清雍正 仿汝釉長方盆 《大清雍正年製》款

of rectangular form, the flared sides rising from a stepped foot to a flat everted rim, covered overall in a crackled lavender-blue glaze stopping neatly at the footring to reveal a brown body, the base with two circular apertures and inscribed with a six-character seal mark in underglaze-blue, wood stand and Japanese wood box

This jardiniere is in good condition, but there are two small firing cracks running through the foot and a 2.5cm vertical recessed inconsistency to the body to one corner of the interior,
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本方盆流行於清廷，用於栽種花卉植物，從各宮廷畫作可見。乾隆年間畫師金廷標所畫卷軸中可見一相近長方盆，帶四盆腳，載於陳玉秀，《瓶盆風華：明清花器特展》，國立故宮博物院，台北，2014年，編號. II-05。丁觀鵬（1736-1795年）《宮妃話寵圖軸》中亦見一例，圖見《海國波瀾: 清代宮廷西洋傳教士畫師繪畫流派精選》，北京，澳門，2002年，編號46。

如此器型之仿汝釉長方盆，至今未見記載，本品或為孤例。相近器型之盆例，可比數品，然而亦屬極罕，比較一例，尺寸相近，唯器型有異，附盆足，載於《暫得樓清代官窯單色釉瓷器》，暫得樓、上海博物館、北京首都博物館 、香港中文大學文物館，2005年，編號13。另比一雍正年款仿汝釉長方盆例，口沿外敞，側壁略凹，帶六字篆書橫款，售於紐約佳士得2011年9月15日，編號1575。望星樓收藏一青釉例，圖錄於《清代康雍乾官窰瓷器〈望星樓藏瓷〉》，明尼阿波利斯藝術學院，明尼阿波利斯，2004年，編號 67。書中記述，此類器於中國用於盆景，流行於清朝（頁182）。比較一爐鈞釉長方盆例，尺寸甚大，帶雍正款，曾展於《瓶盆風華：明清花器特展》，出處同上，編號I-16。