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A rare pair of Ming-style blue and white ewers and covers Seal marks and period of Qianlong | 清乾隆 青花開光花果紋執壺一對 《大清乾隆年製》款

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A rare pair of Ming-style blue and white ewers and covers

Seal marks and period of Qianlong

清乾隆 青花開光花果紋執壺一對 《大清乾隆年製》款


each superbly potted, the generous pear-shaped body rising from a splayed foot to a waisted neck flaring at the rim, set on one side with a curved spout joined to the neck by a cloud-shaped strut, opposite the arched strap handle adorned by grooves and surmounted by a small loop on top and accented with three knobs of clay at the base, imitating metalwork studs, finely painted in deep cobalt-blue tones with simulated 'heaping and piling', with a quatrefoil panel on either side, one enclosing a branch of peaches with two fruit among blossoms and foliage, the other with a branch of loquat with many stylised fruit, the panels flanked by floral branches of peony, lotus, chrysanthemum and camellia, all between the neck collared by lotus scroll and upright plantain leaves, and the foot skirted with a band of upright lappet petals, the spout decorated with a foliate scroll, with ruyi-clouds on the strut and sprays of lingzhi on the handle, inscribed on the base with a six-character seal mark

overall 29.5 cm

A French private collection.

Ferri & Associés, Paris, 29th June 2012, lot 152.


法國私人收藏

Ferri & Associés,巴黎,2012年6月29日,編號152

執壺成對,壺蓋尚存,極為難得。此器型初燒於洪武、永樂年間,上飾紋樣各異:多為纏枝花卉,庭院小景及四季瓜果。四瓣蔷式開光則可上元朝,然此執壺上開光內繪折枝桃、枇杷,其外以四季花卉紋相襯,例如玫瑰、牡丹、菊花以及山茶之組合,寓意喜慶,均是明代流行飾紋,甚得當時達官顯貴、文人雅士垂青。自古伊始,桃便為祥瑞之果,含長壽、萬福之吉兆;而枇杷則「秋蔭、冬花、春實、夏熟」,承四季菁華,「備四時之氣」。


此類執壺,見於世界各大博物館及私人收藏。清宮舊藏有一相似例,現存北京故宮博物院,圖見耿寶昌,《故宮博物館藏明初青花瓷》,北京,2002年,卷2,圖版210。台北故宮博物院蓄一類例,刊於《故宮藏瓷.清青花瓷》,香港,1968年,卷2,圖版14。另有一例,現貯伊斯坦堡托普卡比宮殿,圖載於康蕊君,《Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul》,倫敦,1986年,卷3,圖版2565。南京博物館亦存一例,尺寸稍大,錄於《宮廷珍藏:中國清代官窰瓷器》,上海,2003年,圖版214。此外,玫茵堂珍藏一相若作例,曾兩度售於香港蘇富比,分別為1993年10月26日,編號179,及2012年4月4日,編號28。另見一帶蓋執壺例,為 Malcolm 典藏,展於東方陶瓷協會,《Chinese Blue and White Porcelain》,倫敦,1953年,編號311,後售於倫敦蘇富比1977年7月5日,編號247。


永樂本朝作例,可參一景德鎮珠山御窰廠遺址永樂地層出土執壺,器型、紋飾與本品相若,展於《景德鎮出土明初官窰瓷器》,鴻禧美術館,台北,1996年,編號59。另見一永樂執壺例,配蓋,藏北京故宮,錄於《明代洪武永樂御窰瓷器》,北京,2015年,編號94。