California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 July 7, 2018  July 7, 2018

 Lot # 5195 
A COPPER RED AND UNDERGLAZE BLUE 'DRAGON' JARDINIERE    清康熙 青花釉裡紅龍紋大缸


  • Dimension: Height: 11 in (27.9 cm) Diameter: 11 1/8 in (28.3 cm)
  • Estimate From: $15000
  • Estimate To: $35000

The jardiniere with deep sides rising to lipped rim, the body finely decorated in underglaze red with two ferocious five-clawed dragons leaping from turbulent waves in pursuit of flaming pearls, all within flames and clouds, the dragon's eyes in underglaze-red. Qing Dynasty Kangxi period.


Provenance: Private collection, New York
該缸斂口,鼓腹下收,承矮圈足,胎體緊致,釉色溫潤。通體繪海水江崖、雲紋,龍紋及火珠,紋飾構圖十分滿盈,龍紋呈升騰之狀,繪就頂天立地,充滿整個畫面,顯得豪氣十足。細觀龍紋之細節,張口吐舌,齒牙外伸,下頜前傾,須發長而蜷曲,雙角似鹿角,四肢錯落分佈,飄帶自四肢飄出,似火若焰,龍爪五趾,趾甲尖利,顯得孔武有力,所戲火珠也不同於一般趕珠龍紋之火珠,顯得異常碩大,又繞以火焰,烈焰熊熊若有元之遺韻;二龍間繪雲紋,雲呈壬字狀,雲煙氤氳,發色極佳,下部海水江崖繪就亦極具豪氣,大浪淘沙之感油然而生,崖石在巨浪襯託之下,都顯得有些渺小。這件青花釉裏紅缸,很好的體現了康熙時期的紋飾特徵,是當時大龍紋的經典之作,具有標準器之意義,同時也很好的體現了這一時期釉下彩裝飾技法。北京故宮博物院藏一件青花釉裏紅大缸,器形以及紋飾都與本品極為近似,應同出一樣,故而該品應為康熙時期官窯製品,同時器形頗大,製作難度頗高,是一件十分珍貴的禦用之物。參閱:《故宮博物院藏文物珍品大系---青花釉裏紅(下)》第208頁,圖190,上海科學技術出版社、商務印書館(香港),2000年。來源:紐約資深藏家提供