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A fine and rare lemon-yellow-enameled bowl, Mark and period of Yongzheng
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106
拍品名称：
A fine and rare lemon-yellow-enameled bowl, Mark and period of Yongzheng
拍品描述：
the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue within a circle
Diameter 3½ in., 9 cm
出处
Christie's New York, 2nd December 1989, lot 331.
图录说明
Deceptively simple in form and color, lemon-yellow glazed vessels represent one of the most technically challenging porcelains ever produced. Somehow both luminous and matte, a delight to hold, this extraordinary lemon-yellow enamel was a true innovation of the Yongzheng period (1723-1734). After much experimentation with pigments imported by the Jesuit missionaries working alongside them, innovators at the imperial Enameling Workshops of Beijing were finally able to perfect the technique on their own. Combining the antimoniate of iron with tin oxide, the technique resulted in an opaque yellow color of extraordinary vibrant hue, and required extremely sensitive control of chemical proportions and firing temperature. By the time Tang Ying (1682-1756) was appointed Resident Manager of the imperial kilns in 1728, this extraordinary enamel had been introduced to the potters of Jingdezhen and soon became a favorite of the Yongzheng Emperor.
Of all the different monochrome glaze experiments produced for the Yongzheng Emperor, yellow is the only color to have a direct imperial association as the symbolic color of the Qing dynasty. Although imperial yellow-glazed wares had also been produced from the early Ming dynasty, they had been used exclusively for ritual ceremonies while the newfound lemon-yellow enamel could be applied more broadly to vessels for daily use.
Monochrome wares of this type required absolute precision in potting, glazing and firing, with even the smallest imperfection resulting in the piece being rejected at the kiln site. For this reason, cups of this type are exceedingly smooth and fine and, perhaps as a result, very seldom survive today. Compare a pair of closely related lemon-yellow glazed bowls, from the collection of Mr and Mrs Eli Lilly, was sold in these rooms, 3rd June 1993, lot 334; another, included in the Chang Foundation exhibition Chinese Art from the Ching Wan Society Collections II, Taipei, 1998, cat. no. 44, was sold in our London rooms, 4th November 1997, lot 1375; a pair from the collection of Edward T. Chow was sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 25th November 1980, lot 101; and a fourth pair, from the collection of W. F. van Heukelom, sold in our London rooms, 5th November 2014, lot 51.
Diameter 3½ in., 9 cm
出处
Christie's New York, 2nd December 1989, lot 331.
图录说明
Deceptively simple in form and color, lemon-yellow glazed vessels represent one of the most technically challenging porcelains ever produced. Somehow both luminous and matte, a delight to hold, this extraordinary lemon-yellow enamel was a true innovation of the Yongzheng period (1723-1734). After much experimentation with pigments imported by the Jesuit missionaries working alongside them, innovators at the imperial Enameling Workshops of Beijing were finally able to perfect the technique on their own. Combining the antimoniate of iron with tin oxide, the technique resulted in an opaque yellow color of extraordinary vibrant hue, and required extremely sensitive control of chemical proportions and firing temperature. By the time Tang Ying (1682-1756) was appointed Resident Manager of the imperial kilns in 1728, this extraordinary enamel had been introduced to the potters of Jingdezhen and soon became a favorite of the Yongzheng Emperor.
Of all the different monochrome glaze experiments produced for the Yongzheng Emperor, yellow is the only color to have a direct imperial association as the symbolic color of the Qing dynasty. Although imperial yellow-glazed wares had also been produced from the early Ming dynasty, they had been used exclusively for ritual ceremonies while the newfound lemon-yellow enamel could be applied more broadly to vessels for daily use.
Monochrome wares of this type required absolute precision in potting, glazing and firing, with even the smallest imperfection resulting in the piece being rejected at the kiln site. For this reason, cups of this type are exceedingly smooth and fine and, perhaps as a result, very seldom survive today. Compare a pair of closely related lemon-yellow glazed bowls, from the collection of Mr and Mrs Eli Lilly, was sold in these rooms, 3rd June 1993, lot 334; another, included in the Chang Foundation exhibition Chinese Art from the Ching Wan Society Collections II, Taipei, 1998, cat. no. 44, was sold in our London rooms, 4th November 1997, lot 1375; a pair from the collection of Edward T. Chow was sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 25th November 1980, lot 101; and a fourth pair, from the collection of W. F. van Heukelom, sold in our London rooms, 5th November 2014, lot 51.