
三羊开泰纹饰，多喻新春到临，羊与阳谐音，寄晓日初升意境，《易经》记载，正月为泰卦，干上坤下，卦象由三阳爻三阴爻组成，三阳生于下，冬去春来，阴消阳长，意象吉祥。
如此尺寸庞大之三羊开泰纹饰瓷器甚为珍罕，本瓶疑为孤例。比较一瓶，尺寸较小，带慎德堂款，瓶腹更浑圆，售于纽约苏富比1985年12月4日，编号283；另比一例，尺寸远较本品为小，售于香港苏富比2008年4月11日，编号3025。
再比一例，断代光绪，带慎德堂款，尺寸较小，清宫旧藏，现存于北京，图载于《故宫博物院藏慎德堂款瓷器》，北京，2014年，图版78。
拍品分类：陶瓷>清代粉彩瓷器
拍卖会：2019年11月拍卖会
拍卖专场：重要中国艺术
预展时间：2019年11月4日-5日
预展地点：伦敦
