清雍正 鬪彩「一路連科」圖臥足盃 《大清雍正年製》款

delicately potted with curved sides resting on a countersunk base, brilliantly enamelled with a continuous scene depicting a lotus pond with large lotus blooms and long curved leaves, together with a white egret and several butterflies hovering over a yellow bird perched on rockwork, the base inscribed in underglaze-blue with a six-character reign mark within a double-circle

《細川護貞コレクション展 II：清の磁器．波斯の陶器》，熊本縣立美術館，熊本市，1993年，編號30

細川護貞，《目迷五色：清朝磁器》，東京，1992年，編號47

The mouth has a hairline crack of approx. 1.5 cm above the brown butterfly which has been stabilised. There is also a approx. 0.4 cm glaze pull to the base. The overall condition is otherwise quite good with the enamel generally well preserved.
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此盃體現雍正帝對於雅器搭配如畫紋飾之追求及鍾愛。花鳥繪畫始自宋代，十五世紀初，方被應用於瓷作。鬪彩技法以青花作紋飾框線，復填入彩釉，尤能呈現花鳥繪畫之真髓。

H.M. Knight 收藏一近類雍正盃，繪二鳥踞奇岩，曾展於《Oosterse Schatten. 4000 Jaar Aziatische Kunst》，荷蘭國家博物館，阿姆斯特丹，1954年，編號385；另一件尺寸稍小之盃，作花果蝶紋，展出於東方陶瓷學會展覽，《Exhibition of Enamelled Polychrome Porcelain of the Manchu Dynasty》，倫敦，1951年，編號96。其他類同雍正朝花鳥紋鬪彩瓷，可見一件盌器，上繪飛鳥佇於木蘭枝頭，售於香港蘇富比2011年10月5日，編號2117；另一件花鳥奇石紋小瓶，2014年4月8日售於香港蘇富比，編號3110。