Appreciation of Fine Porcelain | Qing Yongzheng Yutang Rich and Noble Pink Colored Flower Pattern Plate

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Pink porcelain originated in the Kangxi Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty, and developed rapidly during the Yongzheng and Qianlong periods. Yongzheng porcelain gained fame for its softness, beauty, and elegance. During the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, pink porcelain has become the mainstream product of colored porcelain, with diverse shapes and rich decorative patterns, such as landscape figures, flowers, plants, insects, and butterflies. Rendered using the traditional Chinese boneless painting method, the glaze color is appropriately thick and light, the application of colors is soft and beautiful, the composition is elegant and concise, and the decoration has a delicate and soft state. The brushstroke is meticulous, and the painting style is deeply influenced by Yun Nantian's boneless painting method. To the extent that 'flowers have dewdrops, butterflies have fuzz'. Highlighting the three-dimensional sense of yin and yang. According to Xu Zhiheng's "Drinking in the Flowing Room and Talking about Porcelain", "The flowers of Yongzheng are purely from the Yun sect, and their boneless beauty can be imitated by Xu Xi. The grass and insects are particularly lively and divine, and a few mistakenly fly like to brush.



Qing Yongzheng Yutang Rich and Noble Pink Colored Flower Pattern Plate
Specification: caliber: 23.8cm, bottom diameter: 15.4cm
 
 
Collection Description:
The Yongzheng Powder Colored Jade Hall is rich and luxurious, with a curved wall and a shallow belly with a wide bottom, circular feet, and rounded "loach back" bottoms. The surface of the vessel is painted with white glaze, and on the glaze, peonies, magnolias, and begonia flowers are hand-painted using the technique of crossing branches. The inner and outer walls of the dish are decorated with branches connected to each other, with flowers and leaves at the end, forming a perfect unity, just like flower branches crossing a wall. Glazed peonies symbolize wealth and auspiciousness, magnolia symbolizes high quality and purity, and crabapple flowers symbolize nobility and elegance. They are bright and not vulgar, symbolizing towering jade halls and wealth and nobility.
 
The overglaze powder color is soft, beautiful, and elegant, with smooth and smooth patterns, and a dense layout, creating an elegant taste. The content of the painting was produced by the Court painter of Yongzheng and handed over to the painter of the imperial kiln factory for hand painting. The enamel is thick and translucent, with visible wavy patterns on the side light. The colored paintings on the plate and the white glaze on the plate all present a rainbow like "clam light", exuding a pearl like aura, making it a rare treasure of colored porcelain.
 

 
The picture of "Yutang Wealth and Honor" is often seen on the pastel vessels of the Yongzheng Dynasty. There was a "Jade Hall" in the imperial palace of the Han Dynasty. Later generations used the "Jade Hall" to refer to the Hanlin Academy. "After the Golden Gate, there is a day to go to the Jade Hall" means that it is just around the corner for promotion. The term 'wealth and honor' comes from the Analects of Confucius - Yan Yuan: 'It is said that the merchants have heard of it, life and death are destined, and wealth and honor are in heaven.' It refers to the meaning of being wealthy and prominent. In later generations, the jade orchid symbolizes the jade hall, and the peony symbolizes wealth and honor. These two types of flowers borrow the
metaphor of "jade hall wealth and honor", wishing for a high position and prosperity.


Habsburg 2023 Dubai June Spring Auction Exquisite Porcelain Auction Review:

Lot 1067 Qing Yongzheng Pink Colored Cross Branch Fu Shou Double Full Pattern Large Plate
Style: Made in the Yongzheng reign of the Qing Dynasty
Size: D: 51cm
Starting price: 10800000 AED
Auction House: Habsburg International Auction Co., Ltd

 
Lot 1001 Qing Qianlong Yangcai Group Immortals Greeting Longevity and Ruyi Yunkou Zun
Style: Made in the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty
Size: D: 20cm, H: 38.5cm
Starting price: AED: 118800000
Auction House: Habsburg International Auction Co., Ltd
 
Explanation: This bottle has a curled mouth and neck, shoulders and belly, and is folded down to the feet, with the feet outward. The main body of the device is painted with foreign color to celebrate the birthday of a group of immortals. The Old Man of the South Pole holds Ruyi and comes by crane; Three stars of fortune, wealth, and longevity gathered together in a hall, with each of the eight immortals holding magical weapons, smiling and full of energy; The two immortals of Han Shan and Shi De He hold a lotus and a treasure box, symbolizing family harmony and social harmony. Everyone is heading towards Shoulao, who came by crane. The unique shape of the utensil is the eight flipped Ruyi cloud heads connected by the decorative edge of the mouth, which are painted with flower patterns on the yellow ground; The neck and feet are all made of turquoise green, with floral patterns that echo from top to bottom, like a scroll of silk, making the main pattern more prominent; The neck is adorned with bat shaped chimes and the character "Swastika", symbolizing more than auspiciousness. The feet are also coated with turquoise green glaze, with a red colored script in the middle that reads "Made in the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty" in six characters and three lines.
Lot 1036 Qing Qianlong Blue and White Gold Painted Pink Fanliantuo Eight Treasure Pattern Benba Bottle
Style: Made in the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty
Size: H: 25.5cm
Starting price: 6800000 AED
Auction House: Habsburg International Auction Co., Ltd
 
Explanation: "Benba" is a transliteration of Tibetan, and the Sanskrit pronunciation is "Junzhi", which means "bottle" in Tibetan. As a water purifying pot for storing water in Tibetan Buddhism Buddhist activities, the "Ben Ba pot" is made of gold, silver and copper. This "bamba" can be roughly divided into two types: a spout without a handle, and a spout without a handle. When used, the spout is held by the neck and is called a bamba kettle; The non flowing mouth, also known as the Benba bottle, is used to hold water and purify the body, and "all Buddha hands fill its top"; Or used for "planting grass" to worship Buddha, commonly known as "hidden grass pot". Benba kettle (bottle) refers to those with flow as the kettle, those without flow as the bottle, and those with flow are more common, while those without flow are rare.
Lot 1082 Eighteen Arhats Amphora with Green Colours and Western Flowers
Style: Made in the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty
Size: H: 37cm
Starting price: 13800000 AED
Auction House: Habsburg International Auction Co., Ltd
 
Description: This product uses foreign color to draw the eighteen arhats with different expressions and movements, and the landscape scenery is harmonious, which is extremely rare. It shows the craftsman's painting skills, and the whole painting has already been sketched, and it has already been understood before casting, which shows its extraordinary accomplishments. The landscape scenery depicted in this product incorporates various types of characters, and is illustrated by the use of bottle shaped landscape character decorations and the addition of pink green spaces above and below. This product should be a typical example of the later period of porcelain decoration design during the Qianlong period. The green space pink flower pattern on the neck and feet is similar to the color pattern of overseas colored porcelain, which may be made from brocade patterns. Tang Yingshan's paintings were either directly painted on the body of the pottery by himself, or painted on porcelain by painters based on his ink paintings. There are still early Qianlong treasures with Tang Yingshan's style that have been passed down. The Tang kiln style can be seen from the landscape background of this bottle.
Lot 1138 Ru Kiln Lotus Style Warm Bowl
Specification: H: 10cm D: 16.21cm B: 7.9cm
Starting price: AED 350000000
Auction House: Habsburg International Auction Co., Ltd
 
Explanation: The patterns and shapes of lotus flowers or lotus petals used as objects became popular with the introduction of Buddhism, and later adopted their habit of not staining mud, symbolizing purity and being widely used in various types of utensils. The shape of the vessel seems to be a blooming lotus, with gentle and graceful lines, elegant and beautiful. The original vessel should be paired with a holding pot and used as a warming wine utensil, which was common from the late Tang to Song dynasties. The Lotus Warm Bowl, with its elegant design and gentle opaque glaze, is even more precious among the rare Ru kiln artifacts that have been passed down.

 
Lot 1123 Qing Qianlong Rouge Red Ground Rolling Road Ocean Colored Entangled Branch Flower Set Furnace Jun Glazed Elephant Ear Rotating Heart Bottle
Style: Made in the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty
Specification: H: 40.2cm
Starting price: AED 22800000
Auction House: Habsburg International Auction Co., Ltd
 
Explanation: Each color and decoration of this heart turning bottle is extremely exquisite, with a unique Western charm of tangled flowers. The neck is made of rouge and glaze, and the two sides are decorated with agile double elephant ears. The skin wrinkles on the elephant head are delicately depicted, with the elephant trunk hanging gently and the eyes firm, symbolizing the beauty of "peace and elephant". It was specially made between the eighth and tenth years of the Qianlong reign. The bottle belly adopts the "Lujun Glaze" created and fired during the Yongzheng period. Under the scorching flames, it transforms into a blue green glaze color mixed with a little red spots, resembling the mountain mist and cloud atmosphere, which is extremely elegant; At the connection between the top and bottom of the rotating heart bottle, the lotus petals are densely packed around the bottle, creating a magnificent and magnificent atmosphere.