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A RARE CELADON-GLAZED BOWL
Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period Charles Bain Hoyt Collection
Elegantly and deeply potted with a slightly everted foot rising to a 波士頓美術館藏；Charles Bain Hoyt舊藏
gently flaring rim, the exterior decorated with six ruyi-heads enclosing
smaller lappets issuing from a band of flower petals and keyfret scrolls
at the rim, covered overall in a translucent soft celadon glaze, the base
with a six-character kaishu mark in underglaze-blue.
23.9cm (9 3/8in) diam.

HK$500,000 - 700,000
US$64,000 - 90,000

清雍正 豆青釉如意紋碗 青花「大清雍正年製」楷書款

Provenance 來源:
Dulany's Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan, 1984
An American private collection

Dulany's Gallery，伯明翰，密歇根州，1984年
美國私人收藏

Remarkable for their impeccable quality of the glaze, elegant shapes 此碗撇口，深腹，圈足微外撇。通體及足內均施豆青釉，近足處飾凸
and refined bodies; monochrome porcelains made in the Imperial kilns 如意頭紋一周，口沿下飾回紋，足內書青花雙圈「大清雍正年製」
at Jingdezhen during the Yongzheng reign are ranked among the finest 雙行楷書款。胎質細膩堅潤，釉面肥腴勻淨，釉色淡雅柔和，近足及
examples of Imperial wares throughout the Qing dynasty. The present 口沿處所飾紋飾清晰工整，除此之外碗身不加任何裝飾，相當優美。
lot belongs to a specific group of celadon glazed porcelain specially 此器雖大但毫不失雅緻，完美展示出雍正一朝所燒製的青釉器無與倫
commissioned by the Qing court to cater to the Yongzheng emperor's 比。
sophisticated aesthetic taste for monochrome wares. These series of
celadon-glazed bowls have varying auspicious designs also including 單色釉以其釉色及釉質取勝，所以對窯火溫度的掌握必須非常嚴格，
the Eight Buddhist Emblems (bajixing), the 'Three Abundances' 呈色才能控制自如，可見燒製難度極高。雍正一朝所製的單色釉可說
(sanduo) and archaistic dragons. 是最為成功的，無論從其胎質，釉色，造型以及藝術風格等均無可挑
剔，水平之高可說是達到了歷史的高峰。此碗完全符合雍正皇帝講究
This bowl is gracefully decorated with a band of ruyi-head lappets 簡約而含蓄的審美眼光，應為雍正皇帝親自授意景德鎮御窯廠燒造，
which is further accentuated by smaller lappets around the slightly 此類的青釉碗也見其他吉祥圖案如八吉祥紋、三多紋、仿古龍紋等。
splayed foot, representing auspicious wishes for long life. The Imperial
artisans deliberately chose to leave the main body of the exterior 類似於本品的傳世例子並不多，目前僅見兩例：一例為Charles B.
unadorned, highlighting the extraordinary jade-like tone of the Hoyt舊藏，曾在1952年2月13至3月30日展出於波士頓美術館，並著
celadon glaze. 錄在其圖錄，《The Charles B. Hoyt Collection. Memorial Exhibition》
，波士頓，1952年，頁111，編號440；另見香港蘇富比曾售出一件
Compare a similar celadon glazed bowl, Yongzheng mark and period, 清雍正豆青釉刻如意紋盌，其尺寸、紋飾等與本品皆同，為霍爾教授
from the Charles B. Hoyt collection, Boston, illustrated in the Museum 家族舊藏（藏品編號392），並著錄於《香港蘇富比二十週年》，香
of Fine Arts, Boston exhibition catalogue, The Charles B. Hoyt 港，1993，頁226，圖314，2013年10月8日，拍品編號3125。
Collection. Memorial Exhibition, Boston, 1952, p.111, no.440. See
also a very similar example of a celadon-glazed bowl, Yongzheng mark
and period, formerly in the Hall Family collection (inventory no.392),
illustrated in Sotheby's Hong Kong. Twenty Years, Hong Kong, 1993,
p.226, no.314, which later sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong on 8 October
2013, lot 3125.

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