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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'MAGIC FOUNTAIN' EWER JIAJING PERIOD (1522-1566)
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2021年09月23日 开拍 / 2021年09月21日 截止委托
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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'MAGIC FOUNTAIN' EWER
JIAJING PERIOD (1522-1566)
Each side is decorated in bright shades of underglaze cobalt with a fountain comprised of a pair of central beast heads and upper interlocking bird heads, both spouting water into and then out of a circular basin, which is supported on the back of a qilin, below a band of stiff plantain leaves. The spout issues from the mouth of a beast rendered in high relief and decorated with a clambering dragon, the splayed foot with wave and cloud motif above the base bearing the four-character mark, wan fu you tong ('may infinite good fortune surround you').
12 in. (32.3 cm.) high
Dr. Richard Verity Collection, and thence by descent in the family, Venice, Italy (by repute). Anthony Gray, London, 1992.Lot Essay The origin of the design of this ewer, and others like it, has been the subject of much research. The form and decoration represent a combination of a variety of cultural influences from China, Europe, and the Middle East. The shape is inspired by Near Eastern brass pitchers, but the decoration may relate to that found on contemporaneous majolica wares or in paintings. The design of many of these ewers also often incorporates elements that are more commonly found in Chinese material culture, such as the qilin crouched beneath the fountain. A similar blue and white 'magic fountain’ ewer, but with a white hare mark, is illustrated by Jessica Harrison-Hall in Catalogue of Late Yuan and Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, p. 221, no. 9:10. Harrison-Hall suggests that ewers of this design may have been commissioned by Jesuits who lived in Macao from the mid-sixteenth century, and some were involved in the Chinese porcelain industry. Furthermore, it is known that ewers of this design were sent to Europe for export as early as the seventeenth century, as depictions of them are present in the paintings of the time. According to Linda Rosenfeld Shulsky ('The Fountain Ewers: An Explanation for the Motif’, Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities Bulletin, no. 67, Stockholm, 1995, pp. 49-78), there are a number of aspects of Christian iconography which could account for the appearance of fountains on these ewers, such as depictions of the Virgin Mary Tota Pulchra, which show 'the Virgin surrounded by symbols of her immaculacy taken from the Song of Solomon' including fountains similar to those on the ewers. Furthermore, it is known that ewers of this design were sent to Europe for export as early as the seventeenth century, as depictions of them are present in the paintings of the time. In addition to being sent to Europe in the seventeenth century, ewers of this design were also sent to the Near East by the same time period. 'Magic fountain' ewers can be found in the collection of the Topkapi Saray, Istanbul and in the collection of the Ardebil Shrine, Tehran, bearing Near Eastern metal mounts which date to the seventeenth century. An example with metal mounts is illustrated by J. Ayers and R. Krahl in Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum Istanbul, vol. 2, Yuan and Ming Dynasty Porcelains, London, 1986, p. 655, no. 1015. ‘Magic fountain’ ewers can be found with a variety of marks on the base, including four-character auspicious marks like that on the present example, as well as Jiajing marks, Ming marks, and white hare marks. See ibid., pp. 654-656, nos. 1013-1016, for examples with each mark. See, also, the ewer illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, vol. 3, fig. 200, from the Museum Pusat, Jakarta, with a four-character auspicious mark. A further related ‘magic fountain’ ewer without a mark, from The Leonora and Walter F. Brown Collection, San Antonio, Texas, raised on a high foot with lappet decoration, was sold at Christie’s New York, 25 September 2020, lot 1559. Dr. Shirley Mueller illustrates this ewer in her recent book, Inside the Head of a Collector: Neuropsychological Forces at Play, 2019, p. 169. The author brings a collector’s perspective to provide unique insight and present research on the neuropsychological forces at play in the brain.

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