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PROPERTY FROM THE SPRINGFIELD MUSEUMS, SOLD TO SUPPORT ART ACQUISITIONS AND COLLECTIONS CARE
斯普菲博物館珍藏，拍賣收益將用於藏品購藏及維護
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A MASSIVE AND EXCEPTIONAL IMPERIAL The present vase, with its magnificent size and elaborately cast
handles was undoubtedly a remarkable technical feat at the time and
CLOISONNE ENAMEL ARCHAISTIC VASE is representative of Qing imperial cloisonné enamels of the highest
WITH PHOENIX AND MASK HANDLES quality. The combination of the phoenix and mask gilt handles create
a striking visual impact which is well complemented by the colourful
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) enamels on the exterior.
The magnificent vase is decorated to the compressed globular Compare to a massive vase of similar form, decorated with similar
body with a band of archaistic blades against lotus scrolls, below gilt-metal phoenix and mask handles with loose rings, measuring 80
a frieze of archaistic keyfrets, separated by three gilt mask handles cm. high including four gilt feet in mythical beast form, in the Palace
Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace
with loose rings, the pattern similarly repeated around the foot. Museum –Enamels, vol. 3, no. 77 (fig. 1). Compare also to a smaller vase
The long trumpet neck is decorated with upright plantain leaves of this form (48.8 cm.) decorated with similar phoenix handles, also
enclosing scrolls, divided by scrolling lotus blossoms suspending formerly in the Springfield Museums Collection, sold at Christie’s Hong
bejewelled garlands, flanked on both sides with a pair of gilt Kong, 30 November 2020, lot 2909 (fig. 2)
handles each in the form of a phoenix with spreading wings and
grasping a loose ring in the beak. The inner mouth is further 來源
decorated with a broad band of detached lotus scrolls against 史喬沃先生（1832-1923），斯普林菲爾德，麻薩諸塞州，
archaistic keyfrets. 入藏於1910年以前
26À/”ÿ in. (66.5 cm.) high 此尊造型敦碩，色彩艷麗，鳳及鋪首耳作工精細，富麗堂皇，為典型宮
HK$1,000,000-1,500,000 US$130,000-190,000 廷大型陳設器。清宮舊藏一件器形相似的鳳尾尊，同樣飾相似的鎏金銅
鳳及鋪首活環耳，下承鎏金銅獸形腿，總高為 80 公分，見 2011 年北京
PROVENANCE 出版《故宮博物院藏品大系 — 琺瑯器編》，卷 3，圖版 77（圖一）。
George Walter Vincent Smith (1832-1923), Springfield, 另見一件尺寸較小的掐絲琺瑯瓶，飾相似的鎏金鳳耳，同樣出自斯普菲
Massachusetts, acquired prior to 1910 博物館，2020 年 11 月 30 日於香港佳士得拍賣，拍品 2909 號（圖二）。

清乾隆 御製掐絲琺瑯仿古纏枝蓮紋鋪首鳳耳大鳳尾尊

fig. 1 Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing fig. 2 Former collection of the Springfield Museums, sold at Christie’s
圖一 北京故宮博物院藏品 Hong Kong, 30 November 2020, lot 2909
圖二 斯普菲博物館舊藏，2020 年 11 月 30 日於香港佳士得拍賣，拍品 2909 號

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