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This pair of bowls is exquisitely painted in brilliant enamels 本對盌繪明艷花卉卷葉紋飾，以各彩渲染，畫工卓
with elegant floral blooms and a curling leafy scroll unfolding 絕，釉下青花不僅用作勾勒紋飾外形，同時表現花葉
over the exterior surface of the vessels. The different 脈絡，讓圖案更添質感。此對盌滿飾纏枝花卉，以鬪
coloured enamels have been masterfully applied in shaded 彩裝飾，延續成窰雅風，自然秀麗，從曲蔓卷葉又可
washes, while underglaze blue was not merely used to 見西方洛可可風格的影響，臻美典雅，反映雍正皇帝
outline the design but also to paint the veins of flowers and
leaves, thus adding texture to the composition. 對藝文好古喜新的態度。
The classic yet uncontrived composition on these bowls 比較一對例，現藏於東京梅澤記念館，曾展於《清
is testament to the Yongzheng Emperor’s taste for classic 朝陶磁》，MOA美術館，東京，1984年，編號39。
styles of the past and his interest in their reinterpretation 另一例出自 Brian S. McElney 收藏，曾展於《Porcelain
resulting in highly innovative contemporary designs of of the High Qing 1662-1795》，Art Gallery of Greater
outstanding quality. While these bowls echo the past through
their luxurious floral scrolls and use of the doucai palette, Victoria，維多利亞，1983年，編號78。再比較一例，
the archetypal style in the Chenghua period (1465-1487), 載於《世界陶磁全集》，東京，卷12，圖版30。此類
the featheriness of the leafy scrolls displays the influence of 盌亦有售於拍賣會：倫敦蘇富比1972年2月29日拍出
Western Rococo style. 一盌，編號247；還有一盌售於倫敦佳士得1978年12
月11日，編號52；再參考兩盌，分别售於倫敦蘇富比
A closely related pair of bowls in the Umezawa Kinenkan,
Tokyo, was included in the exhibition Shincho tōji [Qing 1969年11月4日，編號107及1996年6月11日，編號100
ceramics], MOA Art Museum, Tokyo, 1984, cat. no. 39; a 。尚有一對盌例，紋飾相近，枝蔓以釉下青花為主，
bowl in the collection of Brian S. McElney, was included 釉上彩顏色較淺，售於香港佳士得1992年9月29日，
in the exhibition Porcelain of the High Qing 1662-1795, Art 編號563。
Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, 1983, cat. no. 78; and
another is published in Sekai tōji zenshū/ Ceramic Art of the 此外也可比較帶雍正年款之盤例，其一出自細川護貞
World, Tokyo, vol. 12, pl. 30. Bowls of this type were also 收藏，圖載於《細川護貞コレクション展 II：清の磁
sold at auction: a pair was sold in our London rooms, 29th 器．波斯の陶器》，熊本縣立美術館，熊本市，卷2
February 1972, lot 247; another pair was sold at Christie’s ，1993年，編號25。另有一盤售於倫敦蘇富比1991年
London, 11th December 1978, lot 52; and two bowls were 12月10日，編號326。
sold in our London rooms, one, 4th November 1969, lot 107,
and another, 11th June 1996, lot 100. Compare also a pair of
bowls with a similar motif but the tendrils painted mostly in
underglaze blue and the enamels somewhat lighter in tone,
sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29th September 1992, lot 563.
A related floral scroll is also found on dishes with Yongzheng
marks and of the period. See for example a dish from
the collection of Morisada Hosokawa, illustrated in The
Collection of Morisada Hosokawa. Qing Porcelain and Persian
Earthenware, Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art,
Kumamoto, vol. II, 1993, cat. no. 25; and a dish sold in our
London rooms, 10th December 1991, lot 326.

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