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A ‘POWDER BLUE’-GLAZED BOTTLE VASE 清康熙 灑藍地描金雲鳳紋長頸瓶
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
來源：
finely modelled of harmonious proportion, the spherical body J. Pierpont Morgan（1837-1913年）收藏，編號1301
rising from a short foot to a tall slender cylindrical neck and J.J. Lally & Co. ，紐約
gently flared rim, the exterior applied with a rich powder-blue
glaze mottled with attractive blue speckles, with traces of 出版：
pencilled gilt decoration depicting phoenix and clouds to the Stephen W. Bushell 及 Williman M. Laffan，《Catalogue
globular body and a frieze of Buddhist lions and floral blooms of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains》，卷2，
to the shoulder, all below upright plantain lappets encircling 紐約，1907年，圖版CX
the neck
41.9 cm, 16½ in. 此瓶之灑藍釉，或受宣德年間之雪花藍釉啟發，藝匠以竹
管蘸藍，吹於器表，深淺斑駁，白點彷如雪花飄落，隱於
PROVENANCE 湛藍之中。除純罩灑藍釉外，也常見有如此瓶所見加綴描
Collection of J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), no. 1301. 金作飾者。
J.J. Lally & Co., New York.
諸多康熙年間灑藍地描金朵花紋長頸瓶藏於北京故宮，此
LITERATURE 中有一類瓶錄於《故宮博物院藏品大系．陶瓷編》，卷
Stephen W. Bushell and William M. Laffan, Catalogue of the 23：清順治康熙，北京，2013年，圖錄79。一件於1982
Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, vol. 2, New York, 年12月4日售於紐約佳士得，編號525。另有一件於1986
1907, pl. CX. 年6月8日售於香港佳士得，編號379。第四件類例於1981
年11月16日售於倫敦佳士得，編號10。另有一例，略
HK$ 300,000-400,000 大，淡藍釉開片，錄於《The Freer Gallery of Art》，卷1
US$ 38,700-52,000 ：China，華盛頓，1972年， 圖錄129。

Generally referred to as ‘powder blue’, the attractive cobalt
glaze on this piece was probably inspired by the so-called
‘snowflake’ blue glaze found on wares of the Xuande reign. The
mottled effect was produced by blowing cobalt through a piece
of bamboo with a gauze over the end. Wares covered in this
glaze were either left undecorated or were painted in gilt over
the glaze, as seen on this piece.

Numerous powder-blue vases of the Kangxi period with traces
of gilding are in the Palace Museum, Beijing, including a vase
of similar form illustrated in Compendium of Collections in
the Palace Museum. Ceramics, vol. 23, Shunzhi and Kangxi
Periods of Qing Dynasty (III), Beijing, 2013, pl. 79; one sold at
Christie’s New York, 4th December 1982, lot 525; another sold
at Christie’s Hong Kong, 8th June 1986, lot 379; and a fourth
vase sold at Christie’s London, 16th November 1981, lot 10. See
also a vase of similar form but slightly larger in size, covered
in a crackled light blue glaze, illustrated in The Freer Gallery of
Art. I China, Washington D.C., 1972, pl. 129.

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