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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION 明嘉靖 黃地紅彩雲龍紋罐
A VERY RARE YELLOW-GROUND AND IRON- 《大明嘉靖年製》款
RED DECORATED ‘DRAGON’ JAR,
MARK AND PERIOD OF JIAJING 來源：
h. 13.4 cm 大阪萬野美術館藏品，編號388
香港佳士得2002年10月28日，編號540
PROVENANCE 出版：
Collection of the Manno Art Museum, Osaka, no. 388. 《萬野コレクション撰集》，大阪，1988年，
Christie’s Hong Kong, 28th October 2002, lot 540.
圖版117
LITERATURE
Selected Masterpieces of the Manno Collection, Osaka, 1988,
pl. 117.

HK$ 2,500,000-3,500,000
US$ 320,000-448,000

Contrasting colours and longevity motifs are perhaps the two 嘉靖御瓷，顏色比對分明，紋飾寓意祥瑞。五爪龍紋
most characteristic features of Jiajing imperial porcelains. 與靈芝圖案並飾，較為罕見，充分凸顯皇帝欲求不老
The juxtaposition of the imperial five-clawed dragon with 長生、得道成仙之意願，此作紅黃相配，「黃」為帝
sprays of longevity fungus, instead of the usual lotus scrolls,
links the ruler in a most obvious symbolism to long life, and 王用色，「紅」則表意幸運，兩種色彩相輔相成，實
reflects the Jiajing Emperor’s fervent pursuit of longevity and 屬難得。
attachment to Daoist practises promising the attainment of
immortality. The auspicious message is here carried through 同類紋樣作例，可見艾弗里．布倫德基藏品，現存
even in the colour scheme, where yellow, the imperial colour, 三藩市亞洲藝術博物館，收錄於賀利，《Chinese
is surrounded by red, the colour of good luck. Combinations Ceramics. A New Standard Guide》，倫敦，1996年，
of two different glaze colours are characteristic of the Jiajing
reign, but the present one is a rare case where the two 圖版483。牛津阿什莫林博物館另有一件，收錄於東
colours are superimposed and had to be fired at different 方陶瓷學會展覽圖錄《Iron in the Fire》，牛津，1988
times and different temperatures. 年，編號64。一件東京松岡美術館藏品，收錄於《東
A jar of this design from the Avery Brundage Collection in 洋陶磁名品圖錄》，松岡美術館，東京，1991年，編
the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco is illustrated in He 號82。
Li, Chinese Ceramics. A New Standard Guide, London, 1996,
pl. 483; another in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, was
included in the Oriental Ceramic Society exhibition Iron in the
Fire, Oxford, 1988, cat. no. 64; one in the Matsuoka Museum
of Art, Tokyo, is illustrated in Toyo toji meihin zuroku
[Catalogue of masterpieces of Oriental ceramics], Matsuoka
Bijutsukan, Tokyo, 1991, cat. no. 82.

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