清乾隆 御製粉彩冬青地題詩堆塑佛手轎瓶 《乾隆年製》款

modelled in the form of a meiping secured by a gilt-decorated trompe l'oeil imitation-lacquer stand with a ripe finger citron borne on a thin leafy stem to one side, the vessel exquisitely decorated along the shoulder with a stylised floral frieze above a ruyi-shaped collar suspending tassels of florets, below further stylised bands of floral scrolls and lappets along the mouthrim and neck respectively, the body inscribed with an imperial poem and a yuti mark followed by two iron-red seal marks reading Qianlong chen han ('the Qianlong Emperor's own mark') and Weijing weiyi ('be precise, be undivided'), the base with an underglaze-blue horizontal four-character seal mark

Small areas to the extremities of the finger citron have been slightly retouched, possibly to stabilise typical enamel flakes. There are also expected occasional wear to the enamels, iron-red and gilding, but the yangcai decoration has been generally well preserved.
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題識：
蘅皋掇菁藻，氊室伴清嘉。
卻喜多風韵，偏宜對月華。
篸來紅豔夥，映處綠叢斜。
還似文軒側，微吟倚碧紗。
乾隆御題
鈐「乾隆宸翰」、「惟精惟一」朱印

轎瓶採梅瓶之式，細繪洋彩，塑佛手輕倚座旁，材質細膩、精工妙製、巧思創新，充份展現乾隆朝瓷作之美。瓶頸綴洛可可式洋花、瓔珞，間飾變形如意雲紋，並善用西洋明暗之技，溢散異國風情，卻不忘墨筆隸書題御詩，中外風格兼籌並顧。北京故宮博物院清宮舊藏一米色地洋彩瓶，飾有與此相類之花卉瓔珞如意雲紋，可作比較，圖見《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集：琺瑯彩．粉彩》，香港，1999年，圖版32。

此轎瓶上洋彩冬青之搭配，尤為獨特，或仍乾隆初年創新之一。以釉之清澈澄明，烘托出彩之繽紛耀目，相得益彰。洋彩冬青之描述早見於乾隆八年（1743年），《清宮內務府造辦處檔案總匯》中錄，時六月，唐英燒成上呈之器中有一「洋彩冬青釉太平有象瓶」，詳閱張發穎編，《唐英督陶文檔》，北京，2012年，頁160。洋彩冬青之配，罕也，例見鴻禧美術館典藏三清詩意茶壺，繪梅、松、佛手，圖見史彬士，《中國歷代陶瓷選集》，台北，1990年，圖版162。另可比較台北國立故宮博物院藏兩轉旋盌及一轉旋瓶，同展於《華麗彩瓷：乾隆洋彩》，台北，2008年，編號63-64、72，經該院查證，其燒成年份可悉為乾隆八至九年（1743-4年）。

乾隆皇帝尤好倣效之品，要求藝匠絕技巧工，為君製作新穎奇作，別具一格。此轎瓶下承堆塑仿漆木座，旁伴佛手，栩栩如生，誠當朝仿摹瓷器中之精品。堆塑象生轎瓶，若論精妙、創思，能與此相較者，僅止數例，其中要數徐展堂舊藏轎瓶，尺寸較此大，以堆塑造得蓮花盛放，倚藍地金彩題詩梅瓶而開，且承倣漆木座，與此品有異曲之妙，圖見《徐氏藝術館．陶瓷篇IV．清代》，香港，1995年，圖版168。

此轎瓶上題之衡皋掇菁藻五言詩，乃製於乾隆八年（1743年）七月，至八月初四，有旨著唐英照舊掛瓶式樣，特將此詩寫上燒造數件奉呈進京，可悉此乃高宗得意之作（見《唐英督陶文檔》，前述出處，頁161）。台北國立故宮博物院典藏洋彩三多詩意轎瓶一對，隸書題此衡皋掇菁藻詩，並以相同礬紅彩印作結，展於《華麗彩瓷》，前述出處，編號70，其青花四字篆款，更與此品極為吻合，可資比對。據錄，對瓶應為乾隆八年燒造，同年十月底已入藏乾清宮，前後不過四個月（見頁203）。清宮舊藏另有一掛瓶，也以隸書題此詩，現仍存北京，圖見《故宮博物院藏古陶瓷資料選萃》，北京，2005年，卷2，編號202。