Lot 6 十四至十五世紀　掐絲琺瑯葡萄紋橋耳三足爐 | A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL 'GRAPEVINE' TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER

十四至十五世紀　掐絲琺瑯葡萄紋橋耳三足爐 | A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL 'GRAPEVINE' TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER

14th/15th century

HKD 120,000

HKD 120000 - 180000

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14th/15th century
Of compressed bombé form elegantly rising from three small gilt-decorated feet to a slightly tapered neck, all below a gilt rim set with two upright loop handles, the exterior densely decorated with fruiting grapevines, the grapes in translucent purple, the serrated leaves mainly in variegated green accentuated with cinnabar, the underside further adorned with polychromatic florets, all reserved on a vivid blue ground.
12.1cm (4 3/4in) diam.
Footnotes
十四至十五世紀　掐絲琺瑯葡萄紋橋耳三足爐
Provenance:
Sotheby's New York, 12 September 2018, lot 306
來源：
紐約蘇富比，2018年9月12日，拍品編號306
The technique of cloisonné enamel was introduced to China during the 14th century and reached its artistic maturity in the early 15th century. The present incense burner exhibits distinct early characteristics which closely align it with the earlier prototypes. Notably, the more naturalistic depiction of the vines and floral scrolls, the use of a variegated green mixture highlighted by opaque cinnabar, and the semi-translucent purple set this piece apart from later examples.
Compare, for instance, the treatment of the grapevine on a cloisonné enamel , Yuan dynasty, from the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in the , vol.1, Beijing, 2011, no.1, as well as the floral scroll on the underside of another Yuan dynasty tripod incense burner decorated with lotus, ibid., no.10.
The production of cloisonné enamel incense burners of this motif and form continued into the Ming dynasty. Several early Ming dynasty examples from the Qing Court Collection are illustrated ibid., nos.39-45. The arrangement of the grapevines on one of them is closely comparable to the present example, but the depiction appears slightly more stylised (no.40).
Compare also a similar Ming dynasty incense burner, sold at Sotheby's London, 6 April 1976, lot 23, and entered the Dr. & Mrs. Hu Shih-chang Collection; and another, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 May 2006, lot 1553 (part lot).
爐沖耳，扁圓腹，三足。通體藍釉地，口下飾小朵花紋一周，腹部飾葡萄紋，爐底飾菊紋。
掐絲琺瑯工藝於十四世紀傳入中國，至十五世紀早期漸臻成熟。本品早期特徵鮮明：藤蔓花卉紋飾刻劃自然，綠色釉變化豐富，並以朱色點染其間，紫色釉呈半透明之態，皆使本品有別於後世之作。
類似之葡萄紋處理手法，比較清宮舊藏一件元代掐絲琺瑯尊，見《故宮博物院藏品大系：琺瑯器編》，卷1，北京，2011年，編號1；至於底部花卉紋之處理手法，比較清宮舊藏一件元代纏枝蓮紋三足爐，見同書，編號10。
此類紋飾與形制之掐絲琺瑯三足爐，一直製作至明代。參考清宮舊藏數件明早期例，見上書，編號39至45。其中一件所飾之葡萄藤與本品相近，設計感更濃（編號40）。
另可比對一件明代三足爐，售於倫敦蘇富比，1976年4月6日，拍品編號23，後入胡世昌醫生伉儷收藏；另一件則售於香港佳士得，2006年5月30日，拍品編號1553（其一）。