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The present type of ewer is known as a ‘pure water ewer’ and was used 奔巴壺用以盛裝淨水，為藏傳佛教的供器之一。乾隆朝初期依照金屬供器原
by monks to pour holy water into the cupped hands of the person to be 型燒造瓷供器，如藏式塔龕、奔巴壺、多穆壺、七政寶、八吉祥等。瓷土塑形
blessed. Two styles of these ewers were made during the Qianlong period,
one with a slender silhouette including a pagoda-form cover, which first 窯燒因相對方便，因此瓷器逐漸取代金屬器成為主要的供器。而且瓷器品
appeared during the Kangxi period; the other with a canopy-style mouth 類衆多，釉彩豐富，利於創造出多種繽紛華麗的裝飾組合。乾隆時期的造辦
like the present example, which first appeared during the Qianlong period, 處檔案有多筆關於瓷供具的紀錄。乾隆二十四年閏六月十八日：「…太監胡
and retained its popularity through the Jiaqing period. Compare a Kangxi 世傑交銅掐絲琺琅五供一分、銅掐絲琺琅八供一分、銀塔一座、銅奔巴壺一
and a Qianlong blue and white Tibetan-style ewer of the first type in 件、銀寶瓶一件、金瓖松石甘露瓶一件、銅鍍金輪二件。傳旨：著照交出供
the Palace Museum, Beijing, with the Qianlong example showing close
resemblance in form to its predecessor but painted on the body of the 器俱各畫樣…准時俱交舒善做木樣帶往江西燒造磁塔、磁奔巴壺、磁甘露
exterior with the Eight Buddhist Emblems supported on lotus blooms 瓶、磁輪各一對…。」此段文字記載了清宮依金屬供具製作畫樣，以畫樣旋
instead of a tasselled garland with lion masks, see Kangxi, Yongzheng, 木樣，再發往景德鎮燒製瓷供具的過程。
Qianlong: Qing Porcelain from the Palace Museum Collection, Hong Kong,
1989, p. 26, no. 9, and The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace
Museum, Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red (III), Hong Kong, 乾隆官窯燒製的奔巴壺有兩種式樣，一種如本壺，器頂形如平台傘蓋狀，始
2010, p. 154, no. 140, respectively. Compare also with a Kangxi doucai 燒於乾隆，流行於乾隆、嘉慶二朝。另一種器蓋高聳，狀若寶塔，始燒於康
Tibetan-style ewer with a cover possibly replaced during the Qianlong 熙時期。乾隆三十一年十月初四造辦處檔案記載：「…太監胡世傑交青花白
period, illustrated in Gugong bowuyuan cang Qingdai yuyao ciqi, vol. 1-1, 底磁奔巴壺一件（隨木座）。傳旨：著畫樣呈覽，准時發往江西照樣燒造。欽
Beijing, 2005, pp. 200-201, no. 63, which shares the same decoration as 此。」胡世傑上交的可能就是康熙時期的青花奔巴壺，御窯廠再依其畫樣進
its contemporary blue and white ewer.
行仿燒。北京故宮博物院藏有該式康熙、乾隆青花奔巴壺各一，可資比較，
The majority of the Qianlong Tibetan-style ewers are of the second type, 分載於故宮珍藏康雍乾瓷器圖錄，香港，1989年，圖版9號，及故宮博物院
and are decorated in a variety of schemes, see for example, four variously 藏文物珍品全集《青花釉裏紅（下）》，香港，2010年，頁154，圖版140號。
decorated ewers in the National Palace Museum, formerly kept at the
Bishushanzhuang in Chengde, illustrated in Monarchy and Its Buddhist
Way: Tibetan-Buddhist Ritual Implements in the National Palace Museum, 北京故宮博物院另藏有一件康熙鬥彩奔巴壺，其蓋與身、口略顯不合，
Taipei, 1999, pp. 188-189, no. 95 (fig. 1). 似非原配，見《故宮博物院藏清代御窯瓷器》，卷一（上），北京，2005年，
頁200-201，圖版63號。該件奔巴壺可能就是乾隆造辦處檔案中提及依樣
There are only a few other Qianlong doucai ewers sharing the nearly 配蓋的那一件，見乾隆三十三年十月二十二日造辦處檔案：「…太監胡世傑
identical decoration as the present ewer appear to be known, one is in 交五彩磁奔巴壺一件（木座）。傳旨：著配蓋，先畫樣，准時發往江西燒造。
the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, illustrated by He Li, Chinese
Ceramics, London, 1996, no. 162; the other was sold at Christie’s Hong 欽此。」
Kong, 31 March 1992, lot 626, which has restoration to the spout and
small beaded areas. Further, another sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 2 May 比較康乾二朝的奔巴壺，乾隆時期的作品風格明顯較絢爛華麗。現存多數
2000, lot 677, and again at Christie's Hong Kong, 9 July 2020, lot 2706. 乾隆官窯瓷奔巴壺均為清宮舊藏，許多曾置於熱河行宮。台北故宮博物院
1999年《皇權與佛法：藏傳佛教法器特展》中曾展出四件原存熱河釉彩各
異的瓷奔巴壺，見該展圖錄頁188-189，圖版95 (圖一)。

紋飾與此壺近乎相近的鬥彩奔巴壺傳世極少，一為舊金山亞洲藝術博物館
藏品，見何利著《Chinese Ceramics》，倫敦，1996年，編號162。一曾
於1992年3月31日於香港佳士得拍賣，拍品626號，其流及連珠紋等
處有修復。再比一例，於香港蘇富比2000年5月2日，拍品677，及香港
佳士得，2020年7月9日，拍品2706號先後賣出。

fig. 1 Four variously decorated Tibetan-style ewers, Qianlong period. Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei
圖一 乾隆瓷奔巴壺四件 國立故宮博物院藏品

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