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Painted enamels were known as ‘foreign enamels’. The technique was 此包袱罐構圖繁複，發色艷麗，畫工細膩，誠為宮廷造辦處琺瑯作恭造
developed in Europe in Flanders at the borders between Belgium, 之精品，當中紋飾結合西洋及日本風格，以華麗洛可可風花卉紋配合錦
France and Netherlands. In late 15th century the town Limoges, in
west central France, became the centre for enamel production. As 繡包袱紋。此罐以雍正時代的包袱罐為原型，如台北國立故宮博物院藏
the maritime trade flourished between East and West, enamels were 一件形制及紋飾都一樣的雍正款蓋罐，著錄於 1999 年台北出版的《明
introduced to China via the trading port Canton (Guangzhou). The Qing 清琺瑯器展覽圖錄》，圖版 108 號。同書亦收錄一件乾隆款的同類例子，
court then set up Imperial ateliers to produce enamelled metal wares 見同上，圖版 109 號。另知四件乾隆款的相同例子，第一、二件藏北京
in the Kangxi period. In the early period, due to insufficient technical 故宮博物院，著錄於 2011 年北京出版《故宮博物院藏品大系：琺瑯器
knowledge, only small vessels were made, with limited palette and
murky colours. By the late Kangxi period, a wider range of brighter and 篇 5》，圖版 141、142 號（圖一）；第三、四件為一對，由莫里森及放
purer colours became available, resulting in clearer decorations and a 山居先後遞藏，2004 年 11 月 9 日於倫敦佳士得拍賣，拍品 20 號。
higher level of technical sophistication.
This exquisitely decorated jar represents some of the finest enamel
works by the palace workshop in the Qianlong period. The elaborate
design, incorporating many foreign elements such as the rococo-style
foliage and simulated sash, can be traced back to works made in the
Yongzheng period. The National Palace Museum, for example, has a
covered jar of identical design bearing a Yongzheng mark, illustrated
in Enamel Ware in the Ming and Ch’ing Dynasties, Taipei, 1999, pl. 108.
The same publication also illustrated a Qianlong-marked example
identical to the current jar, ibid., pl. 109. Four other identical examples
with Qianlong marks are known: the first two are in the Beijing Palace
Museum, illustrated in Enamels 5, Compendium of Collections in
the Palace Museum, Beijing, 2011, pls. 141 and 142 (fig. 1); the third
and fourth form the pair formerly in the Alfred Morrison and Fonthill
Collections, sold at Christie’s London, 9 November 2004, lot 20.

fig. 1 Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing
圖一 北京故宮博物院藏品

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