A RARE BLANC-DE-CHINE ARCHAISTIC INCENSE BURNER, GUI 17th century
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 RARE BLANC-DE-CHINE ARCHAISTIC INCENSE BURNER, GUI
17th century
Finely potted of archaistic form, decorated on the exterior in relief with central taotie masks bordered by archaistic fretwork, the foot decorated with a band of stylised bird pattern, the vessel flanked by a pair of loop handles issuing from mythical-beast heads, hongmu stand. 21cm (8 2/8in) wide. (2).
十七世紀 德化窯白釉饕餮紋雙獸耳簋式爐
Provenance: J.M Hu (1910-1993)
An East Coast private collection, USA
Christie's New York, 15 September 2009, lot 403
Roger Keverne Ltd., London, 23 November 2017 (invoice)
John E. Bodie OBE (1930-2023), London, collection no.26
Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: J.C.Y. Watt, An Exhibition of Te Hua Porcelain, Art Gallery, Institute of Chinese Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, January-June 1975, no.44
E. Crichton-Miller, 'Collectors' Focus, Blanc de Chine', Apollo, November 2017, pp.90-91
The Oriental Ceramic Society, Collectors, Curators, Connoisseurs: A Century of the Oriental Ceramic Society 1921-2021, London, 15 October - 11 December 2021, p.162, no.47
來源： 胡惠春(1910-1993)舊藏
美國東海岸私人收藏
紐約佳士得，2009年9月15日，拍品編號403
倫敦古董商Roger Keverne Ltd.，2017年11月23日（據收據）
大英帝國官佐勳章獲勳人John E. Bodie(1930-2023)，倫敦，藏品編號26
展览著錄： J.C.Y. Watt，"德化瓷器展覽"，香港中文大學中國文化研究所文物館，香港，1975年1-6月，編號44
E. Crichton-Miller， 《Collectors' Focus, Blanc de Chine》，《Apollo》，2017年11月，第90-91頁
東方陶瓷學會，《百年清賞：東方陶瓷學會的收藏家、鑑賞家及博物館員展覽》，倫敦，2021年10月15日至12月11日，第162頁，插圖47
J.M Hu (1911-1995), also known as Hu Jen-mu and Hu Huichun, a native of Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, was a famous collector and connoisseur, particularly acclaimed for his collection of Ming and Qing ceramics with the studio name of Zandetang 暫得堂. In 1949, he was (as a member of the Shanghai Cultural Relics Management Committee), contributing significantly to the establishment of the Shanghai Museum.
The design and shape of the present piece is crafted in emulation of an ancient bronze vessel known as a 'gui' from the Shang and Zhou dynasties. During the Qing dynasty, there was a surge in antiquarian interest, evident not only in the revival of collecting antiquities but also in an increased 'archaizing' trend in metalwork and ceramic designs. Such archaistic incense burners, produced at the Dehua kilns, gained significant popularity among scholars and Imperial collectors during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
A similar blanc-de-Chine incense burner, shaped like a 'ding' and adorned with taotie masks, Ming dynasty, is in the Palace Museum, illustrated in Dehua Wares Collected by the Palace Museum I, Beijing, 2016, p.272, pl.115. Additionally, a dragon-handled archaistic gui-shaped blanc-de-Chine incense burner, 1675-1725, is illustrated by P.J.Donnelly, Blanc de Chine: The Porcelain of Dehua in Fukien, London, 1969, pl.14B.
Bid on this lot
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 RARE BLANC-DE-CHINE ARCHAISTIC INCENSE BURNER, GUI
17th century
Finely potted of archaistic form, decorated on the exterior in relief with central taotie masks bordered by archaistic fretwork, the foot decorated with a band of stylised bird pattern, the vessel flanked by a pair of loop handles issuing from mythical-beast heads, hongmu stand. 21cm (8 2/8in) wide. (2).
十七世紀 德化窯白釉饕餮紋雙獸耳簋式爐
Provenance: J.M Hu (1910-1993)
An East Coast private collection, USA
Christie's New York, 15 September 2009, lot 403
Roger Keverne Ltd., London, 23 November 2017 (invoice)
John E. Bodie OBE (1930-2023), London, collection no.26
Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: J.C.Y. Watt, An Exhibition of Te Hua Porcelain, Art Gallery, Institute of Chinese Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, January-June 1975, no.44
E. Crichton-Miller, 'Collectors' Focus, Blanc de Chine', Apollo, November 2017, pp.90-91
The Oriental Ceramic Society, Collectors, Curators, Connoisseurs: A Century of the Oriental Ceramic Society 1921-2021, London, 15 October - 11 December 2021, p.162, no.47
來源： 胡惠春(1910-1993)舊藏
美國東海岸私人收藏
紐約佳士得，2009年9月15日，拍品編號403
倫敦古董商Roger Keverne Ltd.，2017年11月23日（據收據）
大英帝國官佐勳章獲勳人John E. Bodie(1930-2023)，倫敦，藏品編號26
展览著錄： J.C.Y. Watt，"德化瓷器展覽"，香港中文大學中國文化研究所文物館，香港，1975年1-6月，編號44
E. Crichton-Miller， 《Collectors' Focus, Blanc de Chine》，《Apollo》，2017年11月，第90-91頁
東方陶瓷學會，《百年清賞：東方陶瓷學會的收藏家、鑑賞家及博物館員展覽》，倫敦，2021年10月15日至12月11日，第162頁，插圖47
J.M Hu (1911-1995), also known as Hu Jen-mu and Hu Huichun, a native of Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, was a famous collector and connoisseur, particularly acclaimed for his collection of Ming and Qing ceramics with the studio name of Zandetang 暫得堂. In 1949, he was (as a member of the Shanghai Cultural Relics Management Committee), contributing significantly to the establishment of the Shanghai Museum.
The design and shape of the present piece is crafted in emulation of an ancient bronze vessel known as a 'gui' from the Shang and Zhou dynasties. During the Qing dynasty, there was a surge in antiquarian interest, evident not only in the revival of collecting antiquities but also in an increased 'archaizing' trend in metalwork and ceramic designs. Such archaistic incense burners, produced at the Dehua kilns, gained significant popularity among scholars and Imperial collectors during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
A similar blanc-de-Chine incense burner, shaped like a 'ding' and adorned with taotie masks, Ming dynasty, is in the Palace Museum, illustrated in Dehua Wares Collected by the Palace Museum I, Beijing, 2016, p.272, pl.115. Additionally, a dragon-handled archaistic gui-shaped blanc-de-Chine incense burner, 1675-1725, is illustrated by P.J.Donnelly, Blanc de Chine: The Porcelain of Dehua in Fukien, London, 1969, pl.14B.
