清嘉慶 粉彩番蓮萬壽有餘象耳尊 《大清嘉慶年製》款

of archaistic zun form, the well-proportioned baluster body supported on a short foot and tapering to a straight mouthrim, the neck flanked by a pair of handles modelled in the form of elephant heads, the exterior exquisitely detailed in shaded tones of the famille-rose palette with four large stylised lotus blooms borne on meandering leafy stems issuing small gourds, lotus buds and blossoms, each main side of the neck detailed with scrolling foliage suspending a wan symbol and an endless knot, the knot further suspending a pair of fish, above a beribboned archaistic chime depicted interlinked with the curling scrolls near the foot, all between bands of pendent stylised ruyi heads and upright petal lappets surrounding the gilt mouthrim and foot respectively, the footrim further detailed with a pink key-fret band, the interior and base enamelled turquoise, the latter centred with a six-character iron-red seal mark within a white cartouche

The overall condition is very good. There are only occasional light surface scratches and wear, especially to the turquoise glaze on the base, and minute areas of rubbing to the gilded band at the foot.
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象耳尊滿綴吉慶紋飾，應為大婚場合所造。磬音同慶、魚同餘，寓意吉慶有餘，加上盤長，壽慶之意滿溢。

白地上繪纏枝洋花，間綴祥瑞紋飾，畫工細巧，可見乾隆窰遺風，屬典型嘉慶早期風格，象耳尊造形延續前朝之器，吉祥亨瑞。象與道學緊密相關，亦象徵太平，乾隆萬壽慶典時，祝壽隊伍可見珍象來朝，新年時節寓意萬象更新。參考一件乾隆窰粉彩象耳尊，飾蓮托五蝠於纏枝蓮紋間，2010年4月8日售於香港蘇富比，編號1942；倫敦蘇富比亦曾售出一尊，1981年7月14日，編號122。

參考一件 Alberto Pasini（1826-99年）舊藏乾隆黃地粉彩象耳尊，尺寸碩大，纏枝蓮紋間綴暗八仙，頸飾磬、雙魚、卍字，2015年4月7日香港蘇富比售出，編號3608。此類吉慶紋飾續作至道光一朝，參考一件雙耳長頸瓶，曾二度售於香港蘇富比，1989年5月16日，編號309，及2003年。

近類嘉慶官瓷，參考懷海堂藏一例，展出於《機暇清賞－懷海堂藏清代御窰瓷缾》，香港中文大學文物館，香港，2007年，編號136；一對黃地粉彩尊，錄於《清代瓷器鑒定》，上海，1994年，圖版247；香港蘇富比曾售一件松石綠地粉彩尊，2010年4月8日，編號1943。