Provenance
Sotheby & Co, London, 6 June 1967, 'Fine Chinese Ceramics, Jades and Works of Art', lot 147.
Aronson Antiquairs, Amsterdam, acquired from the above.
The collection of F. Gordon Morrill, with their label to the base, acquired from the above in November 1967.
Doyle Auctioneers, New York, 16 September 2003, 'F. Gordon Morrill Collection', lot 101. (sold USD 25.000,00) (link)
S. Marchant & Son, London, acquired from the above and with their label to the base.
The Mr. and Mrs. Baert-Devos Collection, Belgium. Acquired from the above on 8 October 2004 and accompanied by a copy of their original invoice. (see added scans)
Exhibited & published:
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1971.
S. Marchant & Son, London, included in their November 2004 exhibition of 'Ming Blue & White: Jiajing-Chongzhen Including Dated Examples', and published in the accompanying catalogue, pp. 56-57, no. 36. Also illustrated in their 2025 publication 'One Hundred Years', Vol. I, p. 51, fig. 43.
Description
The globular ewer sturdily potted with a short cylindrical neck, faceted loop handle and curved tapering spout, the body richly painted in underglaze cobalt blue with a dense all-over design comprising cicadas, butterflies, shells, crane medallions, lotus blossoms, asters, prunus sprays and other flowering plants interspersed with scattered precious objects. The shoulder is encircled by a band of stylised ruyi-head motifs and the lower body with pendent lappets above the foot.
此壺胎體厚實，圓腹，短直頸，一側置多棱環柄，另一側接彎曲長流，流口漸收。通體以青花滿繪紋飾，構圖繁密，題材包括蟬、蝴蝶、貝殼、團鶴、蓮花、紫菀、折枝梅花及各式花卉，其間散飾博古雜寶。肩部環飾一周如意雲頭紋，近足處則飾下垂蓮瓣紋。
Reference:
A bottle vase of closely related design inscribed Fu Wang Fu Yong (“Made for the Prince of Fu”) is illustrated by Soame Jenyns, 'The Wares of the Transitional Period between the Ming and the Ch’ing, 1620–1683, Archives of the Chinese Art Society of America', vol. IX, 1955, fig. 5c.
Lot 104
A Chinese blue and white 'Flowers and Auspicious Emblems' ewer
Wanli
L.: 24,8 cm - H.: 21,5 cm
Hammer price incl. commission
€ 26.000
This lot was sold on 4 September 2026, 2 PM (CEST) and is no longer available
Provenance
Sotheby & Co, London, 6 June 1967, 'Fine Chinese Ceramics, Jades and Works of Art', lot 147.
Aronson Antiquairs, Amsterdam, acquired from the above.
The collection of F. Gordon Morrill, with their label to the base, acquired from the above in November 1967.
Doyle Auctioneers, New York, 16 September 2003, 'F. Gordon Morrill Collection', lot 101. (sold USD 25.000,00) (link)
S. Marchant & Son, London, acquired from the above and with their label to the base.
The Mr. and Mrs. Baert-Devos Collection, Belgium. Acquired from the above on 8 October 2004 and accompanied by a copy of their original invoice. (see added scans)
Exhibited & published:
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1971.
S. Marchant & Son, London, included in their November 2004 exhibition of 'Ming Blue & White: Jiajing-Chongzhen Including Dated Examples', and published in the accompanying catalogue, pp. 56-57, no. 36. Also illustrated in their 2025 publication 'One Hundred Years', Vol. I, p. 51, fig. 43.
