拍品信息
拍品名称
十八世紀 端石龍紋洗 | A RARE DUAN STONE 'DRAGONS AND BATS' BRUSH WASHER
年代
18th century
起拍价
GBP 2,000
估值区间
GBP 2000 - 3000
尺寸
未知
品相
未知
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18th century
The dark lustrous stone expertly hollowed and crisply carved around the exterior with a scaly dragon issuing layers of ruyi clouds forming across the vessel, four auspicious bats around the shaped rim. 17.8cm (7in) long.
Footnotes
十八世紀 端石龍紋洗
Provenance: Sir George Mowlem Burt KBE (1884–1964), Surrey, and thence by descent
來源：大英帝國爵級司令勛章獲得者George Mowlem Burt爵士（1884-1964），英國薩裏，并由後人保存迄今
Born in Westminster on 10 January 1884, Sir George Mowlem Burt KBE joined the family firm, John Mowlem & Co., in 1902, following in the footsteps of his father and uncle. He subsequently became supervising director of the company and was involved in a number of major engineering and building projects. He was a prominent figure in the development of the civil engineering industry, serving as a founding member of the Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors and on various Government committees and missions. He was also Master of the Worshipful Company of Paviors. Outside his professional life, Burt was a distinguished fencer, winning the British épée championship in 1922 and representing Great Britain in épée at the 1920 Olympic Games. He was knighted in 1942 and died at Blindley Heath, Surrey, on 1 September 1964. An enthusiastic collector of art, his collection included paintings, ivory, netsuke and jade.
The present lot is laden with auspicious symbolism. The four bats ( 蝠) act as a visual rebus for 'blessings' ( 福), here suggesting the multiplication of good fortune in all directions. The dragon introduces a further auspicious meaning, symbolising authority, power, and transformative cosmic force traditionally associated with Imperial virtue and control over natural order. The -form clouds (如意雲) reinforce the composition as emblems of fulfilment and wishes granted 'as desired'. Together, these motifs express the desire for prosperity, protection, and success under favourable, almost cosmically sanctioned conditions.
See an earlier jade prototype water vessel, with clouds and dragons, Ming dynasty, illustrated by G.Tsang and H.Moss, , Hong Kong, 1986, p.122, no.89.
Compare also a duan stone brush washer, Qing dynasty, which was sold at Christie's New York, 22 March 2012, lot 1264.
The dark lustrous stone expertly hollowed and crisply carved around the exterior with a scaly dragon issuing layers of ruyi clouds forming across the vessel, four auspicious bats around the shaped rim. 17.8cm (7in) long.
Footnotes
十八世紀 端石龍紋洗
Provenance: Sir George Mowlem Burt KBE (1884–1964), Surrey, and thence by descent
來源：大英帝國爵級司令勛章獲得者George Mowlem Burt爵士（1884-1964），英國薩裏，并由後人保存迄今
Born in Westminster on 10 January 1884, Sir George Mowlem Burt KBE joined the family firm, John Mowlem & Co., in 1902, following in the footsteps of his father and uncle. He subsequently became supervising director of the company and was involved in a number of major engineering and building projects. He was a prominent figure in the development of the civil engineering industry, serving as a founding member of the Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors and on various Government committees and missions. He was also Master of the Worshipful Company of Paviors. Outside his professional life, Burt was a distinguished fencer, winning the British épée championship in 1922 and representing Great Britain in épée at the 1920 Olympic Games. He was knighted in 1942 and died at Blindley Heath, Surrey, on 1 September 1964. An enthusiastic collector of art, his collection included paintings, ivory, netsuke and jade.
The present lot is laden with auspicious symbolism. The four bats ( 蝠) act as a visual rebus for 'blessings' ( 福), here suggesting the multiplication of good fortune in all directions. The dragon introduces a further auspicious meaning, symbolising authority, power, and transformative cosmic force traditionally associated with Imperial virtue and control over natural order. The -form clouds (如意雲) reinforce the composition as emblems of fulfilment and wishes granted 'as desired'. Together, these motifs express the desire for prosperity, protection, and success under favourable, almost cosmically sanctioned conditions.
See an earlier jade prototype water vessel, with clouds and dragons, Ming dynasty, illustrated by G.Tsang and H.Moss, , Hong Kong, 1986, p.122, no.89.
Compare also a duan stone brush washer, Qing dynasty, which was sold at Christie's New York, 22 March 2012, lot 1264.
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