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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION 清乾隆
A FINE AND RARE ROBIN'S-EGG GLAZED VASE, 爐鈞釉梅瓶
MEIPING, 《大清乾隆年製》款
SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG
33.8 cm 來源：
倫敦蘇富比1991年12月10日，編號293
PROVENANCE 香港蘇富比2001年5月1日，編號520
Sotheby’s London, 10th December 1991, lot 293. 埃斯卡納齊，倫敦
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 1st May 2001, lot 520. 十面靈璧山居收藏，編號 EK77
Eskenazi Ltd, London.
The Ten-Views Lingbi Rock Retreat Collection, coll. no. EK77. 展覽：
《大樸尚簡：明清單色釉瓷器菁華展》，保利藝術博
EXHIBITED 物館，北京，2018年，編號101
Pure And Natural: Special Exhibition of Ming and Qing
Monochrome Porcelains, Poly Art Museum, Beijing, 2018, 出版：
cat. no. 101. 埃斯卡納齊，薛好佩整理，《中國藝術品經眼錄：
埃斯卡納齊的回憶》，倫敦，2012年，中譯版，上
LITERATURE 海，2015年，2017年再版，圖434
Giuseppe Eskenazi in collaboration with Hajni Elias, A
Dealer’s Hand. The Chinese Art World Through the Eyes
of Giuseppe Eskenazi, London, 2012; Chinese version,
Shanghai, 2015, reprint, 2017, pl. 434.
HK$ 3,000,000-5,000,000
US$ 383,000-640,000

Mark

Innovated during the Yongzheng period (1723-35) and 爐鈞釉，創燒於雍正一朝，尤為乾隆帝所鍾，乃對宋
particularly favoured by the Qianlong Emperor, the ‘robin’s 明兩朝鈞瓷窰變之仿摹創新。 其發展盛行，督陶官
egg’ glaze was created as a reinterpretation of Jun glazes 唐英（1682-1756）功不可沒，因其先以高溫燒成瓷
of the Song (960-1279) and Ming (1368-1644) dynasties.
A development attributable to Tang Ying (1682-1756), the 胎，後再掛釉於低溫爐中二次燒就，故稱「爐鈞」。
glaze was coined lu jun, or ‘furnace Jun’ because it was fired 此釉種，有錄於景德鎮唐英之《陶成紀事碑》上，記
at a lower temperature than that of firing the porcelain. 錄其由唐英燒成，並作為主要瓷品，以貢皇廷。此瓶
This glaze is mentioned on a stele inscribed by Tang Ying 所現松石綠斑點，得益於銅與砷元素之共同作用，其
in Jingdezhen as one of the major types of ceramics that 紋理舒展，層次有致，鬼斧造化。御窰廠所產爐鈞釉
he succeeded in firing and proposed as suitable for regular
delivery to the imperial court. The mottled turquoise effect 瓷，唯箇中上品得落雍正、乾隆款識。
on the present vase, achieved with the use of copper and
arsenic, is particularly finely streaked and the shade is of a 乾隆署款爐鈞釉梅瓶甚罕。參考一例，尺寸較小
vivid light turquoise blue. While some quantities of vessels （21.3 公分），2016年11月30日經香港佳士得拍出，
covered in this striking glaze were manufactured in the 編號3322。雍正雛本，則可見 John Milton Bonham 舊
imperial kilns, only the finest pieces bear a Yongzheng or 藏梅瓶，也較矮小，紐約蘇富比2019年9月11日售
Qianlong mark.
出，編號621。
Qianlong-marked meiping vases applied with 'robin's egg'
glazes are surprisingly rare. See a smaller Qianlong mark
and period example (21.3 cm) sold at Christie's Hong Kong,
30th November 2016, lot 3322. For a Yongzheng prototype,
see one of smaller size (22 cm) from the collection of John
Milton Bonham, sold in our New York rooms, 11th September
2019, lot 621.

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