A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE ‘LIONS AND PEONY’ PORCELAIN BOWLS, SHUNZHI TO KANGXI PERIOD
China, 17th century. Each of deep conical form, supported on a short straight foot and rising to an everted brown-dressed rim, the flared sides painted in shades of cobalt blue to the exterior with three Buddhist lions alternating with peony sprays. The interior with a central medallion enclosing a peony spray and a scroll border below the rim. The recessed base with an apocryphal six-character mark da Ming Jiajing nianzhi painted in underglaze blue within a double circle. (2)


Provenance:
From the private estate of Yip Hon. Nicknamed Kwai Wong (‘Ghost King’) and also known as the ‘God of Gambling’, Yip Hon (1904-1997) was a successful gambling tycoon active in Macau and Shanghai for over half a century, co-founding the well-known Grand Lisboa in the early 1960s.

Condition:
Excellent condition with minor wear and firing irregularities, including glaze recesses, minimal pitting, and few dark spots.

Weight: 189 g and 194.6 g
Dimensions: Diameter 15 cm and 15.3 cm


Expert’s note:
The present lot is a rare example of a well-documented type of Shunzhi and Kangxi-period blue and white bowls, more commonly painted with the eight horses of Mu Wang, and also bearing six-character Jiajing reign marks.


Literature comparison:

For a related bowl, see The Palace Museum’s Collection of Blue and White Porcelains from Kangxi Period of Qing Dynasty I, The Forbidden City Publishing House, 2016, p. 226-227, pl. 101. A transitional-period bowl of this design and also with a Jiajing mark is illustrated in Ben Janssens Oriental Art, Seventeenth Century Chinese Blue and White Porcelain From The Private Collection of Eileen Lesouef, p. 30, pl. 29.


Auction result comparison:

Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 22 March 2013, lot 1465
Price: USD 6,250 or approx.
EUR 7,600
converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A blue and white conical bowl, Shunzhi/Kangxi period, 17th century
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form and decoration. Note that this lot comprises a single bowl (as opposed to a pair like the present lot). Note the size (17.6 cm).




順治至康熙時期一對青花《獅子牡丹》碗

中國，十七世紀。碗敞口淺腹，圈足。口外翻，棕色釉邊緣。碗外壁青花描繪三隻獅子，與牡丹花圖案交替。碗內中央開光，描繪牡丹紋。圈足內青花雙圈六字款“大明嘉靖年製”款。


來源：
葉漢私人舊藏。葉漢人稱“鬼王葉”或“賭聖”。葉漢 (1904-1997) 曾是一位港澳著名企業家，成功的博彩大亨，活躍於澳門和上海超過半個世紀，於 二十 世紀六十年代初與他人共同創立了著名的新葡京酒店。

品相：
品相極佳，有輕微磨損和燒製不規則現象，包括釉面凹陷、極少的凹坑和少量黑點。

重量：分別爲189克與194.6 克
尺寸：直徑分別為15 釐米與15.3釐米


專家注釋：
本拍品為順治、康熙青花碗中罕見的有據可查的器型。此類器外多繪《穆王八駿圖》，亦有嘉靖六字款。


文獻比較：

一件相近的碗，見《故宮博物院藏清康熙青花瓷器（上）》，紫禁城出版社，2016年，頁226-227，圖101。一件明嘉靖款過渡時期碗，見Ben Janssens Oriental Art，《Seventeenth Century Chinese Blue and White Porcelain From The Private Collection of Eileen Lesouef》，頁30，圖29。


拍賣結果比較：

形制：非常相近
拍賣：紐約佳士得，2013年3月22日，lot 1465
價格：USD 6,250（相當於今日
EUR 7,600
）
描述：十七世紀順治至康熙時期青花圓錐形碗
專家評論：比較非常相近的外形和裝飾。請注意此為一個碗，以及尺寸(17.6 厘米)。