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A FINE AND SUPERBLY ENAMELLED PAIR OF 清雍正 鬪彩八仙過海盌一對 Yongzheng doucai bowls of this design are rare and only three 此對鬪彩盌所繪八仙，身著飄帶仙袍，赴王母蟠桃盛

DOUCAI ‘EIGHT IMMORTALS’ BOWLS 《大清雍正年製》款 other pairs are known: one pair was sold in these rooms, 20th 宴而歸，神態悠然，刻畫入微，展現雍正年間御瓷之
MARKS AND PERIOD OF YONGZHENG November 1984, lot 501; another pair was sold at Christie’s 精益求精，巧工妙製。釉下鈷青勾勒渾染，精準恰
London, 4th December 1995, lot 153; and the third pair was
each delicately painted on the exterior with the Eight Daoist 來源： sold twice at Christie’s Hong Kong, 31st October 1994, lot 617, 宜，盡現仙家袍服飄逸。如非有皇命大興瓷燒，難集
Immortals in billowing robes and surrounded by multi-coloured 中野忠太郎（1862-1939年）收藏， 新潟縣，二十世紀 and again, 29th May 2007, lot 1462. This motif is also known 細煉瓷土、巧工藝匠，成就如此佳飾雅瓷。
scrolling clouds, the interior decorated with a central medallion 初入藏 painted in underglaze blue only, such as a bowl, from the
of the Three Star Gods beneath an overhanging pine tree, the 香港佳士得2010年5月31日，編號1876 Agatha and Irving Aronson collection, sold at Christie’s New 對盌極罕，目前已知相似者，僅見三例，一例售於香
base inscribed with a six-character reign mark, Japanese wood York, 21st-22nd March 2013, lot 1473. 港蘇富比1984年11月20日，編號501；第二例售於倫敦
box 亞洲家族收藏
10.9 cm, 4¼ in. 香港蘇富比2015年10月7日，編號3637 The polychrome (doucai) colour scheme, where the outline is 佳士得1995年12月4日，編號153；第三例曾兩度售於香
drawn in underglaze blue and filled with washes of underglaze 港佳士得，分別於1994年10月31日，編號617；及2007
PROVENANCE blue and four different overglaze enamels, gained popularity 年5月59日，編號1462。另有青花類例，如 Agatha and
Collection of Chutaro Nakano (1862-1939), Niigata, acquired in with the Chenghua Emperor. The doucai style is ideally suited Irving Aronson 伉儷舊藏，售於紐約佳士得2013年3月
the early 20th century. for rendering this scene of the Eight Immortals. A perfect 21-22日，編號1473。
Christie’s Hong Kong, 31st May 2010, lot 1876. harmony of delicately pencilled underglaze-blue lines with
An Asian family collection. vivid blocks of iron red, yellow, green and aubergine endow the
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 7th October 2015, lot 3637. scene with a sense of ethereality which is fitting to the subject. 此對盌，巧思細作。以鈷青輪廓與明豔鐵紅、黃、
Furthermore, the doucai style, which was originally probably 綠、紫彩完美相合，輕盈靈動，與八仙主題高度契
HK$ 6,000,000-8,000,000 referred to as wucai, ‘five colours’, and the clouds surrounding 合。鬪彩瓷，創燒於明成化一朝，康熙時得以復興，
US$ 780,000-1,040,000 the immortals carry further symbolic meaning. ‘Rainbow- 雍正年間，工藝尤精。
coloured’ or five-coloured clouds (wuse yun) are considered
highly auspicious portends of good omens. As seen on the 青花作勾勒，滿填礬紅、黃、綠、紫彩，顏色搭配巧
present pair of bowls, auspicious rainbow-coloured clouds
are often depicted in lingzhi (longevity fungus) shape, and the 妙，不似在人間，是以鬪彩繪八仙，尤為合適。鬪
lingzhi itself has the form of the wish-granting ruyi (‘according 彩，原為五彩之屬，盌上所飾彩色卷雲，遂又稱五色
to your wish’) sceptre. 祥雲，是為禎符嘉兆。如對盌所見，祥雲常取靈芝之
形，寓如意長壽。

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