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fig. 2 Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing fig. 3 Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing
圖二 北京故宮博物院藏品 圖三 北京故宮博物院藏品

were of absolutely even thickness and outline if they were to avoid 此等佳妙之作應是為裝點宮廷而燒製的御瓷，北京紫禁城儲
splitting and warping in the kiln. It was a mark of the skill of the 秀宮內仍有一對近似的六方尊，二者曾亮相於2012年央視
potters at the imperial kilns that faceted forms became more numerous
in the 18th century, amongst both blue and white and monochrome 紀錄片《故宮100》第68集。儲秀宮於明代落成，地處西六
porcelains.
宮之東北角，乃妃嬪居所。該處原名壽昌宮，嘉靖年間(公元
Impressive vases of this type would have been intended to adorn 1522-66年)始易今名。另一近似例為南京博物院珍藏，著
Imperial palaces and a pair of such vessels were displayed in the 錄於《中國清代官窯瓷器》頁212(上海：2003)；國內知名學
Forbidden City, Beijing, in the Palace of Gathering Excellence (儲秀
宮 Chuxiugong). The Palace of Gathering Excellence was originally 者耿寶昌在其扛鼎之作《明清瓷器鑒定》(香港：1993)中亦
built in the Ming dynasty and was in the north-eastern section of 曾收錄一件近似之作，圖見頁274圖版469。
the Six Western Palaces, where the empress and imperial concubines
lived. The palace was originally called the Palace of Longevity (壽昌
宮 Shouchanggong), but the name was changed in the Jiajing reign 松岡美術館藏中也有一例六方尊，圖見《松岡美術館藏名品
(1522-66). A similar vase from the collection of the Nanjing Museum 圖錄》圖版102(東京：1975)。拍場上亮相的近似例寥寥可
is published in The Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, 數，香港佳士得曾於1998年4月27日拍出 (拍品編號724) 拍
Shanghai, 2003, pl. 212, and a vase of this type was also included by
the respected Chinese scholar Geng Baochang in his major publication 出一例，其形狀、大小與紋飾俱與本拍品十分接近，現為莊
Ming Qing ciqi jianding, Hong Kong, 1993, p. 274, pl. 469. 紹綏先生珍藏，圖見《中國瓷器：莊紹綏收藏》頁118-9編號

A further example of this type of vase is in the collection of the 36(香港：2009)。香港佳士得2022年5月30日曾拍賣另一
Matsuoka Museum of Art (illustrated in Selected Masterpieces of the 例，拍品2877號。
Matsuoka Museum of Art, Tokyo, 1975, pl. 102). A small number of
such vases have been sold at auction, including an example very similar
to the current vase in shape, size and design, which is now in the
collection of Alan Chuang, having been sold by Christie’s Hong Kong
27 April, 1998, lot 724 (illustrated in The Alan Chuang Collection of
Chinese Porcelain, Hong Kong. 2009, pp. 118-9, no. 36), and one sold at
Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2022, lot 2877.

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