A PAIR OF WHITE-GLAZED 'PHOENIX' STEM CUPS Yongle four-character marks,...
The John E. Bodie OBE (1930-2023) Collection of Chinese Art 大英帝國官佐勳章獲勳人John E. Bodie(1930-2023)中國藝術品收藏
A PAIR OF WHITE-GLAZED 'PHOENIX' STEM CUPS
Yongle four-character marks, Qing Dynasty
Each elegantly potted rising from a tall spreading stem foot to a slightly everted rim, the interiors moulded with phoenix amongst flower sprays beneath key-fret border, with Yongle four-character marks in archaistic seal-script to the well.
9.5cm (3 3/4in) diam. (2).
清 甜白釉模印鳳紋高足杯一對
「永樂年製」篆書款
Provenance: noted in a letter from John E. Bodie to William Clayton, dated 30 September 1968, and also noted by William Clayton Ltd., London, 1 October 1968 (valuation for insurance)
John E. Bodie OBE (1930-2023), London, collection no.124
來源： 由John E. Bodie在1968年9月30日寫給William Clayton的信中提及，亦由倫敦古董商William Clayton Ltd.在1968年10月1日提及（保險評估）
大英帝國官佐勳章獲勳人John E. Bodie(1930-2023)，倫敦，藏品編號124
The present lot pays homage to earlier Yongle period white-glazed stem cups. Fragments of numerous monochrome white (also known from this period as 'sweet-white') stembowls of Yongle mark and period have been recovered from the Ming Imperial kiln site. The mark is always inscribed on the inside of the bowl, either in the centre or on the sides, and can be incised or impressed in anhua technique. See for example Jingdezhen chutu Ming chu guanyao ciqi, Taipei, 1996, nos.110 and 158-60. Another white Yongle stembowl with the mark on the inner sides is illustrated by J.Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, no.3:1.
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The John E. Bodie OBE (1930-2023) Collection of Chinese Art 大英帝國官佐勳章獲勳人John E. Bodie(1930-2023)中國藝術品收藏
A PAIR OF WHITE-GLAZED 'PHOENIX' STEM CUPS
Yongle four-character marks, Qing Dynasty
Each elegantly potted rising from a tall spreading stem foot to a slightly everted rim, the interiors moulded with phoenix amongst flower sprays beneath key-fret border, with Yongle four-character marks in archaistic seal-script to the well.
9.5cm (3 3/4in) diam. (2).
清 甜白釉模印鳳紋高足杯一對
「永樂年製」篆書款
Provenance: noted in a letter from John E. Bodie to William Clayton, dated 30 September 1968, and also noted by William Clayton Ltd., London, 1 October 1968 (valuation for insurance)
John E. Bodie OBE (1930-2023), London, collection no.124
來源： 由John E. Bodie在1968年9月30日寫給William Clayton的信中提及，亦由倫敦古董商William Clayton Ltd.在1968年10月1日提及（保險評估）
大英帝國官佐勳章獲勳人John E. Bodie(1930-2023)，倫敦，藏品編號124
The present lot pays homage to earlier Yongle period white-glazed stem cups. Fragments of numerous monochrome white (also known from this period as 'sweet-white') stembowls of Yongle mark and period have been recovered from the Ming Imperial kiln site. The mark is always inscribed on the inside of the bowl, either in the centre or on the sides, and can be incised or impressed in anhua technique. See for example Jingdezhen chutu Ming chu guanyao ciqi, Taipei, 1996, nos.110 and 158-60. Another white Yongle stembowl with the mark on the inner sides is illustrated by J.Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, no.3:1.
