清乾隆 茶葉末釉闊口瓶 《大清乾隆年製》款

delicately potted with an ovoid body rising from a concave base, sweeping up to a slightly tapered neck, covered overall in an olive-coloured glaze flecked with a fine yellow mist, the base incised with a six-character seal mark, wood stand

《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66

細川護貞，《目迷五色：清朝磁器》，東京，1992年，編號14

The overall condition is very good. The actual colour is very similar to the catalogue illustration.
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此茶葉末釉闊口瓶，釉光亮麗且釉色深濃，為此釉中之亮黃結晶與暗綠背景，相互對比輝映而來之效果。茶葉末釉佳品可見釉面緻密之點狀結晶，釉色更顯濃厚，如現例所示。

一件類同但尺寸略小之瓶例，曾展於《Chinese Art from the Collection of James W. and Marilynn Alsdorf》，芝加哥美術俱樂部，芝加哥，1970年，編號c73，1993年3月23日售於香港佳士得，編號741；1977年11月29日，香港蘇富比亦售出另外一瓶，編號89；張宗憲珍藏亦有一例，2010年5月31日售於香港佳士得，編號1906。

乾隆一朝亦見器型相類之仿官釉及仿汝釉作例。《暫得樓清代官窰單色釉瓷器》，上海，2005年，即展出一件仿官釉罐，編號35。還有一件原藏於 W.W. Winkworth 收藏，1972年12月12日售於倫敦蘇富比，編號149。張宗憲珍藏之仿汝釉罐，則售於香港佳士得1999年11月2日，編號503。