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fig. 2 A famille rose ‘peony’ tianqiuping, Yongzheng mark and period (1723-1735)
Collection of Tokyo National Museum
Image: TNM Image Archives
圖二 清雍正 粉彩牡丹紋天球瓶
東京國立博物館藏品

Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, vol. 38, 彩，再用較低的窯溫二次燒成。每次窯燒，均會出現
Hong Kong, 1999, p. 274, no. 251)(fig. 3). Even the famous Qianlong 若干廢品，而變形和開裂的問題較常見於大型器物，
doucai dragon moon flask in the Palace Museum (illustrated by E.
S. Rawski and J. Rawson (eds.) in China – The Three Emperors 1662- 所以能符合御瓷嚴格要求的大型鬥彩器，其造價定然
1795, London, 2005, pp. 294-5, no. 217) is 6 cms. smaller than the 不菲。迄今為止，北京故宮似乎僅發表過一例乾隆鬥
current vase, while the large Qianlong doucai charger, decorated
with the Eight Buddhist Emblems, from the imperial collection 彩描金進寶圖雙螭耳瓶，便足證此言非虛，該瓶高度
in the Nanjing Museum (illustrated in Qing Imperial Porcelain of the 與本拍品相若，圖見《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集
Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong Reigns, Nanjing, 1995, no. 104) is 5
cm. smaller. The famous Qianlong doucai flask with a design of a 38：五彩、鬥彩》頁274編號251（香港：1999）（圖三）。
farmer ploughing his fields (inspired by the 1696 Yuzhi Gengzhi tu, 即便是北京故宮珍藏名作乾隆鬥彩龍紋抱月瓶，亦比
Imperially commissioned Pictures of Tilling and Weaving) in the 本拍品矮 6 厘米，圖見 E.S. Rawski 及 J. Rawson 合編的
collection of the Tianjin Museum of Art (illustrated in Zhongguo
wenwu jinghua daquan – Taoci juan, Taipei, 1993, p. 442, no. 936) is of 《盛世華章》展覽圖錄（倫敦：2005）頁 294-5 編號
comparable size to the current vase. 217；南京博物院宮廷珍藏乾隆鬥彩八吉祥大盤，亦比

A Qianlong tianqiuping with doucai decoration, but of smaller 本拍品矮 5 厘米，圖見《清瓷萃珍：清代康雍乾官窯
size (H: 42 cm.) is in the collection of the Matsuoka Museum of 瓷器》編號 104（南京：1995）。天津市藝術博物館
Art in Japan (illustrated in Masterpieces of Oriental Ceramics from
Matsuoka Museum of Art, Japan, 1997, p. 43, no. 33). A Qianlong 藏中著名的乾隆鬥彩耕織圖瓶（這類題材脫胎於 1696
imperial tianqiuping decorated in underglaze red and blue with 年作《御製耕織圖》），其大小與本拍品相若，圖見
some celadon areas, and another decorated in underglaze blue, and
a further Qianlong tianqiuping with monochrome blue glaze, of 《中國文物精華大全：陶瓷卷》頁 442 編號 936（台
slightly larger size to the current vase, are in the collection of the 北：1993）。日本松岡美術館亦珍藏一例略小的乾隆
Nanjing Museum (illustrated in in Qing Imperial Porcelain of the 鬥彩天球瓶（高 42 厘米），圖見《松岡美術館名品
Kangxi, Yongxzheng and Qianlong Reigns, Nanjing, 1995, nos. 80, 77
and 66, respectively). 展：東洋陶磁の精華》頁 43 編號 33（日本：1997）。

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