Chinese export porcelain tasse trembleuse/gobelet et soucoupe, tea bowl and saucer, decorated in translucent enamels of the famille verte (wucai), Kangxi.

Very fine and rare Chinese export porcelain tasse trembleuse/gobelet et soucoupe, tea bowl and saucer, decorated in translucent enamels of the famille verte (wucai) palette with lotus, peonies, chrysanthemum and wolfberries, the bowls also with a butterfly, saucer with flower mark in green enamels and cups with under glaze cobalt (qinghua) blue shop mark, c. 1700, Kangxi reign, Qing dynasty, saucer, d. 11,6 cm, 4½ in; bowl d. 5,5 cm, 2 1/8 in. h. 3,6 cm 1 3/8 in. 2.13082ab

Provenance: Sir Alfred Jodrell, Bt, Bayfield Hall, Holt, Norfolk (UK) no.13, as per label on the saucer.

Illustrated: 100 Years of Chinese Export Porcelain, by A. Varela Santos, 2014/2015, cat. 41.

◆ Chrysanthemum is the symbol of autumn and the flower of the ninth month in the lunar calendar. Chrysanthemum together with wolfberry means, “May the chrysanthemum and wolfberry extend your years”.

十分精緻珍稀的中國外銷瓷五彩茶盅茶托一對, 紋飾有荷蓮、牡丹、菊花及秋堂, 茶盅上繪有蝴蝶, 茶托為 釉上綠彩花押款, 茶盅落青花隨意款, 約1700年, 清康 熙, 茶托: 直徑11.6釐米, 41/2 英吋; 茶盅: 直徑5.5釐 米, 2 1/8 英吋; 高3.6 釐米, 1 3/8 英吋。

藏品出處: 其中一隻茶托貼有以下標籤: 已故爵士Sir Alfred Jodrell, Bt, Bayfield Hall, Holt, Norfolk (UK) 之財 產, 第13號。

插图: 《百年中国外销瓷》 阿.瓦瑞拉. 桑托斯, 2014/2015, 目录 41。

◆ 菊花是秋天的象征, 也是陰曆九月的月花。菊花和秋堂皆 有“福壽延年”之意。