清乾隆 闘彩八吉祥蓮紋束腰盤一對 《大清乾隆年製》款

each body of ogee form rising from a recessed base to a flaring rim, brightly painted and enamelled to the interior with a floret, peach and ruyi medallion  encircled by the bajixiang in the well, the exterior with a foliate scroll band above ruyi lappets

The bowls are later matched. The bowl with a fainter mark has a hairline glaze crack on the double clappers, and a faint glaze line on the rim near it. The exterior has a deep 3cm scratch next to the iron-red flower. The other bowl has some discoloured pinprick holes around the exterior, particularly evident around the puce-enamelled flower and the base, The base with a circular firing flaw near the foot below the mark. There are some deep scratches to the exterior. Both bowls with minor enamel wear, patches of brown accretions and glaze firing imperfections such as iron spots and burst glaze bubbles.
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本品形飾典雅，重要博物館及私人珍藏均有收羅相類作例。參考南京博物館藏例，曾展於《清瓷萃珍：清代康雍乾官窰瓷器》，香港中文大學文物館，香港，1995年，編號106；東京國立博物館亦藏一例，圖見《東京国立博物館版目錄·中國陶磁篇》，卷2，東京，1990年，圖版593，書中另錄兩例，分別帶嘉慶及道光年款；東京梅澤紀念館亦有成對作例，展於《清朝陶磁》，MOA Art Museum，熱海，1984年，編號44；還有一對，來自東京戶栗美術館，曾售於倫敦蘇富比2004年6月9日，編號2。

此外亦可參比帶乾隆年款青花作例，形飾相近；香港蘇富比曾售出兩例，其一售於1978年5月29日，編號632，其二售於1982年5月21日，編號714。