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A FINE AND RARE FAMILLE ROSE ‘SANDUO’ TEA 清雍正 粉彩三多紋茶圓 雙方框六字楷書款

BOWL 「三多圖」為清代工藝品上常見的題材，多以石榴，佛手及桃實作為紋
飾，因石榴象徵多子，佛手中的「佛」與「福」字音相似；桃又稱壽桃，
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE 含長壽之意。三者合之，寓意多子、多福、多壽，是謂「三多」。雖然
如此，「三多」的組合並非定式，有時亦可見其中一果被替換成其他果
WITHIN A DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735) 物之例。龍眼自漢代即常與荔枝並稱，並有亞荔枝，荔枝奴等別名。荔
枝的「荔」與「利」同音，可見此茶圓紋飾寓意多子﹑多壽﹑多利。
The exterior of the cup is delicately painted in famille rose palette
with the ‘sanduo’ fruits, including two rosy-pink peaches borne 雍正三多紋茶圓相當罕見，其中又以鬥彩之例較為多見，粉彩之例則極
on a leafy branch, two pomegranates, one of which revealing the 為珍罕。僅知 A.E. Hippisley 舊藏一對，於 Anderson Galleries 拍賣，紐約，
ruby-red seeds, and a spray of five longan fruits. The centre of the 1925 年 1 月 30 日，拍品 194 號（圖一）。仇焱之亦舊藏一對，但其上
interior is painted with three small peaches in iron red. 描繪之石榴及壽桃僅有一只。仇氏之例曾三度於蘇富比上拍，最近一次
3 ¡ in. (8.6 cm.) diam., box 為 2004 年 4 月 25 日於香港蘇富比拍賣，拍品 247 號。

HK$1,800,000-2,800,000 US$240,000-360,000

The three types of fruiting branches combined together forms the
‘Three Abundances’, sanduo, and together they symbolise the wish for
numerous sons, a long life and boundless benefits.

Yongzheng-marked bowls of this pattern are extremely rare and very
few examples are known. A similar pair of sanduo bowls from the A.E.
Hippisley Collection, also of Yongzheng mark and period, was sold at
Anderson Galleries, New York, 30 January 1925, lot 194 (fig. 1). A similar
pair of sanduo bowls, also of Yongzheng mark and period, from the E. T.
Chow Collection, was sold three times at Sotheby’s over the past half-
century, the most recent being 5 April 2004, at Sotheby’s Hong Kong,
lot 247. On the E. T. Chow bowls, however, only one fruit was borne on
the peach and pomegranate branches.

fig. 1 圖一

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