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THE ROBERT CHANG COLLECTION
張宗憲先生珍藏
3059

A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL ‘SHOU’ BOTTLE VASE
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The globular body is supported on a slightly splayed foot, decorated on the exterior
with rows of shou character, all below bands of lotus spray and ruyi-head at the
shoulder. The trumpet-form neck is similarly decorated and flanked by a pair of gilt-
metal stylized ruyi handles.
11º in. (28.5 cm) high

HK$800,000-1,200,000 US$110,000-150,000
E X H I B I T ED :
Suzhou Museum, Colorful, Elegant, and Exquisite- A Special Exhibition of Imperial
Enamel Ware from Mr. Robert Chang’s Collection, 28 December 2007- 8 May 2008
L I T E R AT U R E :
Suzhou Museum, Colorful, Elegant, and Exquisite- A Special Exhibition of Imperial
Enamel Ware from Mr. Robert Chang’s Collection, Shanghai, 2007, pp. 38-39
Vessels decorated with shoucharacters were mostly made for birthday celebrations for
the imperial family, often seen on bowls and dishes. According to Qing court records, in
the 45th year of the Qianlong reign (1780), a large number of cloisonné enamel bowls and
dishes decorated with wanshou wujiang characters were produced for the celebration of
the Emperor's 70th birthday; such vessels can be seen in Compendium of Collections in
the Palace Museum: Enamels 2- Cloisonné in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Beijing, 2011,
pp. 351-352 and 354, no. 281, 282 and 284. Large vases with shou character decorations
like the present lot are very rare, and further showcases the multidimensional artistic
expression of the Qianlong period.

清乾隆 掐絲琺瑯百壽紋雙耳長頸瓶

展覽:
蘇州博物館，《絢麗‧華貴‧至尊–香港張宗憲先生珍藏御製宮廷掐絲琺瑯器
特展》，2007年12月28日–2008年5月8日

出版:
蘇州博物館，《絢麗‧華貴‧至尊–香港張宗憲先生珍藏御製宮廷掐絲琺瑯器
特展》，上海，2007年，頁38-39

瓶頸兩側飾如意形耳，鼓腹外壁飾藍地紅壽字紋，有「萬壽如意」之祝福寓意，應作為賀壽禮
物。飾有壽字紋之掐絲琺瑯器較多見於盌、盤類，比較清宮舊藏乾隆款之萬壽無疆盌兩件及
盤一件，載於《故宮博物藏品大系–琺瑯器編2–清掐絲琺瑯》，北京，2011年，頁351-352及354
，編號281, 282及284。如此拍品帶有祝賀寓意之陳設器極為珍罕，更體現了乾隆朝掐絲琺瑯
工藝之多元化。