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Width 10 in., 25.5 cm
来源:Richard Ponsonby-Fane (1878-1937) 收藏
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展览:《Imperial Chinese Porcelain, Ceramics & Works of Art》,馬錢特,倫敦,2013年,編號30
著录:Stuart Marchant,《Marchant - One Hundred Years》,卷2:2001-2025,倫敦,2025年,頁297, 編號1581
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说明:The decoration on the present dishes illustrates the story of Emperor Yang of Sui (r. 604–618) enjoying a moonlit excursion at the Western Garden (Xiyuan) in Luoyang, watching a procession of palace ladies on horseback. The scene is derived from chapter one of Sui Tang Liangchao Zhizhuan (Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties), traditionally attributed to Luo Guanzhong (c. 1330–c. 1400), which recounts: “Emperor Yang of Sui, on moonlit nights, would release several thousand palace ladies to ride through the Western Garden”. The motif, known as the “Night Excursion of Emperor Yang of Sui” (Sui Yangdi yeyou tu), was a popular pictorial theme on Qing dynasty porcelain and served as a moral admonition against imperial excess.
No other dishes of this design and square form appear to be recorded. Compare a large Yongzheng circular dish and a Qianlong bowl painted with related scenes from the Martin-Hurst Collection, illustrated in George C. Williamson, The Book of Famille Rose, Rutland and Tokyo, 1970, pls XLIV and L; and a large Yongzheng dish formerly in the collection of Augustus the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, illustrated in Friedrich Reichel, Die Porzellansammlung Augusts des Starken, München, 1993, p. 43, no. 21.
Richard Arthur Brabazon Ponsonby-Fane (1878–1937) was a British scholar and longtime resident of East Asia. Following a career in colonial administration, including appointments in Hong Kong, he taught at the University of Hong Kong before settling permanently in Kyoto. A respected authority on Japanese history and court ceremony, he maintained close connections across East Asia and was notably the sole non-Japanese guest invited to witness the enthronement ceremonies of Emperor Shōwa in 1928 from before the Kenreimon gate of the Imperial Palace.