LARGE CHINESE LONGQUAN CELADON-GLAZED CARVED CHARGER
MING DYNASTY
£9,450
Auction: 08 November 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
明 龍泉青釉劃花大盤
heavily potted, centre of the interior incised with a lozenge and trellis pattern within a triple line foliate border, the cavetto encircled by a frieze of flowering stems, covered overall with a thick lustrous celadon glaze, unglazed ring on the base revealing the burnt reddish brown buff body
Dimensions
45.4cm diameter
Provenance
From the collection of Captain (later Colonel) Alexander Stalker Lancaster CIE OBE (1893-1967), thence by direct descent.
Alexander Stalker Lancaster was born on the 19th of March 1893 at Middleton Place in Patterdale. On the 1st of December 1935, Alex was posted to Kabul in Afghanistan, to be Military Attaché with the British Legation until 1948. The London Gazette made the official announcement that Lt. Col. A. S. Lancaster, C.I.E., O.B.E, retired on the 29th of August 1949 and was granted the honorary rank of Colonel.
大英帝國官佐勳章及印度帝國三等勳章授勳人，亞歷山大·斯德克·蘭卡斯特上尉（1893-1967）舊藏，後家族遞藏。
亞歷山大·斯德克·蘭卡斯特1893年3 月19日出生於英格蘭帕特代爾。1935年12月1日被派往阿富汗喀布爾，擔任英國公使館軍事專員。其於1949年8月29日退休，並被授予上校榮譽軍銜。
Footnote
Large Longquan dishes of this type and approximate size, all dated to the Ming dynasty, 15th century, are illustrated by J. Ayers and R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum Istanbul, vol. I, London, 1986, pp. 328-9, nos. 353-6 and 359. Another charger of almost the same size and similar decoration, dated to the Ming dynasty, 14th century, is in The Fitzwilliam Museum, accession number: C.641 & A-1991; Also compare to two similar chargers, both dated to the Ming dynasty, 15th century, slightly larger, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 4 Oct 2018, lot 36 and 30 May 2024, lot 2870.
幾件可比較的明代龍泉青釉劃花大盤，見 J. Ayers及R. Krahl：《Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum Istanbul卷一》，倫敦，1986年，頁328-329，圖版353至356及359；再參一明代近例，尺寸及紋飾相似，藏於菲茨威廉博物館，館藏號「C.641 & A-1991」；另參兩明代近例，尺寸稍大，其一2018年10月4日售於香港佳士得，拍品36；另一同上拍行，2024年5月30日，拍品2870。