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A RARE BLUE-GLAZED LOBED 清乾隆 藍釉菊瓣式茶壺
‘CHRYSANTHEMUM’ TEAPOT 《大清乾隆年製》款
SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG
of compressed globular form, subtly moulded with two rows
of narrow lobes in the form of chrysanthemum petals, flanked
by a short spout opposite a loop handle, the exterior evenly
covered in an unctuous blue glaze save for a circular panel on
the base reserved white and inscribed with a seal mark, the
base with six spur marks
20.8 cm, 8⅛ in.
HK$ 120,000-180,000
US$ 15,300-23,000
Teapots of this type were first produced in the Yongzheng 此類茶壺乃雍正朝首創，乾隆年間仍有燒製，然產量不及
period, and continued to be produced, although in smaller 前朝。比較一帶蓋茶壺例，乾隆年款，施青釉，張宗憲雅
number during the Qianlong reign. Compare a Qianlong mark 蓄，曾展於《雲海閣》，佳士得，倫敦，1993年，編號
and period teapot and cover of this form, but with a celadon
glaze, from the collection of Robert Chang, included in An 66，後售於香港佳士得1999年11月2日，編號508；另有
Exhibition of Important Chinese Ceramics from the Robert 一綠釉例，無款，周方舊藏，售於紐約佳士得2013年3月
Chang Collection, Christie’s, London, 1993, cat. no. 66, and 21/22日，編號1206。若論雍正朝所創雛形，可見一例，
sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 2nd November 1999, lot 508; and 先後售於香港蘇富比1982年5月18日，編號291，及2005
an unmarked apple green-glazed version, from the collection
年5月2日，編號673；及一窰變釉例，清宮舊藏，今仍貯
of Fong Chow, sold at Christie’s New York, 21st/22nd March
2013, lot 1206. For the Yongzheng prototype see one sold 北京，載於《故宮珍藏康雍乾瓷器圖錄》，香港，1989
twice in these rooms, 18th May 1982, lot 291, and 2nd May 年，圖版112。
2005, lot 673; and a flambé-glazed example from the Qing
court collection and still in Beijing, illustrated in Kangxi,
Yongzheng, Qianlong. Qing Porcelain from the Palace Museum
Collection, Hong Kong, 1989, pl. 112.

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