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AN IMPRESSIVE CARVED THREE-COLOUR 清中期 剔彩纏枝蓮紋鋪首耳大尊
LACQUER BALUSTER VASE
MID-QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY 此尊體大敦碩，雕工俐落有勢，富麗堂皇，罕見非常。暫只知
另一相同例子，可能與本拍品本為一對，2004 年 11 月 1 日於香
The magnificent vase is decorated with two gilt-bronze loose-ring
monster mask handles to the shoulder. The exterior of the vase is 港佳士得拍賣，拍品 1000 號，著錄於 2006 年香港出版《香港
crisply carved through layers of ochre-yellow, green and cinnabar- 佳士得二十週年回顧 1986-2006：中國瓷器及工藝品精選》，
red lacquer with a sumptuous design of upright and pendent 頁 309（圖一）。
Indian lotus blossoms and flowerbuds growing on scrolling vines 此尊無論紋飾或造型都非常獨特，與香港佳士得 2001 年 4 月 29
bearing trailing leaves, all between lappet panels to the neck 日拍賣的一件乾隆黃地洋彩大瓷瓶有許多對應的元素，尤其是
and foot enclosing a pair of confronting phoenix with archaistic
angular scrollwork bodies above a peony bloom. The mouth and 器形、鎏金鋪首耳，以及繁縟的洛可可式花紋（圖二）。清代
foot rim are decorated with carved key-fret bands. The interior is 不同材質的宮廷藝術品，往往會互相參考及影響，因此本尊與
lacquered red and the base lacquered black. 上述洋彩瓶非常有可能是同時期製作、相互輝映的作品。
26 ¬ in. (67.5 cm.) high
另可參考一件尺寸相若的清中期剔彩大瓶，雖為海棠式，但
HK$600,000-800,000 US$77,000-100,000 其鋪首耳及仿古紋飾與本拍品相若，可資比較，2014 年 9 月
Only one other lacquer vase of this design is known, an 18-19 日於紐約佳士得拍賣，拍品 1088 號。
almost identical vase was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 本尊上仿古紋飾一般多見於小型漆器上，例如故宮博物院藏兩
November 2004, lot 1000, and illustrated in Christie’s 20 Years 件清中期剔紅仿古銅器，著錄於《故宮博物院藏雕漆》，香港，
in Hong Kong, 1986-2006: Chinese Ceramics and Works of
Art Highlights, Hong Kong, 2006, p. 309 (fig. 1). Few others 1985 年，圖版 324、325 號。
can rival the present lot for its imposing stature and opulent
decoration which combines archaism with the distinctive
pseudo-rococo style of dense floral motifs prevalent in the
mid-Qing period.
This vase compares very closely with a porcelain counterpart,
a spectacular famille rose yellow-ground baluster vase of
very similar shape, size and floral motifs, sold at Christie’s
Hong Kong, 29 April 2001, lot 555 (fig. 2). It is highly likely
that one of these two vases was made to emulate the other
in a different medium. In both cases, the elaborate foliate
scroll decoration has been intricately rendered and because
of the density of the design, conveys a sense of horror vacui, a
characteristic element of the 18th-century rococo style.
The lacquer decoration on the present vase is rarely seen on
such a massive vase, compare a three-colour lacquer lobed
vase of a similar size also decorated with two gilt-bronze
handles and archaistic lappets sold at Christie’s New York,
18-19 September 2014, lot 1088. This type of design is more fig. 1 After Christie’s 20 Years in Hong Kong, 1986-2006: Chinese
Ceramics and Works of Art Highlights, Hong Kong, 2006, p. 309
often found on lacquer pieces on a much smaller scale. For 圖一 《香港佳士得二十週年回顧 1986-2006：中國瓷器及工藝品精選》，
example, the lotus scroll design can be found on a Qianlong- 香港，2006 年，頁 309
marked circular box and cover, illustrated in Carved Lacquer
in the Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, 1985, pl. 356;
while pls. 324 and 325 illustrate two vases with archaistic
motifs of phoenix and lappet panels.
Lacquer vases as large as the present lot are extremely
rare. Compare a few examples which are nearly as large,
a tianqiuping with dragons in the Palace Museum, Beijing,
illustrated ibid., pl. 306; and a bottle vase with landscape
panels from the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco,
illustrated in Hai-wai Yi-chen, Chinese Art in Overseas
Collections - Lacquerware, Taipei, 1987, pl. 166.

fig. 2 Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 April 2001, lot 555
圖二 香港佳士得，2001 年 4 月 29 日，拍品 555 號
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