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The form of the present vase is inspired by archaic bronze prototypes, 鳩耳壺以古代青銅器為藍本，如《西清古鑑》裡有著錄與本器造型
such as a Zhou dynasty bronze hu with a similar cross design enclosing 非常接近的「周宜壺」，同樣兩側有獸面耳，壺身飾十字紋，中間菱
a diamond-shaped centre and similar mask handles, illustrated in the 形紋飾，見卷十九，頁二十二（圖一）。雍正乾隆朝瓷器受其啟發，
Xiqing Gujian (Catalogue of Chinese ritual bronzes in the collecion
of the Qianlong emperor), first published in 1793, in vol. 19 page 22 有青花、各類單色釉品種，但暫未見與本器完全相同的青花例子，
(fig. 1). Although other archaistic hu vases from the Qianlong period of 有可能是孤品。
this shape are known, it appears this is the only recorded underglaze blue
decorated hu vase with this specific design. 最接近例子為北京故宮博物院藏一件乾隆青花壺，尺寸、器形、紋
飾與本器非常相似，惟十字開光內增添花卉紋，副紋飾也略為不同
The closest example is a Qianlong-marked blue and white hu of identical （圖二），著錄於《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集: 青花釉裏紅》，下，
form and similar size and design, but with added floral designs within 香港，2000年，圖138。
the four cartouches around the cross, in the Palace Museum Collection,
Beijing (fig. 2), illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the 另可比較數件單色釉例子，如2002年4月29日香港佳士得拍賣一
Palace Museum, Blue and White Porcelain with Underglaze Red, III, Hong
Kong, 2000, no. 138. 件乾隆茶葉末釉壺，拍品666；2017年11月7日倫敦佳士得拍賣一
件雍正仿官釉壺，拍品269號；玫茵堂藏一件乾隆仿官釉例子，
A teadust-glazed hu vase of similar shape, archaistic design and applied 著錄於康君蕊著《Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang
with very similar dragon handles from the Qianlong period was sold at Collection》，倫敦，1994年，卷2，圖873；北京故宮博物院藏
Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 April 2002, lot 666. Another large guan-type 一件雍正茶葉末釉例子，著錄於《故宮珍藏康雍乾瓷器圖錄》，
archaistic hu vase with strips and bosses decoration from the Yongzheng 香港，1989年，圖版127。
period was sold at Christie’s London, 7 November 2017, lot 269.
Other related vases with various different glazes are known, including a
Qianlong period guan-type vase, illustrated by Regina Krahl in Chinese
Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 1994, vol. II, no.
873. Yongzheng period examples include a teadust-glazed vase, also
in the collection of the Beijing Palace Museum, illustrated in Kangxi,
Yongzheng, Qianlong: Qing Porcelain from the Palace Museum Collection,
Hong Kong, 1989, p. 298, pl. 127.

fig. 1 Xiqing Gujian, p. 22. fig. 2 Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing
圖一 西清古鑑，頁二十二 圖二 北京故宮博物院藏品
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