清乾隆 粉青釉劃花纏枝蓮紋「福如東海」圖筆洗 《大清乾隆年製》款

the shallow, slightly flared sides rising from a broad flat base to a short upright rim, lightly incised on the interior with five bats flying over a ring of turbulent waves, below a thin band of stylised camellia florets on detached floral scrolls alternating with lotus florets encircling the mouth, the exterior incised with four lotus flowers separated by four ruyi heads interlinked with a foliate scroll framing the lotuses, all below a band of 'classic' scroll encircling the rim, covered overall with a pale ice-blue celadon glaze, the recessed base inscribed with a six-character reign mark encircled by nine tiny spur marks

香港蘇富比1993年10月26日，編號121
香港蘇富比2008年10月8日，編號2506

Apart from expected light surface scratches on the interior, the washer is in very good condition overall. The actual colour is quite close to the catalogue illustration.
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一類似作例，曾展出於《暫得樓清代官窰單色釉瓷器》，上海博物館，上海，2005年，編號45，後售於香港蘇富比2012年10月9日，編號101。相類筆洗亦有內外刻劃不同紋飾之例，如一器心作雙螭龍紋，器壁內外均綴花卉紋的筆洗，曾二度售於香港蘇富比1980年5月20日，編號77，及1987年11月24日，編號117。另一例，器心飾金剛杵，內壁綴八吉祥紋，外壁作蓮紋，售於香港蘇富比2006年4月10日，編號1622。

比較一件帶雍正年款牡丹紋筆洗，內外壁皆飾纏枝牡丹紋，售於香港佳士得1998年11月3日，編號934。