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A CARVED LONGQUAN CELADON 'BOY AND LOTUS' INKSTONE AND COVER, YUAN DYNASTY
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04月16日 下午5点 开拍 /14天2小时
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Published: Feng-Chun Ma, A Thousand Years of a Hundred Boys in Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 2024, p. 200-201, no. 80.China, 1279-1368. The rectangular inkstone features an elongated grinding surface and a rectangular well, molded in biscuit, centered by a finely detailed fish in relief against a celadon ground. The base rests on four corner feet joined by a scalloped apron. The celadon-glazed cover is carved with a boy holding a large lotus stem issuing two blossoms, shown nude except for a loincloth, adorned with bracelets and ankle rings, his head shaved save for a single tuft of hair.Provenance: A private collection in Hong Kong. Sotheby's New York, 20 March 2024, lot 178. The Feng-Chun Ma Collection, Netherlands, acquired from the above. The base with two labels 'Chinese & Japanese Art Feng-Chun Ma' and '80'. Feng-Chun Ma is a distinguished scholar, collector, and dealer of Chinese art with more than thirty-five years of experience. Born in the Netherlands to Chinese parents, she was influenced early on by her father's efforts to promote Chinese culture in Europe. Her professional career in the Asian art world began in 1982 at Christie's Amsterdam, after which she served as Head of the Chinese and Japanese Department at Sotheby's Amsterdam, before establishing her own dealership, Feng-Chun Ma Chinese & Japanese Art, in 2003. Over the course of her career, she has assembled a renowned private collection centered on the motif of 'boys at play' (yingxitu), comprising rare and well-provenanced works ranging from Song dynasty ceramics to Ming and Qing porcelain, jade, bronzes, snuff bottles, and textiles, reflecting both her scholarly insight and connoisseurship. Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, expected manufacturing irregularities including dark spots and two firing cracks issuing short hairlines, and a shallow old chip to the grinding area. Weight: 965 g Dimensions: Size 12.8 x 8.3 x 5 cmExpert's note: The biscuit fish swimming in a sea of green glaze is a typical feature of Yuan-era Zhejiang production and suggests a swimming carp (liyu), identifiable by its dorsal fin and the barbels around its mouth. In Chinese symbolism, the carp is closely associated with scholarly achievement and success in the civil examinations, and images of swimming or leaping carp frequently appear on scholar's objects such as brush pots and paperweights. When paired with a young boy, the motif expresses a dual aspiration: the hope for many male offspring and the wish that they will attain high official rank through academic success.Literature comparison:Compare a near identical Longquan celadon glazed inkstone with cover, formerly in the Edward T. Chow Collection, sold at Sotheby's London, 16 December 1980, lot 307, and illustrated by Gerard Tsang and Hugh Moss, Arts from the Scholar's Studio, Oriental Ceramic Society Hong Kong and Fung Ping Shan Museum, University of Hong Kong, 1986, no. 203.Auction result comparison:Type: RelatedAuction: Christie's New York, 14 September 2012, lot 1411Price: USD 6,875 or approx. EUR 8,300 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing: A Longquan celadon rectangular inkstone, Ming dynastyExpert remark: Compare the closely related form and glaze. Note the lacking cover, simpler design, and similar size (11.7 cm).

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