清乾隆 窰變釉雙耳長頸瓶 《大清乾隆年製》款

the superbly potted body of circular section, elegantly rising from a splayed foot to angular shoulders, sweeping up to a tall tapered neck and lipped rim, the neck flanked by a pair of ear-shaped handles moulded with ruyi-head tips, a horizontal rib encircling the body below the shoulders, the exterior covered with an unctuous plum-coloured glaze highlighted by cobalt-blue streaks draining away from the handles leaving a creamy-mushroom colour, the interior with streaks of mushroom-brown against a pale blue ground, the footring left unglazed exposing the biscuit, the base glazed golden-brown covering the faint incised reign mark

繭山龍泉堂

《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53

細川護貞，《目迷五色：清朝磁器》，東京，1992年，編號10

The overall condition is very good, with the exception of typical minor pitting to the surface. The actual colour is similar to the catalogue illustration.
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北京首都博物館藏一件近類窰變釉瓶，刊錄於熊寥，《官窰名瓷》，台北，1993年，圖版147；Hall家族珍藏之另一件作例，售於倫敦蘇富比2006年7月12日，編號150。

窰變釉源自宋代鈞窰器，雍正一朝初試復燒，此後盛行終清一代。此款瓶器之雍正朝原型，可參考香港佳士得售出一例，2004年9月21日，編號316。