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This vase is particularly notable in its combination of a 本罐器形以高古青銅器為靈感，開片紋則明顯取材自
form inspired by archaic bronzes, with a highly tactile glaze 深得雍正及其他清帝喜愛之宋官窰瓷。宋代瓷器上之
suffused with a fine network of crackles. The latter clearly 開片紋，明清持續流行，兩朝均有仿之，此風至十八
references the celebrated guan wares of the Song dynasty 世紀尤盛。雍正、乾隆慕古好雅，同時積極推動景德
(960-1279), which the Yongzheng (1723-1735) and Qianlong 鎮御窰技術發展，促進仿古釉瓷的燒造。釉面片紋，
emperors particularly admired.
乃瓷器出窰冷卻時刻意調節窰内溫度所至，可成兩層
While the ravishing crackled glazes of the Song period 裂紋，加上染色，敦實古樸。本罐釉面潤澤，開片均
enjoyed an unbroken history of appreciation through the 勻，器足醬色，摹擬宋釉鐵足，尤顯瓷匠造詣。
Ming (1368-1644) and Qing dynasties, reproduction of
these glazes reached a peak in the 18th century. Both the 同器形並帶乾隆年款之開片紋罐甚爲罕見，據現時記
Yongzheng and Qianlong emperor’s passion for these classic 載疑爲孤例。參考一尺寸較大之仿哥釉例，頸較長，
wares and technological advances at the imperial kilns in 飾獸面鋪首耳，乃飛鳥井家族舊藏，售於香港佳士得
Jingdezhen, allowed craftsmen to successfully reproduce
these glazes in relatively large quantities. The fine pattern 2007年5月29日，編號1528。
of crackles was purposefully made by carefully calibrating 器形相同者，以窰變釉更為常見。比較一雍正帶款
the cooling temperature in the kiln, which would produce
two different layers of fissures that were later stained. 例，售於香港蘇富比1980年5月20日，編號125。另一
The technical proficiency of the craftsmen that made this 例則售於倫敦蘇富比1996年12月17日，編號126。
vessel is further evidenced by their ability to recreate both
the unctuous crackled glaze and the dark brown foot, here 本罐器形或仿東周青銅缶，如河南輝縣琉璃閣出土
stained dark brown. 例，圖見蘇芳淑，《Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes from
the Arthur M. Sackler Collections》，華盛頓，1995年，
Qianlong mark and period jars of this form and covered in 圖34.2。
a crackled glaze are unusual, and no other closely related
example appears to have been published. A slightly larger
ge-type vase but modelled with a taller neck and with animal-
mask handles, from the Asukai family collection, was sold at
Christie’s Hong Kong, 29th May 2007, lot 1528.
Vases of this form are more commonly known covered
overall in a flambé glaze; see for example a Yongzheng mark
and period vase with mask handles sold in these rooms, 20th
May 1980, lot 125, and another sold in our London rooms,
17th December 1996, lot 126.
The form of this piece appears to have been inspired by
archaic bronze covered jars, known as fou, which were made
in the Eastern Zhou dynasty (770-256 BC). See for example
a fou unearthed from Liulige, Huixian, Henan province, and
illustrated in Jenny So, Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the
Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Washington D.C., 1995, fig.
34.2.

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