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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 清嘉慶 This pair of bowls is extremely rare, the inscription delicately 同類的蓋盌在傳世品中少見，非常珍罕。傳世品共著
A VERY RARE PAIR OF IMPERIAL INSCRIBED 粉彩綠地御製「煮茗」詩蓋盌一對 inscribed on a pristine white ground within enamelled borders, 錄只五件，除本對外，一件單盌為上海文物商店所
FAMILLE-ROSE ‘TEA POEM’ BOWLS AND COVERS 《大清嘉慶年製》款 and only one other closely related pair is known, sold in our 藏，見《清代瓷器鑑賞》，上海，1994年，圖259。另
London rooms, 10th November 2010, lot 297. For a single bowl
SEAL MARKS AND PERIOD OF JIAQING and cover of this type, but decorated with floral scroll borders 有一對，售於倫敦蘇富比2010年11月10日，編號297。
each inscribed on the exterior of the bowl and cover in black 來源： and possibly from another set, is illustrated in Qingdai ciqi
with a poem dated to the dingsi year (corresponding to 1797) 香港蘇富比1980年5月20日，編號237 shangjian [Appreciation of Qing dynasty porcelain], Shanghai, 此對蓋盌小巧別緻，敞口、斜腹、圈足。裝飾清雅簡
and followed by the Jiaqing seals, all between two lime green- 亞洲私人收藏 1994, p. 202, pl. 259, from the Shanghai Wenwu Shangdian. 潔，口沿施金彩，器外壁上下繪飾粉彩描金夔龍壽字
ground bands detailed with kui dragons and shou characters, 香港佳士得2012年5月30日，編號4001 Dated to the dingsi year of Jiaqing’s reign (corresponding 紋一周，取代常見的如意雲頭紋，彰顯出嘉慶朝的時
the interiors enamelled turquoise, the centre of the cover’s to 1797), this poem was written by the Jiaqing Emperor to 代特色。中間留白處以墨書寫嘉慶皇帝御題詩文，描
finial and the base of the bowl with an iron-red seal mark 蓋面、盌外壁墨彩書： express his enjoyment of tea. For a translation of the poem 繪深秋寒夜皇帝品覽新茶之情景。底款篆法精美，蓋
reserved in white against a turquoise ground 佳茗頭綱貢，澆詩必月團。竹罏添活火，石銚沸驚 on the bowls, see Stephen W. Bushell, in Oriental Ceramic Art, 部裝飾亦然，上下一致。所書御製茶詩齊整均衡排
11.2 cm, 4⅜ in. London, 1981, p. 239. This poem adorned a variety of teawares;
湍。魚蟹眼徐颺，旗槍影細攢。一甌清興足，春盎避 for a teapot and lobed dish, similarly enamelled on a lime- 列，書體為清隽規整之館閣體小楷，筆畫工整隽秀，
PROVENANCE 輕寒。嘉慶丁已小春月之中澣御製。鈐「嘉」、「 green ground, but with floral scrolls, in the National Palace 書寫一絲不茍，胎釉潔白細膩，粉彩婉約雅致，金
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 20th May 1980, lot 237. 慶」天圓地方朱印。 Museum, Taipei, see the Museum’s exhibition Empty Vessels, 彩純正妍俏、清新。溫和蘊含富麗，沉穩中亦不失和
An Asian private collection. Replenished Minds. The Culture, Practice and Art of Tea, 2001, 諧，極盡考究之能事，尤顯雍容高雅、令人賞心悅
Christie’s Hong Kong, 30th May 2012, lot 4001. cat. nos. 169 and 170, together with a ruby-ground lobed dish, 目、愛不釋手，此器亦可當文房重器，又是瓷器中少
cat. no. 171.
有成對罕見精品，實為嘉慶皇帝御製品茗之極品雅
HK$ 3,000,000-3,500,000 器。
US$ 388,000-453,000

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