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A GOLD-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE ‘MILLE- 可能為清乾隆 金地粉彩百花紋折沿盌 六字篆書款

FLEURS’ BOWL 此器所飾百花紋樣又稱百花圖、萬花錦、萬花堆等，結合粉彩與金彩描
繪百花圖，除了底部之外，花紋滿佈全器，不露出瓷底。可參考北京故
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE 宮博物院藏一件「慶宜堂製」款粉彩金地百花大盌，定年嘉慶，載於
《故宮博物院藏文物珍品大系-琺琅彩.粉彩》，香港，1999年，頁208，
AND POSSIBLY OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) 圖版184號。比較一件較小金地粉彩百花紋盌，施藍彩《彩秀堂製》
款，於佳士得香港2013年5月29日拍賣，拍品2295號（圖一）。
The ogee-form bowl is exquisitely decorated to the interior and
exterior in bright enamels to render a dense pattern of floral sprays
including peonies, lotus, hydrangea, chrysanthemum, pinks,
narcissus, and daisies in rich tones of pink, yellow, blue and green,
all reserved on a gilt ground.
8 ¿ in. (20.6 cm.) diam., box

HK$1,600,000-2,800,000 US$210,000-360,000

The dense arrangement of various flowers that decorates this bowl is
known as wanhuajin (myriad flower brocade), as well as baihuadi (ground
of one hundred flowers), and, according to T. T. Bartholomew in Hidden
Meanings in Chinese Art, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 2006,
p. 146, during the Qing dynasty the design conveyed the hope that the
Qing dynasty ‘would last as long as flowers continue to bloom.’

A large bowl decorated in similar motif on a gold ground in the
collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in Porcelains
with Cloisonné Enamel Decoration and Famille Rose Decoration, The
Complete Collection of Treasures from the Palace Museum, vol. 39,
Hong Kong, 1999, p. 208, no. 184. Compare also a small bowl with very
similar decoration and with a blue-enamelled Caixiutang Zhi mark, sold
at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 May 2013, lot 2295 (fig. 1).

262 fig. 1 Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 May 2013, lot 2295
圖一 佳士得香港 2013 年 5 月 29 日拍出，拍品 2295 號