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2801 The exterior of the box is covered with a mottled glaze of soft
A FINE PEACHBLOOM-GLAZED
SEAL PASTE BOX AND COVER
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN PROVENANCE
UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE
PERIOD (1662-1722)
清康熙 豇豆紅釉印盒 六字楷書款
HK$300,000-500,000 EXHIBITED
US$39,000-64,000
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reddish colour, fading to a lighter tone at the rim, the interior and
base are covered in a clear glaze.
2 √ in. (7.2 cm.) diam.
Frank Caro, successor to C.T. Loo, New York, 1960s
San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas, 1984-
2017
Similar peachbloom seal-paste boxes are in various museum
collections, including the National Palace Museum, Taipei,
illustrated in the Catalog of the Special Exhibition of K’ang-Hsi, Yung-
Cheng and Ch’ien-Lung Porcelain Wares from the Ch’ing Dynasty in
the National Palace Museum, 1986, no.11; Palace Museum, Beijing,
illustrated in Kangxi Yongzheng Qianlong, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 141,
col. pl. 124; and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, illustrated by
S. Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, New York, 1975, pl.
138. Compare also one sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 May 2013,
lot 2101.
來源
Frank Caro，盧芹齋繼承人，紐約，1960年代
展覽
德州聖安東尼奧美術館，1984-2017年
此印盒小巧玲瓏，線條優美，釉色如豇豆皮，深淺不一，柔和
嬌嫩，盒沿有綠斑若干。豇豆紅釉器燒製難度高，且僅限宮
廷御用，因此傳世作品極其稀少。近似例見諸於全球著名公
私收藏：如台北故宮，見《清康雍乾名瓷特展》，台北，1986
年，圖版11號；北京故宮，《故宮珍藏康雍乾瓷器圖錄》，
香港，1989年，頁141，圖版124號；以及大都會博物館，《A
Handbook of Chinese Ceramics》，紐約，1975年，圖版138號。
另參考—例於2013年5月29日香港佳士得拍賣，拍品2101號。