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† A HEXAGONAL FAMILLE ROSE ‘ROOSTER’ KENDI, 18TH CENTURY
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2024年10月18日 开拍
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? A HEXAGONAL FAMILLE ROSE ‘ROOSTER’ KENDI, 18TH CENTURY

China. Finely potted, the faceted globular sides supported on a short foot, the shoulder surmounted by a similarly shaped spout and tall neck with central bow-string and flared mouth. Delicately painted in underglaze-blue and famille rose enamels with naturalistic scenes of birds, flowers, insects and trees. An orange, black and crimson rooster is found in two foliate-shaped panels, perched on a blossom tree, the other two panels with a crested magpie eyeing an insect while perched on a peony stem.

Provenance: A & J Speelman Oriental Art, London, United Kingdom. Jules Speelman is a world-leading dealer and collector of East Asian art with 60 years of experience. In 1964 he joined his late father, Alfred, in the family business which already stretched back three generations to 19th century Holland and expanded into England around the turn of the century. Originally, A & J Speelman dealt with antiques, from European ceramics, silver, tapestries, and furniture to Chinese porcelain, and works of art. With his father, Jules gradually shifted the focus towards Asia and under Jules Speelman's skilled direction, A & J Speelman is now considered amongst the foremost dealers in Asian antiques, with a particular emphasis on figurative sculpture and works of art from the past 2000 years.
Condition: Firing flaws such as glaze recesses and few dark spots. Minor flaking to enamels, chips to rim and foot, small repairs to neck, foot and spout.

Weight: 1,446 g
Dimensions: Height 26.7 cm

The background is painted in cobalt-blue with floral scroll below a band of lozenge diaper at the shoulder, the neck with cicadas alternating with enameled floral ruyi designs, the bow-string with archaistic beasts and leafy scroll.

The rooster (gongji) is an ancient yang symbol associated with the sun chasing away the darkness and ignorance as the roster crows at daybreak. Its name gong, which in this context means male animal, was also the highest feudal rank, and the word for ‘chicken’, ji, is a pun for ‘auspicious’. Thus, in Chinese art the bird is often associated with depictions of rank or official success.

Literature comparison:
Compare related examples illustrated by Regina Krahl and John Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum Istanbul, A Complete Catalogue II: Yuan and Ming Dynasty Porcelains, 1986. pl. 1042-1045. Compare a related famille rose kendi also decorated with a rooster, dated 1730-1740, in the Victoria & Albert Museum, accession number 1679-1876.



13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer's premium - only for buyers within the EU.

13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer's premium - only for buyers within the EU.

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