California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 March 9, 2019  March 9, 2019

 Lot # 6062 
A LARGE FAMILLE ROSE GREEN GROUND TRIPOD CENSER    清嘉慶 粉彩纏枝蓮八寶紋三足爐


  • Dimension: Height: 18 5/8 in (47.0 cm) Diameter: 18 3/8 in (46.5 cm)
  • Estimate From: $8000
  • Estimate To: $16000

Of circular form, the domed cover cast with a central medallion enclosing a gilt Arabic inscription against a ring-punched ground, the sides and the box encircled by concentric line borders, impressed to the base with a six-character Zhengde mark within a rectangle. Ming Dynasty Zhengde Period.


Provenance: Private San Diego collection, California
此爐取商周青銅器鼎之樣式,盤口束頸,鼓腹圜底,下承三蹄足,兩側飾衝天朝冠耳。胎質堅實,周身以鬆石綠地粉彩裝飾。口沿外繪迴紋,頸部繪纏枝花卉紋一週,外壁繪纏枝蓮紋及八寶紋,兩耳及三足繪纏枝花卉紋。佛教八寶為法螺、法輪、寶傘、白蓋、蓮花、寶瓶、金魚、盤腸八種吉祥物,常與蓮花合用於瓷器裝飾上,象徵吉祥如意。此類爐常作佛前五供,置於最中間,體量巨大,端莊雄壯,製作考究,且配木雕爐蓋及底座,十分難得。可參考一類似器型,售於倫敦佳士得,2011年11月,拍品號412。


來源:南加州聖地亞哥藏家收藏