Lot 8 A rare Chinese blue and white 'Crayfish' ewer with silver cover
落槌价
预展中
成交价
预展中
| 拍卖公司 | Rob Michiels |
|---|---|
| 拍卖时间 | 2026年09月04日 |
拍品信息
拍品名称
A rare Chinese blue and white 'Crayfish' ewer with silver cover
年代
Wanli/Tianqi
起拍价
未知
估值区间
€ 20.000 – € 40.000
尺寸
WH: H. 19,9 cm, W. 15,6 cm (incl. cover)
品相
未知
更多信息
Finely modelled after a crayfish emerging from stylised waves. the crustacean's segmented body amidst flowering lotus plants forms the vessel. The spout is rendered as a curving lotus stalk, while the filling aperture takes the form of a lotus seed pod. The original cover, replaced by a Japanese silver cover, would have been fashioned as the upper section of the lotus pod and secured by means of the notched rim, still visible.
Crayfish-form ewers rank among the rarest zoomorphic vessels produced at the kilns of Jingdezhen during the late Ming period. Although variously described as crayfish, lobster or shrimp in the literature, the present example belongs to a small and distinctive group of sculptural blue and white ewers and kendis celebrated for their imaginative naturalistic modelling. Such vessels were highly prized both within Asia and by European merchants and travellers, who eagerly collected porcelain in unusual shapes.
Comparable examples are rare. A near-identical example, dated to the Wanli period, is in the collection of the Peabody Essex Museum and illustrated by W.S. Sargent. It also has a replacement cover and the tip of the spout has been repaired with gilded lacquer, also suggesting a Japanese provenance. Another comparable example was formerly in the collection of the Markgraf von Baden at the Neues Schloss, Baden-Baden.
此壺精塑作螯蝦自荷塘水波間探身而出的形態，蝦身分節構成器腹，四周伴以盛開的荷花。壺流塑作彎曲荷梗，注口則作蓮蓬形。原蓋應塑作蓮蓬上半部，並以注口邊緣至今可見的卡槽固定，現配日本銀蓋。
螯蝦形執壺是晚明景德鎮窯所製動物造型器中最為罕見的品種之一。此類器物在文獻中或稱螯蝦、龍蝦或蝦形，均屬一組數量稀少而極具特色的青花雕塑式執壺及軍持，以富於想像力的自然寫實造型著稱。這類新奇瓷器不僅在亞洲備受珍視，亦深受歐洲商人與旅行者青睞，並被廣泛搜集和輸往西方。
同類器傳世極少。美國皮博迪埃塞克斯博物館藏有一件近乎相同的萬曆時期例器，著錄於 W. S. Sargent 的相關著作中。該器同樣後配器蓋，壺流末端並以金繼修補，亦顯示其可能具有日本傳承。另一件相近例器曾藏於德國巴登-巴登新宮的巴登侯爵收藏。
Reference:
W. S. Sargent, 'Treasure of Chinese Export Ceramics from the Peabody Essex Museum', p. 53, no. 5 for the above mentioned example.
Provenance:
The collection of Tatsuo Hirano, Japan.
S. Marchant & Son, London, with their label to the base, acquired from the above in Autumn 1997.
The Mr. and Mrs. Baert-Devos Collection, Belgium. Acquired from the above in 1998 and accompanied by a copy of their taxation report. (see added scan)
Exhibited & published:
S. Marchant & Son, London. Included in their June 1998 exhibition of 'Two Hundred Years of Chinese Porcelain 1522-1722', and published in the accompanying catalogue, p. 53, no. 36.
Marchant, London, published and discussed in their 2025 publication 'One Hundred Years', Vol. I, inside front cover and pp. 455-456, fig. 840, where the author notes: 'The second piece was a very rare blue and white Wanli ewer in the form of a crayfish, which was also exhibited in 1998. This piece was placed in the window during the exhibition, which encouraged a European couple to come into the gallery and make their first purchase at Marchant. They became very great patrons and are referred to anonymously as Mr. and Mrs. Egret.'
Crayfish-form ewers rank among the rarest zoomorphic vessels produced at the kilns of Jingdezhen during the late Ming period. Although variously described as crayfish, lobster or shrimp in the literature, the present example belongs to a small and distinctive group of sculptural blue and white ewers and kendis celebrated for their imaginative naturalistic modelling. Such vessels were highly prized both within Asia and by European merchants and travellers, who eagerly collected porcelain in unusual shapes.
Comparable examples are rare. A near-identical example, dated to the Wanli period, is in the collection of the Peabody Essex Museum and illustrated by W.S. Sargent. It also has a replacement cover and the tip of the spout has been repaired with gilded lacquer, also suggesting a Japanese provenance. Another comparable example was formerly in the collection of the Markgraf von Baden at the Neues Schloss, Baden-Baden.
此壺精塑作螯蝦自荷塘水波間探身而出的形態，蝦身分節構成器腹，四周伴以盛開的荷花。壺流塑作彎曲荷梗，注口則作蓮蓬形。原蓋應塑作蓮蓬上半部，並以注口邊緣至今可見的卡槽固定，現配日本銀蓋。
螯蝦形執壺是晚明景德鎮窯所製動物造型器中最為罕見的品種之一。此類器物在文獻中或稱螯蝦、龍蝦或蝦形，均屬一組數量稀少而極具特色的青花雕塑式執壺及軍持，以富於想像力的自然寫實造型著稱。這類新奇瓷器不僅在亞洲備受珍視，亦深受歐洲商人與旅行者青睞，並被廣泛搜集和輸往西方。
同類器傳世極少。美國皮博迪埃塞克斯博物館藏有一件近乎相同的萬曆時期例器，著錄於 W. S. Sargent 的相關著作中。該器同樣後配器蓋，壺流末端並以金繼修補，亦顯示其可能具有日本傳承。另一件相近例器曾藏於德國巴登-巴登新宮的巴登侯爵收藏。
Reference:
W. S. Sargent, 'Treasure of Chinese Export Ceramics from the Peabody Essex Museum', p. 53, no. 5 for the above mentioned example.
Provenance:
The collection of Tatsuo Hirano, Japan.
S. Marchant & Son, London, with their label to the base, acquired from the above in Autumn 1997.
The Mr. and Mrs. Baert-Devos Collection, Belgium. Acquired from the above in 1998 and accompanied by a copy of their taxation report. (see added scan)
Exhibited & published:
S. Marchant & Son, London. Included in their June 1998 exhibition of 'Two Hundred Years of Chinese Porcelain 1522-1722', and published in the accompanying catalogue, p. 53, no. 36.
Marchant, London, published and discussed in their 2025 publication 'One Hundred Years', Vol. I, inside front cover and pp. 455-456, fig. 840, where the author notes: 'The second piece was a very rare blue and white Wanli ewer in the form of a crayfish, which was also exhibited in 1998. This piece was placed in the window during the exhibition, which encouraged a European couple to come into the gallery and make their first purchase at Marchant. They became very great patrons and are referred to anonymously as Mr. and Mrs. Egret.'
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WH: H. 19,9 cm, W. 15,6 cm (incl. cover)
