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A FINE AND RARE BLUE-GLAZED OVOID 清康熙 霽藍釉月牙耳罐 雙圈六字楷書款
JAR, YUEYA ER GUAN

KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A 來源
DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722) 約 2002 年入藏
The tapering body is carved to two sides with a pair of crescent-shaped
handles in relief and covered overall with a rich dark blue colour stopping 展覽
just below the mouth rim. 借展明尼阿波利斯美術館，2003-2020 年
7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm.) high
出版
HK$2,000,000-3,000,000 Robert Jacobsen，葉佩蘭及朱湯生：《清代康雍乾宮窯瓷器：望星
樓藏瓷》，香港，2004 年，222 至 223 頁，圖版 86 號
US$260,000-380,000
月牙耳罐，又稱日月罐，因罐側彎月形耳而命名，創燒於康熙朝，但多
見粉青釉例子，霽藍釉罐非常少見。此類蓋罐應該是供清宮裝置茶
PR O V EN A N C E 葉而製的茶葉罐，例如乾隆時期《點查報告》上稱類似的豆青釉月牙
Acquired circa 2002 蓋罐為「乾隆款豆綠茶罐」。

E XH IB I TE D 國立故宮博物院藏一件類似的康熙霽藍釉罐，著錄於《清康雍乾名
On loan to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2003-2020 瓷特展》，台北，1986年，圖27號。中文大學文物館藏另一例，著錄
於《清瓷薈珍》，香港，1995年，圖68號。
L I T E R A TUR E
Robert Jacobsen, Ye Peilan and Julian Thompson: Imperial Perfection. 另可參考國立故宮博物院藏一件康熙款冬青釉蓋罐，器形及紋飾均
The Palace Porcelain of Three Chinese Emperors, Kangxi - Yongzheng - 與本拍品相似，文物圖檔編號C1B001287N000000000PAE。
Qianlong, Hong Kong, 2004, pp. 222, no. 86

Jars of this form with a cover are sometimes called ri yue guan (‘sun and
moon jar’), or yueya er guan (‘jar with crescent moon handles’), where the
cover is supposed to represent the sun and the crescents at the sides
the moon. This form appears to have originated in the Kangxi period,
however, it is very rare to find one example with blue glaze. A closely related
vessel from the Kangxi period in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, is
illustrated in Qing Kang Yong Qian ming ci tezhan (Catalogue of the Special
Exhibition of K’ang-his, Yung-chen and Chi’ien-lung Porcelain Ware from
the Ch’ing Dynasty in the National Palace Museum), Taipei, 1986, no. 27.
An example identified specifically as a tea caddy is illustrated in Empty
Vessels, Replenished Minds: The Culture, Practice, and Art of Tea, National
Palace Museum, Taipei, 2002, p. 178, no. 156; and another in Qing Imperial
Porcelain of the Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong Reigns, Art Gallery, the
Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995, no. 68.
Vessels of this shape from the Qianlong period are usually covered with
a celadon glaze, see a jar and cover from the Qianlong period, illustrated
by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London,
1994, vol. II, p. 211, no. 866, and subsequently sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong,
3 April 2012, lot 14. Also compare to a Qianlong period vessel of the same
shape and with celadon-glaze sold at Christie’s London, 8 November
2011, lot 323 and another jar from the Studio of the Clear Garden, sold at
Christie’s New York, 22 March 2018, lot 615.

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