A LARGE AND BARBED FAMILLE VERTE ‘WARRIOR’ DISH, KANGXI PERIOD
China, 1662-1722. The shallow rounded sides rising from a tapered foot to an everted foliate rim. Finely painted in bright enamels, including a magnificent sapphire-blue, with gilt highlights to depict a dynamic scene of equestrian warriors, foot soldiers, and bannermen engaged in a battle, in a verdant mountain landscape with rockwork, trees, shrubbery, flowers, and swirling clouds. Encircled at the rim by shaped cartouches enclosing landscapes with rockwork and trees against a brocade-patterned ground. The recessed base with an underglaze-blue
artemisia leaf mark
within a double circle.


Provenance
: Collection of Madame de Rothschild. Sotheby’s Monaco, 21-22 May 1978, lot 78. A noted private collection in Geneva, Switzerland, acquired from the above, and thence by descent. An important part of this collection was on permanent loan and exhibited over several decades at the Asia-Africa Museum in Geneva. The base with two old collector’s labels, ‘O5.SSS’ and ‘A1’. The base with an old collector’s number inscribed, ‘AMA-3537’. A copy of the previous owner’s handwritten notes from 1978, confirming the provenance above, and detailing information regarding the present lot (numbered ‘3537/78’) accompanies this lot.

Condition
: Very good condition with some old wear and expected manufacturing irregularities. The rim with some fritting and few shallow chips. Occasional minor scratches. Minute flaking to enamels.

Weight: 1,620 g
Dimensions: Diameter 37 cm


Note the central general’s smiling expression
, who is probably being ambushed by some of the fiercer-looking warriors surrounding him.


Expert’s Note:
During the early Qing dynasty, up until the early 1680s, conditions were unsettled in China and the making of Imperial wares as well as the use of reign marks on porcelain was restricted in various ways. During this period, different types of other marks came into use, including
artemisia leaf marks
.


Auction result comparison:

Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 18 January 2018, lot 16
Price: USD 43,750 or approx.
EUR 49,000
converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A large famille verte dish, Kangxi period
Expert remark: Compare the closely related subject with a similar battle scene, decoration with similarly vibrant sapphire blue, use of gilt, brocade pattern to the rim, and underglaze blue artemisia leaf mark within a double circle. Note the near-identical size (38.7 cm) as well as the straight everted rim (as opposed to the foliate rim on the present lot).




康熙大型花口硬彩刀馬人物盤

中國，1662-1722 年。 花口，折沿，淺圓腹，圈足。精美琺瑯彩繪刀馬人物戰鬥場景。折沿錦地開光描繪山水風景。圈足雙圈內青花樹葉款。


來源：
de Rothschild夫人收藏；摩納哥蘇富比，1978 年 5 月 21 日至 22 日，拍品 78；瑞士日內瓦著名私人收藏，購自上述人士，並由其後裔獲得。該藏品的重要部分被永久借出，並在日內瓦亞非博物館展出了數十年。 底座上有兩個舊收藏標籤，“O5.SSS”和“A1”。 底座上刻有舊收藏編號“AMA-3537”。 該拍品附有前主人 1978 年手寫筆記的副本，確認了上述出處，並詳細介紹了當前拍品（編號為“3537/78”）的詳細信息。

品相：
狀況極好，有一些磨損，邊緣有一些熔塊和一些淺缺口，局部有輕微劃痕，局部釉面剝落。

重量：1,620 克
尺寸：直徑 37 厘米


拍賣結果比較：

形制：非常相近
拍賣：紐約佳士得，2018年1月18日，lot 16
價格：USD 43,750（相當於今日
EUR 49,000
）
描述：康熙粉彩盤
專家評論：比較非常相近的主題和刀馬場景，裝飾同樣充滿活力的寶藍色，邊緣使用鎏金、錦緞圖案，雙圈內有釉下藍色蒿葉標記。請注意幾乎相同 尺寸 (38.7 釐米) ，以及沒有外翻的邊緣（與當前批次的葉狀邊緣相反）。