A lemon-yellow enamelled bowl, Mark and period of Yongzheng | 清雍正 檸檬黃釉盌 《大清雍正年製》款

Christie's Hong Kong, 8th October 1990, lot 605.

香港佳士得1990年10月8日，編號605

Lemon-yellow enamel was a Yongzheng innovation, achieved when the antimoniate of iron was combined with tin oxide, resulting in an opaque yellow colour of vibrant hue. It was created at the enamelling workshops in Beijing, resulting from experiments with pigments imported by Jesuit missionaries, who worked alongside Chinese craftsmen in the palace workshops. The enamel was introduced to the potters of Jingdezhen around the time Tang Ying (1682-1756) was appointed Resident Manager of the imperial kiln factory in 1728. This pastel tone was particularly favoured by the Qing emperors.

檸檬黃器，形簡而色單，惟燒製不易，胎、釉、火必精熟，方見成品，稍有微瑕，則前功盡棄。黃釉者，宮廷獨斷，以鐵著色，始燒於明初，至雍正一朝，以氧化銻入料，創檸檬黃釉，色澤純淨嬌嫩、均勻柔和，賞心悅目。