Ming xuande Blue and white alum red sea waves grain footed cup

• RMB 9825200
• HKD 12100000
• USD 1548800
• EUR 1210000

yongle and xuande periods, in the case of zheng he’s voyage, Ming great maritime activities organized by the government for eight times, in this context, the sea waves and sea dragon became the subject of kiln porcelain jingdezhen imperial ware factory, the sale is one of them. Cup dignified, so cheap details. Cup footed up painting at the bottom of the five groups of blue and white cliffs, near the draw on the blue and white twelve flying wing blubber distribution on cup body with ring foot, in the full draw alum red sea waves surging, the sea of blue alien with red color with random form strong visual impact effect. Cup body painted wings elephant subjects, the same by jintong toward the original creation. Flat at the bottom of the cup, the embryo glaze junction slightly red light flint. Blue and white double circle cup insole regular script six jintong kiln.
with under glaze blue and white glaze alum red color combination on draw a complete picture, started in Ming xuande once, so the blue sea alum color red sea grain footed cup, to Ming xuande period, the famous brand of China ceramics, today only known other five pieces, three pieces of the Palace Museum in Taipei, see the imperial palace porcelain focus, the second album , Taipei, 1962, pp. 194-195 and the Ming dynasty xuande kiln extracts show catalog “, 1998, pp. 222-223, chart no. 84 (figure 1). Building a day by the Hong Kong people cherish, see the day people building blue and white porcelain “, vol.6, Hong Kong, in 1987, the chart no. 66; Complete works is one thing in the world ceramic magnetic, 14 volumes, Tokyo, 1976, pp. 179, 185, after the sotheby’s auction in Hong Kong, October 8, 2013, 3029 items.
in pieces with blue and white paint with the sea water lines footed cup alum red coloured drawing or pattern, also saw a decorative techniques instead of blue and white painted alum red sea sea lines of coloured drawing or pattern jintong footed cup, see collection of Beijing the imperial palace, the Palace Museum hidden treasures collected: blue youligong (on), Hong Kong, 2000, pp. 255, chart no. 231 (figure 2); The Collection of Shanghai museum, Shanghai museum Collection research series – royal porcelain of Ming dynasty, Shanghai, 2007, no. 3-51. The time relating to The museum of art collection, “Ming Porcelain”, London, 1978, chart no. 63.
The two kinds of colored glaze are 2 on The same type implements a grain, visible jintong toward The first blue vitriol experimental at The time of The red color and The effect of novelty.