清雍正 茄皮紫釉八瓣菱花式三足水仙盆 《大清雍正年製》款

the shallow lobed sides divided into eight bracket foliations rising to a barbed everted rim, all supported on three low arched feet, the exterior walls picked out with small bosses resembling rivets, richly applied overall save for the underside of the feet with a deep glossy aubergine glaze of vibrant purple tone thinning to white along the rim edges, possibly imitating early lacquerware or Jun ware, the base impressed with a six-character seal mark beneath the glaze

三十年代以前蒐集於日本京都府京都市

Apart from the original kiln grits visible on the interior, the overall condition is quite good. There may be an old polished chip to the end of one foot on the underside. The glaze is very glossy. The contour is slightly warped. The actual colour is quite close to the catalogue illustration.
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此水仙盆尺寸碩大，異於同儕，據錄，相類大小之品，僅止數例。如一仿鈞釉水仙盆，售於倫敦蘇富比1988年6月7日，編號341。此類大號盆器，雖較一般常見者大約三分之一，但當施以此罕見之深紫釉料，亮澤耀目，散發雍正瓷特有的雅致端莊。器形相同之雍正水仙盆，雖有見仿宋窰諸色，但罩此亮麗深紫釉者甚罕，且其器足簡約，有別於一般之如意形足。近似仿鈞釉之作，可見台北故宮博物院藏例，錄於《清代單色釉瓷器》，台北，1981年，圖版84，或參見現存北京之故宮舊藏例，見於《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集．單色釉》，1999年，圖版178。另有一盌，售於倫敦蘇富比1988年6月7日，編號341，可資比對。

此水仙盆仿宋至明初鈞窰之形，透露雍正帝之雅好博古。北京故宮博物院藏《雍親王題書堂深居圖屏》十二美人圖中，其中一屏繪仕女坐室中，窗台上置鈞窰連托花盆，由此可知當時宮中對古瓷之珍，圖屏曾展於《盛世華章》，英國皇家藝術學院，倫敦，2005年，編號173（右下）。