Bring your auction to collectors worldwide!
Get listed nowBy subscribing, you are agreeing to the privacy policy. Unsubscribe anytime.
Barnebys HQ
Brahegatan 10
BOX 5038
114 37 Stockholm
All auctions / Asian Art / Gao Zhiming - Dish - Softpaste porcelain - Tai Kowloon plate 47 cm
Grand Porcelain Plate Enameled with Imperial Five-Clawed Dragon Decoration – Taiwan, 20th Century – Diameter 47 cm (With pedestal) This monumental polychrome enameled porcelain plate is richly raised with high-relief decoration (Fencai technique / enamels of the rose family and imperial yellow) along a serpentine, undulating rim. A work of exquisite finesse originating from Taiwan (20th century). The Imperial Dragon (五爪龍): The central medallion features a majestic five-clawed dragon facing forward (symbol of supreme imperial power) rising in the clouds above turbulent waves and sacred rocks, set against a brilliantly luminous imperial yellow ground. The Four Auspicious Characters (福祿壽囍): The plate’s wing is adorned with cartouches bearing the traditional good-omen characters: 福 (Fú): Happiness & Fortune 壽 (Shòu): Longevity & Health 囍 (Xǐ): Double Happiness & Harmony Back of the Workshop: The back is richly enameled with a superb crackled turquoise ground, bearing a poetic calligraphic date (己巳年桐月 - Jisi Year, 3rd lunar month) as well as the artisan’s raised mark « 高枝明製 » Artist: Gao Zhiming / Jiao-zhi pottery 交趾陶 Born: 1950 in Chiayi, Taiwan. Training: In 1979 he became the first direct disciple of the great ceramic master Jiao-zhi Lin Tianmu (林添木). Style: He is the fourth-generation representative of this artistic lineage (successor to the renowned founder Ye Wang). Awards: Recipient of the National Prize for Living Art and Cultural Transmission (Global Chinese Art and Culture-Spirit Award) in 2003. Labeled “Taiwan Craft Home” in 2006. Officially registered as guardian and custodian of Chiayi City’s intangible cultural heritage for the traditional Jiao-zhi ceramic art in 2013. Nibbles and scattered chips.
Estimate:£126.73
Sold for:-
Hammer price:
-
Estimate:
£126.73
OCT 23 | 8:00 AM
OCT 27 | 4:00 PM
Bring your auction to collectors worldwide!
Get listed now£400
Est: £300
£85.22
OCT 17 | 10:00 PM
