清雍正 青花「歲寒三友」圖小罐 《大清雍正年製》款

of globular form with tapering sides and a short waisted neck and a lipped rim, freely painted around the exterior in delicate shades of underglaze-blue with entwined branches of gnarled pine bearing clusters of needles, twigs of budding prunus and bamboo sprays, the 'Three Friends of Winter', all below a 'classic' scroll band bordering the shoulder, the neck encircled with ruyi-shaped cloud swirls, the recessed base inscribed in underglaze-blue with a six-character reign mark within a double-circle, 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13

細川護貞，《目迷五色：清朝磁器》，東京，1992年，編號19

There are four starcracks which are only visible on the interior, but the overall condition is otherwise quite good.
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葛士翹創立之天民樓藏瓷有一件近類小罐，刊載於劉良佑，《中國歷代陶瓷鑑賞》，卷5，台北，1991年，頁90（左上）；《香港東方陶瓷學會中國靑花瓷器展覽及同類型的釉裏紅》，香港藝術館，香港，1975年，編號108；另一例售於香港佳士得1988年1月19日，編號316，後於2008年10月8日售於香港蘇富比，編號2563；第四例曾二度由香港蘇富比售出，1995年5月2日，編號62，及2013年10月8日，編號3103。