拍品专文
The hallmark, Xing you heng tang, may be translated "made for the hall of constancy", the residence of Zhai Quan, a grandson of the emperor Qianlong, and a famous collector of the Daoguang period who died in 1854
The form of this vessel and its floating gold splashes are reminiscent of a gold-splashed bronze incense burner of the same shape dated Ming or early Qing dynasty, included in the Hong Kong O.C.S. exhibition, Arts from the Scholar's Studio, University of Hong Kong, October 24 - December 13, 1986, and illustrated in the Catalogue by Gerard Tsang and Hugh Moss, pp. 238 and 239, no. 229
Of the other water coupes of this shape that have been published all are of a solid color and either opaque or semi-translucent. For another vessel with gold inclusions see the blue vase from the collection of Alan E. Feen included in the exhibition, Clear as Crystal Red as Flame, China House Gallery, China Institute, New York, April 21 - June 16, 1990, Catalogue, p. 64, no. 28
The form of this vessel and its floating gold splashes are reminiscent of a gold-splashed bronze incense burner of the same shape dated Ming or early Qing dynasty, included in the Hong Kong O.C.S. exhibition, Arts from the Scholar's Studio, University of Hong Kong, October 24 - December 13, 1986, and illustrated in the Catalogue by Gerard Tsang and Hugh Moss, pp. 238 and 239, no. 229
Of the other water coupes of this shape that have been published all are of a solid color and either opaque or semi-translucent. For another vessel with gold inclusions see the blue vase from the collection of Alan E. Feen included in the exhibition, Clear as Crystal Red as Flame, China House Gallery, China Institute, New York, April 21 - June 16, 1990, Catalogue, p. 64, no. 28