Lot 10
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[PRIVATE SCOTTISH COLLECTION, DUNDEE] STRAITS CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE FOUR-SECTION TIFFIN CARRIER
XU SHUNCHANG MARK, LATE QING DYNASTY TO REPUBLIC PERIOD, 19TH-20TH CENTURY
Auction: 16 September 2026 from 10:00 BST
Description
清末民初 ‘許順昌造’款 娘惹粉彩鳳凰穿牡丹紋四層方盒 連座及蓋
the tingkat stacking box with four tiers, supported on a base and topped with a cover, painted on a turquoise and pink ground with phoenixes and peonies, the underside of the base inscribed with a four-character ‘Xu Shun Cang Zao’ mark in iron-red in a recessed panel
Dimensions
23.2cm high
Provenance
Private Scottish collection, Dundee; the avid collector has been collecting Asian Art for over 50 years since 1975.
蘇格蘭私人收藏，鄧迪；現藏家自1975年起熱衷收藏亞洲藝術，至今逾50年。
Footnote
According to Ho Wing Meng in Straights Chinese Porcelain: A Collector's Guide, 1994, Singapore: Times Books International, p. 110: ‘for those pieces bearing what appear to be shop or potters' marks, namely… Shu Shun Ch'and tsao (許順昌造)… we know nothing as to the whereabouts of these porcelain factories in Kiangsi Province. Presumably, they were private kilns turning out export wares for the markets in Southeast Asia.’ Also refer to p. 118 for the comparable Xu Shuncang mark; and p. 92, pl. 56 for a comparable circular four-tier tingkat, probably Tongzhi period.