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Fig. 1 A blue and white ‘floral’ moonflask, seal mark and period of Qianlong
© National Palace Museum, Taipei
圖一 清乾隆 青花纏枝花卉紋夔龍耳大抱月瓶 《大清乾隆年製》款
© 國立故宮博物院，臺北

For its magnificent size, the present moonflask would have been amongst 青花抱月瓶飾纏枝花卉且器形魁碩者稀見
the Qianlong Emperor’s prized possessions. It represents one of the most 無多，可比兩例，乾隆年款，尺寸、紋飾
皆相近，其一，台北故宮博物院館藏，
challenging and advanced pieces made during his reign. The production of
（編號故瓷010814N000000000）（圖一）
exquisitely decorated large and undistorted vessels required considerable ，其二，徐氏藝術館寶蓄，錄《徐氏藝術
expertise from the potter and was a direct result of the Qianlong Emperor’s 館——陶瓷IV・清代》，1995年，圖版74
generous patronage and personal taste. 。另有乾隆年款抱月瓶幾例，尺寸相仿，
頸、足飾蕉葉紋及海水紋，其一，天民樓
Blue and white moonflasks expertly painted with composite floral scrolls of this size 藏，錄約翰・艾爾斯，《天民樓藏瓷・上
and form are rare. See two closely related Qianlong mark and period moonflasks, 冊》，香港，1987年，圖版65；其二，售
similar in size and decoration, one in the National Palace Museum, Taipei (accession 於香港佳士得2010年12月1日，編號3057；
其三，售於香港蘇富比2017年10月3日，編
no. 故瓷010814N000000000) (fig. 1), the other illustrated in The Tsui Museum of
號3610。尚有一例，無款，斷代乾隆，頸
Art: Chinese Ceramics IV, Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1995, pl. 74. For other related 飾蕉葉紋，懷海堂藏，錄《機暇明道：懷
Qianlong mark and period moonflasks of similar size, but decorated with plantain 海堂藏明代中晚期官窰瓷器》，香港中文
leaves and cresting waves to the neck and foot, see one in the S. C. Ko Tianminlou 大學文物館，香港，2013年，頁280-283。
Collection, illustrated in John Ayers, Chinese Porcelain: The S.C. Ko Tianminlou
Collection Part I, Hong Kong, 1987, pl. 65; one sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1st
December 2010, lot 3057, and another sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 3rd October
2017, lot 3610.See another closely related moonflask, unmarked but attributed to
the Qianlong period, and decorated with elaborate plantain leaves to the neck, in the
Huaihaitang Collection illustrated in Enlightening Elegance: Imperial Porcelain of the
Mid to Late Ming, the Huahaitang Collection, Hong Kong, 2013, pp 280-283.

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