清十八世紀 松綠地粉彩花卉開光道教神仙紋鳳耳瓶

the baluster body rising from a short spreading foot to a tall broad waisted neck and flaring rim, finely enamelled to the front and back with a large dragon and bat cartouche enclosing to one side a scene of the Immortal's Paradise and to the other, scholars in a garden engaged in leisurely pursuits, all reserved on a foliate strapwork turquoise ground between a lotus lappet band at the foot and a ruyi collar at the shoulder, the neck with two large lanterns reserved on a similar ground and divided by a large pair of pierced phoenix handles 

This finely painted vase is in good condition with the exception of restoration to a circa 35 by 5cm., section of the rim, minor enamel flakes around the edge of the foot, some further minor enamel flakes to the blue decoration and rubbing to the gilding on the handles.
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本品尺寸碩大，紋飾華麗，糅合多樣紋飾主題，精美絕倫。瓶頸撇口，呼應瓶身線條；瓶身開光及瓶耳皆鎏金，觀賞佳器，視線隨鎏金移動。綜觀整體，構圖細節盡皆悉心經營，足見匠心。

如本品碩大、紋飾豐富之例甚罕，唯可參考一胭脂紅地粉彩軋道錦地瓶，比例相近，飾橢圓型開光，開光邊框飾螭龍紋，售於倫敦蘇富比2012年11月7日，編號512；另一例萬花地上飾開光八仙紋，屬Benjamin Altman 遺贈，現藏紐約大都會藝術博物館，圖見Suzanne G. Valenstein，《A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics》，紐約，1989年，圖版 276。另可參考一胭脂紅地瓶例，帶礬紅乾隆年款，開光內繪花鳥紋飾，紐約大都會藝術博物館舊藏，數度現身拍賣場，紐約佳士得1983年6月23日，編號199，繼售於倫敦蘇富比1985年5月22日，編號162及2003年4月27日，編號42，後再易手於於香港佳士得2004年11月1日，編號870。