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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF AN ENGLISH LADY 明宣德 青花夔龍罐
《大明宣德年製》款
AN EXCEPTIONAL BLUE AND WHITE
‘MAKARA’ JAR 直口圓唇，圓肩豐盈，下漸歛收，輪廓簡潔雅致，比例恰
MARK AND PERIOD OF XUANDE 到好處。胎質細嫩，白地勻淨，釉若柔絲，輕輕撫揉，愛
不釋手。蘸青料，揮筆寫意畫夔龍成雙，或濃或淡，率真
superbly potted with an ovoid body, rising from a low rounded 隨心，盡在勾勒渲染之間。夔龍鬃毛曲捲，長鼻上捲，翹
foot to a straight neck and lipped rim, vividly painted in 首張喙，口露尖牙，緩吐雙蓮，栩栩如生。雙足若獅，三
varied shades of cobalt blue, depicting two striding makaras, 爪如鐮，兩翅自肩下而出，長尾分岔而曲，連同蜿蜒蓮
each with a winged sinuous body and a long bifurcated tail 花，彎捲之間，相互呼應，布局妙不可言。二獸相逐，矯
formed from stylised foliate scrolls, the muscular limbs each 健有勁，卻不失天趣，足見匠人妙工巧思。器肩又綴如意
terminating into three sharp claws, its characteristic trunk-like 雲頭，加添折枝小花，配以足上交疊蓮瓣，畫面更顯工整
snout curled upwards with mouth ferociously opened revealing 典麗。器底足內滿釉，署青花六字雙圈款，端莊秀雅，誠
sharp fangs and a pointed tongue issuing foliate blooms of 宣德重器。
lotus, the shoulder collared by ten leafy florets above a band
of ruyi heads, echoed by a stylised band of ruyi enclosing 來源：
trefoil motifs at the neck, the foot encircled by overlapping Bluett & Sons，倫敦，1963年
lappets, inscribed on the glazed countersunken base with a six-
character reign mark within a double circle 展覽：
19 cm, 7½ in. 《The Animal in Chinese Art》， 東方陶瓷學會，倫
敦，1968年，編號27
PROVENANCE
出版：
Bluett & Sons, London, 1963. Adrian M. Joseph，《Ming Porcelains. Their Origins and
Development》，倫敦，1971年，圖版33
EXHIBITED
The Animal in Chinese Art, Oriental Ceramic Society, London,
1968, cat. no. 27.
LITERATURE
Adrian M. Joseph, Ming Porcelains. Their Origins and
Development, London, 1971, pl. 33.
HK$ 30,000,000-40,000,000
US$ 3,840,000-5,120,000
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