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In form and glaze, this vase pays homage to Longquan 此鳳尾尊器形碩麗，雕工靈動，論形、釉，師法明初典型
celadon wares of the early Ming dynasty (1368-1644), 龍泉青釉瓷。自十五世紀始，景德鎮青花瓷蔚然成風，然
for which vigorously carved designs on large forms were 龍泉瓷氣候頹萎，諸窰歇業停燒，至世紀末已停止向宮廷
characteristic. From the 15th century, the growing popularity
供瓷。康熙帝振興景德鎮官窰，著力燒造青釉瓷。該朝青
of the blue and white porcelains from Jingdezhen and the
deterioration of the quality of Longquan wares saw the kilns 釉光瑩澄澈，施於刻花、凸棱，尤顯剔透。
cease to produce wares for the court from the late 15th
century. When the Kangxi Emperor (r. 1662-1722) revived 有一瓶刻花相類，經 Charles Oswald Liddell 上
the imperial manufactories at Jingdezhen, celadon wares 校、Robert C. Bruce、Norman Railing、Anthony Du
became one of their core products. Celadons under his reign Boulay 及玫茵堂遞藏，錄於康蕊君，《玫茵堂中國陶
are characterised by a clear translucent colour that was 瓷》，卷4，第2部分，倫敦，2010年，圖版1817。穿芝
particularly effective when applied over carved decoration or
螭龍紋，也有數例可作比較，但器形別於此尊，青釉濃
raised ribs.
淡各異，皆為康熙朝製；其一，貯上海博物館，刊於《
An ovoid vase of this type and carved in a similar style, from
上海博物館藏康熙瓷圖錄》，香港，1998年，圖版222
the Captain Charles Oswald Liddell, Robert C. Bruce, Norman
Railing, Anthony Du Boulay and Meiyintang collections, ；其二，大維德爵士舊藏，現存倫敦大英博物館，載於
is illustrated in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the 《Illustrated Catalogue of Ming and Qing Monochrome
Meiyintang Collection, vol. 4, pt. II, London, 2010, pl. 1817.
Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese
The chilong and lingzhi scroll design is found on a number of
Art》，倫敦，1989年，編號B 568，及圖版XIV（左下）
vases of different forms covered in various shades of celadon
glaze, all attributed to the Kangxi period; one in the Shanghai ；另有二器成對，原放山居艾弗瑞．莫里森雅蓄，售於倫
Museum, Shanghai, is published in Kangxi Porcelain Ware 敦佳士得2004年11月9日，編號7；仍有一例，售於倫敦
from the Shanghai Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1998, 蘇富比2003年6月12日，編號171。
pl. 222; another from the Sir Percival David Collection, now
in the British Museum, London, is published in Illustrated
Catalogue of Ming and Qing Monochrome Wares in the Percival
David Foundation of Chinese Art, London, 1989, no. B 568,
and illustrated pl. XIV (bottom left); a pair of vases, from the
Alfred Morrison Collection and Fonthill Heirlooms, was sold at
Christie’s London, 9th November 2004, lot 7; and one was sold
in our London rooms, 12th June 2003, lot 171.

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