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The present vase illustrates the multitude of stylistic sources of early Qing dynasty potters.
The overall shape and the stylised turtledove handles are, for example, loosely based on 清初藝匠，集前朝風格之大成。此瓶雙鳩
Zhou dynasty archaic bronze hu vessels with spiral-horned dragons; see a prototype in the 耳，仿傚周朝古青銅壺；參考倫敦大英博物
British Museum, London, accession no. 1970,1104.1, published in Jessica Rawson, Chinese 館藏品，載於羅森，《Chinese Bronzes:
Bronzes: Art and Ritual, London, 1987, cat. no. 29. Turtledove, or jiu in Chinese, is a symbol Art and Ritual》，倫敦，1987年，編號
29。古人信鳩為「不噎之鳥」，象徴長
of longevity, for the bird is believed to be immune from choking. On the other hand, the
壽。青花繪飾，則摹擬明初黑疵，尤溢古
delicately painted decoration in cobalt blue with the simulated ‘heaped and piled’ effect is
韻。
associated with early Ming dynasty porcelain wares.
相類瓶子極為稀珍，群書記載甚少。一較大
Vases of this type are rare, and only a handful of examples appear to have been published. 例，口沿飾纏枝卷草，清宮舊藏，現北京故
A larger vase with a foliate scroll band at the mouth from the Qing Court collection and 宮博物院蓄，載於《故宮博物院藏文物珍品
still in Beijing is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. 全集．青花釉裏紅（下）》，上海，2000
年，圖版95。拍賣場上所見有二瓶同式：
Blue and White Porcelain with Underglaze Red, vol. 3, Shanghai, 2000, pl. 95. Two vases
一例售於倫敦佳士得1984年12月10日，
of the same design and proportion appeared at auction: one sold at Christie’s London,
編號967，後售於香港蘇富比1985年11月
10th December 1984, lot 967, and again in these rooms, 20th November 1985, lot 89; and
20日，編號89；另一例曾二度由香港蘇富
another sold twice in these rooms, 14th November 1989, lot 75, and 29th October 1991, lot 比售出，分別為1989年11月14日，編號
133, and included in Sotheby’s Hong Kong – Twenty Years, Hong Kong, 1993, pl. 176. 75，及1991年10月29日，編號133，並刊
於《香港蘇富比二十週年》，香港，1993
This type of Yongzheng vases is also known to be covered in monochrome glazes. 年，圖版176。
Compare a flambe-glazed example of this large size, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30th
雍正年製鳩耳壺，也有見施單色釉者。參見
November 2011, lot 3299; a smaller celadon-glazed vase with archaistic relief decoration in
一窰變釉例，售於香港佳士得2011年11月
the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Kangxi Yongzheng Qianlong. Qing Porcelain from
30日，編號3299；亦可比較粉青釉仿古紋
the Palace Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1989, Yongzheng chapter, pl. 105, together with 與仿官釉二例，皆北京故宮博物院藏，分
a guan-type example, also smaller in size, pl. 78; and a further guan-type vase from the 別錄於《故宮珍藏康雍乾瓷器圖錄》，香
collection of Sir Quo-Wei Lee, sold in these rooms, 2nd October 2018, lot 101. 港，1989年，雍正卷，圖版105及78；利
國偉爵士舊藏還有一仿官釉例，香港蘇富比
Archaistic vases similar to the present example continued to be made during the Qianlong 2018年10月2日售出，編號101。
reign, yet in slightly different proportions. A larger blue and white hu vase from the Qing
此式仿古瓷壺，乾隆窰續燒，然尺寸、比例
court collection and still in Beijing is published in The Complete Collection of Treasures of
與本品略有不同。清宮舊藏一青花壺，現存
the Palace Museum, op.cit., pl. 136, and possibly its pair, a vase in the Nanjing Museum, is 北京，見《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集》
illustrated in The Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, pl. ，前述出處，圖版136。南京博物館也有藏
234. 例，或與前者成對，刊於《中國清代官窰瓷
器》，上海，2003年，圖版234。

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