清乾隆 粉彩八吉祥纏枝蓮紋花觚一對 《大清乾隆年製》款

of archaic bronze shape, each vase finely decorated in bright famille-rose enamels on the flaring trumpet-shaped neck with four of the bajixiang divided by scrolling lotus blooms between ruyi head and upright lappet borders, the reign mark written in iron-red enamel in a single line within a rectangular cartouche on the narrow cylindrical neck and framed by a keyfret border, the central bulbous knop section enamelled with further lotus scrolls, all supported on the high bell-shaped foot enamelled with the four remaining Buddhist emblems between chevron, key-fret and ruyi head borders, the interiors of the neck and foot enamelled in turquoise, the edges highlighted with gilding

得自二十世紀初，後家族傳承
英國私人收藏

One with a 97mm rim crack, with associated restored losses and possible retouching to the gilding at the rim. The other vase with the flaring neck extensively restored, previously broken into approximately 6 sections, with associated losses and a shallow associated 14mm rim chip, recently restored with minor retouching to the enamels and gilding to the rim. Both vases have minor glaze firing imperfections and surface wear/scratches.
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乾隆帝篤信藏傳佛教，多番御令修建佛廟、祖祠，並以銅胎掐絲琺瑯 、銅及瓷等上乘物料專製陳設禮器，禮器色彩紛呈，大小各異，琳瑯滿目。按造型推斷，本品應屬上述禮器，或為一組五件供器之一。與同類禮器比較，本品尺寸較大，白地綴粉彩紋飾亦較鮮見； 參考一例，紋飾相若，惟尺寸略小（36.5公分），售於香港蘇富比1996年4月30日，編號500。

同類禮器多於色地上綴繪紋飾，尺寸亦普遍較本品為小，類近黃地作例為南京博物院收藏，曾展於《清瓷萃珍：清代康雍乾官窰瓷器》，香港中文大學文物館，香港，1995年，編號95；兩件珊瑚紅地作例 售於蘇富比，其一售於香港2006年10月8日，編號1123，其二售於倫敦2004年11月10日，編號666。另一例售於倫敦2005年7月13日，編號267；另成對粉紅地花觚售於倫敦蘇富比1991年6月11 日，編號218，後易手於香港佳士得2002年10月28日，編號733；見一藍地作例曾售於倫敦蘇富比2005年11月9日，編號314。

玫茵堂收藏成套五供，包括成對闘彩花觚作例，體型略小（高35.6cm公分），曾兩度售於蘇富比，先於倫敦售出，1991年6月10日，編號196，後於香港2012年4月4日再度出售，編號50，出自梅茵堂典藏。另一套五供 尺寸較小（花觚 高 27公分），由Kitchener 勛爵獻予Hohler爵士，曾兩度售於倫敦蘇富比，分别為1980年12月17日，編號677，及2011年5月11日，編號230。嘉慶及道光兩朝亦有製作類近供器；見一淡綠地五供作例 ，售於倫敦蘇富比1996年12月17日，編號163。