清雍正 爐鈞釉瓜瓞綿綿葫蘆形筆掭 《雍正年製》款

robustly potted with a flat shallow well conforming to the curves of a double-gourd with a slightly incurved mouthrim, the base with a meandering vine issuing a large palmette leaf, two small double-gourds and long curling tendrils, brightly covered overall with an opaque turquoise-blue glaze type suffused with a finely mottled purplish-blue, the base deeply incised with a four-character seal mark, wood stand

There is a small triangular shaped glaze flake measuring approx. 0.6 x 0.4 x 0.4 cm. to the interior of the tray as visible from the catalogue illustration.
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爐鈞釉筆掭發色均勻，作葫蘆形，下部貼飾葫蘆藤葉，彰顯雍正朝創新之爐鈞釉器的成熟發展。雍正帝詔命復作製瓷古法，歷代名瓷中宋明鈞釉尤受青睞，為求盡善盡美，甚至派御窰廠匠人赴河南鈞地學習。齊力之下，終發展出多類紫調釉彩，如窰變釉及翠藍色密布斑點的爐鈞釉。

爐鈞釉屬雙色釉技法，於已施藍釉之器身，吹噴松石綠釉於上，已達到燒造後細密麻斑的效果。爐鈞釉以低溫於爐中烘燒，故得其名。早期爐鈞釉例，常見釉面不勻及流敞，如現例之雍正器可說極為稀少。清宮舊藏一件雍正年製款爐鈞釉小瓶，現藏北京故宮，錄於《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集‧顏色釉》，香港，1999年，圖版187；還可比較一件爐鈞釉長方盆，售於香港蘇富比2008年4月11日，編號2816。

康蕊君於專文〈The Yongzheng Emperor: Art Collector and Patron〉，《盛世華章》，倫敦，頁243，提及「雍正為滿清皇帝中首位藝術愛好者‧‧‧‧‧‧不僅熱切關注，亦融合藝術品於生活之中」。康熙帝專注於克服各項工藝品製作技術難礙，雍正帝則以工藝品的美感藝術性為傲。此件葫蘆洗可見雍正朝工藝品之精髓，看似簡素，卻是匠人巧思高技之結晶。雍正帝賞美之趣，亦復興創造多樣器形，也包括文房之器，水洗、筆筒、水盂，紋飾器形多見取材自然。台北國立故宮博物院藏一件仿官釉靈芝形洗，展出於《雍正－清世宗文物大展》，2007年，編號II-77；北京故宮藏一例桃形洗，出自清宮舊藏，刊於《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集‧顏色釉》，香港，1999年，圖版207。

此器淺壁，器形不對稱，近類台北國立故宮博物院藏一方雍正松花石硯，亦錄於《雍正－清世宗文物大展》，2007年，編號II-14。