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AN EXTREMELY RARE IMPERIAL PAINTED The present lot belongs to a very small and rare group of unmarked
painted enamel wares referred to by Yang Boda from the Beijing Palace
ENAMEL VASE Museum as the earliest experimental Beijing enamelled wares made
at the palace enamel workshops during the Kangxi period. In his essay
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722) ‘A Preliminary Study of Enamel-Painted Wares with Reign Marks of
Kangxi’, Palace Museum Journal, Beijing, 1980, Yang notes that this
The vase is of hu form, delicately painted in green, blue, aubergine, group of early enamelled wares share similar characteristics such
yellow, brown and red enamels and gilt lines with a continuous as thick enamelling, free painting style, slightly uneven surface and
landscape depicting Shoulao riding a deer with a ruyi sceptre in relatively heavy metal body, attributes which could also be seen on the
his hand, followed by an attendant holding a staff suspending a current vase. It is interesting to note the use of the gilt decorations in
double gourd on one side, the other side with another immortal highlighting the scene on the vase. It creates a pleasing visual contrast
carrying a peach branch, divided by pine trees, bamboo and lingzhi to the matte enamel colours and this decorative technique appears to
issuing from craggy rocks. The scene is further detailed with two be a distinctive feature on this rare group of early panted enamel wares.
cranes and a bat in flight, all against a white ground. The interior is
covered with white enamel, the mouth and foot rims and the base Compare to two related unmarked examples also enamelled in a similar
are gilt. palette against a white ground and attributed to the early Qing period.
8 æ in. (22.3 cm.) high The first is a meiping decorated with figures from the Palace Museum,
illustrated in Metal-bodied Enamel Ware, The Complete Collection of
HK$300,000-500,000 US$39,000-65,000 Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2002, no. 171 (fig. 1); the
other is a meiping adorned with immortals in celestial paradise, sold at
PROVENANCE Christie’s Hong Kong, 28 November 2012, lot 2330 (fig. 2).

An American private collection 此器琺瑯釉料濃厚，紋飾凹凸鮮明，畫風奔放，應屬康熙初年造辦處琺
The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, 1993 瑯作最早燒造的一批畫琺瑯器，非常珍貴。這類琺瑯器一般不帶款，多
以白釉為地，為試驗階段之作品，傳世品極少，參考北京故宮博物院收
EXHIBITED 藏一件相關的梅瓶，見2002年香港出版故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集《金
屬胎畫琺瑯》，圖版171號（圖一）。另一相近例子2012年11月28日於香
Chinese Painted Enamels of the 18th Century, International Fine 港佳士得拍賣，拍品2330號（圖二）。
Art and Antique Dealers Show, New York, 14 October 1993-
21 October 1993, continued at the Galleries of The Chinese
Porcelain Company, New York, 23 October 1993-6 November
1993, Catalogue, no. 1

清康熙 銅胎畫琺瑯壽比松齡壺

來源
美國私人收藏
The Chinese Porcelain Company，紐
約，1993年

展覽
1993年10月及11月先後於紐約國際古
董展及The Chinese Porcelain Company
《Chinese Painted Enamels of the 18th
Century》展覽中展出，目錄1號

fig. 1 Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing fig. 2 Christie’s Hong Kong, 28 November 2012,
圖一 北京故宮博物院藏品
lot 2330
圖二 香港佳士得，2012 年 11 月 28 日，拍品 2330 號

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