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3240 The form of the present lot is derived from Tibetan altar vases, and is
A RARE FAMILLE ROSE PINK-GROUND
TIBETAN-STYLE ALTAR VASE
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON RED WITHIN A
SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The vase is finely decorated with brilliant enamels to the globular
body with the Bajixiang, Eight Buddhist Emblems, divided by
lotus heads issuing scrolling leaves above a band of overlapping
petals on the base and below the ribbed neck painted in multi-
colour outlined in black. The side and top of the tapering
cylindrical mouth is adorned with further lotus scrolls, and the
raised edge is covered with a turquoise glaze dotted with iron-red
bosses. All are reserved on a soft pink ground. The interior and the example was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2006, lot 1297. A
base are enamelled in turquoise.
10 º in. (26 cm.) high
HK$2,000,000-3,000,000 US$260,000-390,000
清乾隆 粉紅地粉彩纏枝蓮紋八吉祥賁巴瓶
礬紅單方框六字篆書款
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probably based on a jewel-encrusted silver original known as a Bumpa,
the Tibetan word for ‘vase’. Vessels of this type were made for use
in Buddhist temples situated within the Palace grounds, that were
constructed throughout the Qianlong period. For an illustration of a
silver Bumpa, see Cultural Relics of Tibetan Buddhism Collected in the
Qing Palace, Beijing, 1996, pl. 146; where the author mentions Bumpa
vessels were originally used in Tibet for displaying sprays of herbs and
placed in front of images of Buddha.
Three pairs of similar famille rose Bumpa vases, each pair decorated
with different coloured-ground, from the Fonthill Heirlooms were
sold at Christie’s London, 18 October 1971, lot 71, of rose-pink ground;
lot 72, ruby-red ground; lot 73, yellow-ground. The rose-pink pair in
particular is very similar to the present lot. Another rose pink-ground
further turquoise-ground example in the Shanghai Museum collection
is illustrated in Chugoku Toji Zenshu, Kyoto, 1981, vol. 12, pl. 130, as
well as in Qingdai ciqi shangjian, Hong Kong, 1994, pp. 119-120.
此瓶形制仿照一類西藏嵌寶銀瓶，稱作「賁巴」，為佛前供
器。乾隆期間，景德鎮御窯廠燒製了大量的賁巴瓶及賁巴
壺，應與乾隆皇帝好佛有關。放山居珍藏裏有三對不同色地
的賁巴瓶，紋飾及器形與本器相似，一對為粉紅地、一對
為胭脂紅地、一對為黃地，1971年10月18日於倫敦佳士得拍
賣，拍品71、72、73號。另一件粉紅地例子2006年5月30日
於香港佳士得拍賣，拍品1297號。另可參考一件松石綠地例
子，為上海博物館藏品，著錄於1994年香港出版《清代瓷器
賞鑑》，119-120頁。