Lot 42 A pair of Chinese blue and white reticulated 'Linglong' bowls with landscape panels

A pair of Chinese blue and white reticulated 'Linglong' bowls with landscape panels

Transitional period

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€ 6.000 – € 12.000

OH: H. 7,4 cm, Diam. 14,2 cm

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Each thinly potted with deep rounded sides rising from a neatly finished foot ring to a slightly flaring rim, the exterior pierced in the linglong technique with a cash-diaper ground enclosing four circular medallions. The medallions are painted in underglaze cobalt blue with landscape scenes depicting scholars, pavilions, rockwork and trees. The decoration is bordered above and below by continuous ruyi-head bands, while the interior is plain beneath a clear glaze. The underside of the rim and the recessed base are left unglazed, as is typical of this group.
Bowls of this type are known from the Hatcher Cargo, the contents of a Chinese merchant vessel lost in the South China Sea in the mid-seventeenth century. The present pair, however, is not a shipwreck find and remains in remarkably good condition, with a smooth glaze and well-preserved reticulation.
一對玲瓏青花碗，胎體輕薄，深弧腹，下承修整規整的圈足，口沿微外撇。外壁以玲瓏鏤空技法裝飾錢紋錦地，其間設四組圓形開光，內以釉下青花分繪高士、亭台、山石及林木等山水景致。主紋上下各環飾一周如意雲頭紋。內壁素白，施透明釉。口沿下緣及內凹底部露胎，為此類器物的典型特徵。
同類玲瓏碗見於 ‘哈徹沉船’ （Hatcher Cargo）出水器物，該沉船為十七世紀中葉沉沒於南中國海的一艘中國商船。此對碗並非沉船出水，保存狀況尤為出色，釉面光潤，鏤空紋飾亦完整清晰。
Reference:
Christie's, New York, March 16, 2015, Lot 3505, for a smaller, single bowl of this type. (Sold USD 11.250,00) (link)
Christiaan Jörg: 'Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam: The Ming and Qing Dynasties', London 1997, p. 82, no. 71, for smaller examples.
Literature:
Jorge Welsh Books, 'Linglong', pp. 13-25, for a discussion by Teresa Canepa on the 'linglong' technique.
Provenance:
A Dutch private collection.
Rob Michiels Auctions, Bruges, 6 October 2018, lot 785. (sold EUR 17.550,00) (link)
The Mr. and Mrs. Baert-Devos Collection, Belgium. Acquired from the above. (see added scan)