Tuesday 7 November 2023
A Chinese 'Bleu de Hue' blue and white 'dragon roundels' octagonal bowl Nguyen/late Qing...
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A Chinese 'Bleu de Hue' blue and white 'dragon roundels' octagonal bowl
Nguyen/late Qing dynasty, Thiêu Tri niên tao mark and of the period (1841-1847)
Finely painted in underglaze blue with a dragon roundel on each face, between cloud borders at the mouth and rim, the mark with one character painted just above the dragon roundel on alternate faces of the bowl, the rim bound in white metal, the base with Cai 才collector's mark incised to the glaze.
15.7cm wide.
紹治/清晚期 外銷越南皇室青花繪團龍紋八方盌,「紹治年製」、暗刻「才」款
'Bleu de Hue' is the name given to the blue and white wares produced in China for the Vietnamese Royal court and exchanged as part of diplomatic missions during the 18th and 19th century. Because of its Royal use, the shapes, patterns and marks were highly codified, with dragon motifs generally reserved for use by the King.
The four-character mark on the present bowl, Thiêu Tri niên tao, indicates that it was made for the use of the third Emperor of the Nguyen dynasty, Thiêu Tri (personal name Nguyễn Phúc Miên Tông or Nguyễn Phúc Tuyền), who reigned between 14 February 1841 and 4 November 1847. A fierce conservative and staunch follower of Confucianism, it is said that he favoured octagonal shapes. Many wares with this same pattern and octagonal shape, with his reign mark, have been sold at auction over the years. Cf. a cup of the same decoration, also with white metal-bound rim, was sold in Sotheby's Paris, 8 November 2022, lot 209.
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