Lot 80 A Chinese blue and white hexagonal salt with figural design

A Chinese blue and white hexagonal salt with figural design

Transitional period

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€ 2.000 – € 4.000

H: H. 12,2 cm, W. 10,5 cm, Diam. 10,5 cm

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A hexagonal salt, painted in underglaze cobalt blue. Each of the six facets is decorated with a different landscape vignette, alternating between figures in garden settings, a lady crossing a river by boat, dramatic rockwork, and ornamental trees. The upper and lower edges are enclosed by narrow bands of stylised scrolling foliage.
The unusual hexagonal form reflects the influence of European silverware, being adapted from European silver salt cellars. This fusion of Western form and Chinese decorative tradition reflects the Transitional period’s interest in foreign shapes and their reinterpretation in porcelain.
一件六方青花鹽碟，以釉下青花繪飾。六面各繪不同的山水小景，包括園林人物、仕女乘舟渡河、奇石及庭院樹木等題材。器身上下邊緣均環飾窄幅纏枝花葉紋。
此器獨特的六方造型受到歐洲銀器影響，仿自當時歐洲銀製鹽碟。西式器形與中國傳統裝飾的融合，體現了明清過渡時期對外來器物造型的濃厚興趣，以及中國工匠以瓷器對其進行的重新詮釋。
Provenance:
Luis Alegria, Porto, with their label.
The Mr. and Mrs. Baert-Devos Collection, Belgium. Acquired from the above on 13 March 2013, accompanied by a copy of their original invoice. (see added scan)
Exhibited:
TEFAF Maastricht, Luis Alegria, 2013.