Qing yongzheng blue-and-white knot with treasure pestle Sanskrit

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exhibition: the ninetieth anniversary of the qing dynasty porcelain exhibition Marchant antique company

record: sotheby’s Hong Kong, October 29, 1991, no. 0137.

note: this work clear source, inheritance and orderly, a former private collections in the United States, by Marchant antique company after the third generation successor Stuart j. Marchant (Stuart), purchased from sotheby’s Hong Kong on October 29, 1991 autumn auctions, and in 2015, in “the ninetieth anniversary of the qing dynasty porcelain Marchant antique company” exhibition in the exhibition.
London Marchant antique company by Samuel Sydney Marchant (Sydney) was founded in 1925, his son Richard joined after the second world war, began to specialize in the Oriental art, and focused on the Ming dynasty and qing dynasty imperial wares, so far, this kind of work is still a top priority of the company. In 1985, the Son of Richard Stuart (Stuart) to join our company, “s. Marchant & Son” has once again become a real father and Son company, as the fourth generation to join, in Sydney in 1925 at the beginning of the business vision, now has come true.
plate exposure, shallow abdomen, the abdomen below the convergence, arc light ring foot. Full-bodied white glaze, enamel fine jade-like stone embellish. The whole device ACTS the role of blue and white decoration, inside and outside the wall near the mouth edge of each act the role of double string lines, the lining of blue and white double triangle flowers pattern circle circle of double Jin Gangbao pestle make cross arranged in cross form, to buddhist tantric represents the wise strong, sharp, but worries, in addition to evil, is empty, true meaning such as, wisdom. Junction between Jin Gangbao pestle to compose of ribbon, making center for a cake totem, triangle flowers pattern circle three petals, a vortex, as the center of the universe. Outer wall side writing are three layers of Sanskrit, sorting and tidy. Close to ascend a string lines also ACTS the role of one week, at the bottom of foot central blue book “qing yongzheng year” double double circle line of six regular script, brushwork forceful elegance, founder of uniform structure.
this plate with chenghua porcelain for prototype, such as the British Museum a chenghua treasure pestle tray, cataloguing in j. Harrison – Hall, the Ming Ceramics in the British Museum “, London, 2001, chart 6:10. See a few such as Beijing Palace Museum collection “, in blue and white, Sanskrit dish “the outer wall of the Sanskrit, jingdezhen imperial kiln site unearthed a bead mountain”, in blue and white, vanilla dragon grain dish “wall painted dorje, are available for this piece of blue Sanskrit vajra tray composition of blueprint.
yongzheng blue treasure pestle Sanskrit plate have two kinds of size, the sale is a large, similar examples include a hidden Asian art museum in San Francisco, cataloguing in He Li, the Chinese Ceramics “, 1996, 591 chart; Another pair for old Falk, October 16, 2001 in New York, Christie’s auction, the auction number 156. Trumpet examples can be reference, Christie’s auction in Hong Kong on June 1, 2011, 3919 items.
cross vajra and Sanskrit are buddhist symbol, frequently seen in chenghua porcelain decoration, is closely connected with chenghua emperor believe in Buddhism. History will chenghua emperor in the palace building, monk were sealed for the day, buddhist paradise Buddha’s son, initiation teacher more than seven hundred people, they often in and out of court, swallowing for match princes, so many official kilns at the time the vessels of Sanskrit. To the yongzheng period, yongzheng emperor faith deeply to Buddhism, he had read classics, in the palace and the palace has a puja for many times, uniting the zen and secret of Tibetan Buddhism, than “interpretation of the Lord,” since the yongzheng twelve years is rebuilding latent mansion as the lama temple, “s home for temple”. For buddhist frequently, yongzheng years produced a large number of buddhist artifacts, Buddhism with various imitation into kiln porcelain is the prime, except for the imperial palace, also will be prepared to watch the dalai lama and Mongolia Wang Zhiyong, are recorded in the “qing dynasty palace built does work place clean file”, cannot be counted. Chenghua, yongzheng dynasties color porcelain art highly fit, derived from the two emperors similar serious character, art taste and pursuit of religion. However, yongzheng jingdezhen kiln while the kiln to imitate, but also pay attention to combining the conditions for innovation, such as the improvement of raw materials, such as the change of the pattern, the success of the qing imperial porcelain. Visible, chenghua, yongzheng dynasties imperial porcelain contend in beauty, is not only a CiYi, but also the cultural background of the game, bring us a visual feast, precious.
this plastic is round neat, thin foetus meticulous, glaze thick and bright, blue glaze color more, its adornment gimmick is within the contour line, to the quality of blue and white hair color flat coating way, give a person the sense with colorful beauty, can be comparable to the Ming dynasty Mohammedan blue, show a real dedicated buddhist festival GongQi elegant features.
attach on September 19, 2016, London Marchant purchase vouchers, the antique company and the company’s work to make English parsing, which also includes works of sources, such as tail fell Stuart j. Marchant (Stuart) autographs.