清康熙 鬪彩「歲寒三友」圖蓋罐 《大清康熙年製》款

of ovoid form rising from a recessed base to a short neck, finely painted on the exterior in a continuous scene with the 'Three Friends of Winter' pine, bamboo and prunus, the prunus flowers brightly enamelled in pink and orange shades, the bamboo and pine enamelled in green and the gnarled trunks in aubergine, all outlined in underglaze blue, the domed cover decorated with the same motif encircling a bud knop, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character reign mark within double circles

There is an approx. 3 cm undulating body line in the biscuit on the mouthrim which has slightly discoloured to yellow and an attendant 3 cm contraction line in the glaze beneath encircling the neck, both originals to the firing. There is a small iron spot on the opposite side inside the neck. There are a few very occasional minor specks or scratches on the surface glaze or pin-prick air bubbles on the underside. Otherwise the jar and cover are in very good condition.
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康熙年製鬪彩歲寒三友圖罐，相當珍罕。類似一例，曾為 C. Oswald Liddell、Charles E. Russell 、 及Paul 與 Helen Bernat伉儷收藏，錄於Soame Jenyns，《Later Chinese Porcelain. The Ch’ing Dynasty》，倫敦，1951年，圖版XLVIIIA，並展出於《玉骨冰魂: 中國美術中綻放的梅花》，耶魯大學藝術陳列館，紐黑文，1985年，編號73，曾數度售於拍賣會，最近一次為香港蘇富比1988年11月15日，編號17。另一例帶蓋，亦售於香港蘇富比2011年4月8日，編號3160。可比較一件雍正罐，出自 H. F. Goldstein 珍藏，售於倫敦蘇富比1975年3月25日，編號277。此類器形較常見雍正朝之青花罐，參考一例展出於香港東方陶瓷學會展覽，《中國青花瓷》，香港博物美術館，香港，1975年，編號108。還有一例錄於馬希桂編，《美哉陶瓷—青花名瓷》，台北，1993年，圖版131。

松竹梅「歲寒三友」紋飾，取松竹長青於寒冬，而梅花綻放於歲初之意，三友寓意於逆境仍堅毅不搖，並象徵延年高壽。此典故最早可見於宋朝愛國詩人，林景熙（1241-1310）之詩文，而三友紋飾自元朝以降，便極為盛行。