Porcelain. China, late Qing, approx. 19th cent.
Excellent spirited “peacock feather“ glaze with turquoise-colored and violet-red to fire-red patterns. More turquoise on the belly-like curved wall and, above all, the beautiful flaming design. In contrast, dominant red color inside, the pattern ranges from spots to “explosion“. Mystical depiction on the bottom with blackish diffuse clouds in caramel-brown atmosphere. Such bowls served the calligrapher for washing brushes.
瑞士阿斯科ç´çš„ Jürgen L. Fischer 舊è—
HEIGHT 3,8 CM, DM 12 CM
From the collection of Jürgen L. Fischer, Ascona, Switzerland
The porcelain objects nos. 21 to 59 come from the Swiss collection of Jürgen L. Fischer, one of the major European collectors of Chinese art. The extensive size of the collection largely owes to the family’s fortune from the invention of the world-famous “Uhu Alleskleber †in 1932 (the first synthetic resin glue world-wide) by grandfather August Fischer. Jürgen L. Fischer, who lived until 2013, was an avid collector of Chinese porcelain in an astonishing wide variety, in every size and from every time period. Jürgen Fischer passed on his comprehensive knowledge in numerous specialist books – among others, his large and very instructive book about the art of Chinese snuffbottles and also an antiquarian’s guide to Chinese art.