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A LARGE GUAN-TYPE RIBBED BOTTLE VASE
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY, QIANLONG SEAL MARK

清十九世紀 仿哥釉瓜棱式貫耳長頸瓶
《大清乾隆年製》仿款

robustly potted with a globular body sweeping up to a tall
tubular neck flanked by a pair of lug handles, the rounded
body gently divided into lobes simulating a gourd, covered
overall save for the unglazed footring with a pale greyish-blue
glaze suffused with brown crackles, the base inscribed with an
apocryphal six-character Qianlong seal mark
42.2 cm, 16⅝ in.

HK$ 500,000-700,000
US$ 64,000-90,000

The elegant form of this vase is heightened through the matrix 貫耳壺形制端雅，釉色明亮，開片紋理秀緻，巧倣南宋浙江
of crackles in the luminous glaze which has been made in 杭州官釉瓷。此壺形制借鑒自南宋官窰瓷例，宋貫耳壺造形
imitation of guan ware of the Southern Song dynasty (1127- 更近青銅器，梨形器身，長貫耳，作弦紋以傚銅器紋飾，可
1279), one of the celebrated official wares made for the court 見清宮舊藏三瓶作例，現存北京故宮，刊載於《故宮博物院
in the capital, Hangzhou in Zhejiang province.
藏文物珍品全集．兩宋瓷器（下）》，香港，1996年，圖版
This vase with its pleasing broad proportions, thick glaze and 40-42。宋徽宗好雅慕古，為青銅玉器一大鑑賞收藏家。其鑑
two-toned crackle effect successfully imitates the 13th century 古思變，時有訂製仿傚古青銅器之瓷例。清代鑑賞文化集古
prototype. It is a reinterpretation of an archaic bronze hu 成風，古瓷新作尤受乾隆皇帝讚賞推崇。
form which was first developed by craftsmen working at the
Guan kilns. The Song version is closer to its bronze prototype, 清代仿古單色釉例包括一瓶例，形制尺寸均與本品相近，底
with its pear-shaped body, long tubular handles and raised 書乾隆仿款，曾售於巴黎佳士得2014年6月11日，編號333。
horizontal ribs which echo the cast decorative bands; for
尚有一雍正款例出自 Gordon 收藏，售於紐約佳士得2011年
example see three vases from the Qing court collection
3月24日，編號1145。
and still in Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection
of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Porcelain of the Song
Dynasty (II), Hong Kong, 1996, pls 40-42. The Northern Song
emperor Huizong (r. 1101-25) was a keen collector of both
bronze and jade and commissioned ceramic vessels after
bronze pieces in his collection. Interest in archaism remained
a strong feature of Chinese connoisseurship in the Qing
dynasty, especially from the Qianlong era.
Other Qing dynasty vases with apocryphal marks have been
sold at auction, including one bearing a Qianlong mark of the
same size and distinctive form, sold at Christie’s Paris, 11th
June 2014, lot 333, and another with a Yongzheng mark from
the Gordon collection, sold at Christie’s New York, 24th March
2011, lot 1145.

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