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The very rare mallet-shaped vase is yet another piece inspired PROPERTY FROM THE GENGDU SHUWU COLLECTION
by a Yuan master, this time that of Ni Zan (fig. 4). The silky 耕讀書屋珍藏
white background created by the fine porcelain body and soft 3061
glaze is a perfect backdrop for Ni’s pared-down style. In the
early Yongzheng period under the supervision of Nian Xiyao A VERY RARE ENAMELLED ‘LANDSCAPE’
and Tang Ying, the imperial kiln developed a new black enamel MALLET-FORM VASE
which made it possible to create ink-like painting on porcelain, YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)
even to the effect of shading and rendering as seen in the distant
mountains. The subtle monochrome brushwork is accented The vase is delicately potted with a flat base and domed body rising
with blue and green enamels which takes inspiration from Tang to a tall cylindrical neck. The body is superbly decorated with
blue and green landscape paintings. The overall effect is that of an idyllic landscape with pavilions set against trees next to a river
restraint and archaism in a completely new style, and very much inhabited by figures on boats. The base is decorated in underglaze
the taste of the Yongzheng emperor. blue with a motif comprising a ruyi, brush and ingot.
8¬ in. (22 cm.) high
HK$500,000-800,000 US$65,000-100,000
此件難得的雙陸尊上的山水畫也有元代遺風，接近倪瓚《紫
芝山房圖》（圖四）的風格。瓷器細膩的胎土及勻淨的釉 PROVENANCE
色，非常適合襯托倪瓚疏淡的畫風。在雍正年間，御窯廠在 Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 25 April 2004, lot 47
年希堯，唐英兩位督陶官的指導下，研發出新的墨彩，使得 A closely related vase of very similar decoration, size and form, also
釉上彩也能做出水墨暈染的效果，表達在遠山若隱若現的感 with a ruyi-brush-ingot motif on the base, dating to the Yongzheng
period, was donated by the eminent connoisseur Sun Yingzhou (1893-
覺尤為明顯。淡雅的赭墨用青彩與綠彩提點，夾帶了唐代青 1966) to the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Geng Baochang
綠山水的味道。整體的風格簡練，古雅卻又帶有新意，非常 ed., Sun Yingzhou de taoci shijie, Beijing, 2003, no. 136 (fig. A). Another
vase of the same size, form and with the same motif on the base, but
符合雍正皇帝的品味。 decorated with flowers and butterflies on a celadon ground, is in the
Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Porcelains with Cloisonne Enamel
Decoration and Famille Rose Decoration, The Complete Collection
of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1999, no. 78. The
combination of ruyi, brush and ingot forms the rebus biding ruyi, ‘the
fulfilment of wishes is granted’.

清雍正 彩繪山水人物圖雙陸尊
來源
香港蘇富比，2004 年 4 月 25 日，拍品 47 號
著名陶瓷鑑定家孫瀛洲捐贈予故宮博物院的文物精品當中，包括一件器
型、紋飾、尺寸均與本品非常接近的雙陸
尊，同樣定年雍正，底畫「必定如意」款，
著錄於《孫瀛洲的陶瓷世界》，北京，2003
年，圖 136（圖 A）。北京故宮博物院另藏
一件底畫相同款的雍正青釉地粉彩雙陸尊，
器型及尺寸與本瓶接近，上飾花蝶圖，著
錄於故宮博物院文物珍品全集《琺瑯彩．
粉彩》，香港，1999 年，圖 78 號。 (mark)

fig. 4 Purple Lingzhi Mountain Retreat, Ni Zan, Yuan Dynasty, fig. A Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing
Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei 圖 A 北京故宮博物院藏品
262 圖四 元 倪瓚《紫芝山房圖》國立故宮博物院藏品