清雍正 粉青釉三足荸薺小瓶 《大清雍正年製》款

superbly potted, raised on three short conical feet, the wide compressed body tapering to a cylindrical neck and surmounted by an unusual domed mouth, covered in a pale blue-green glaze thinning to white at the rim, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character seal mark 

傳1960年以前購於紐約
紐約佳士得2013年9月19/20日，編號1338

The vase is in very good condition except for a small triangular-shaped shallow glaze flake to the mouth. There are also some light surface scratches around the three small feet.
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三足荸薺小瓶極為珍罕，現知唯一作例出自 Fuller 舊藏，帶蓮苞式水滴，二度售於倫敦佳士得，1965年6月28/29日，編號97及1995年6月5日，編號190。乾隆窰取此器形作長頸蒜頭口瓶，參考一例，刊於康蕊君，《玫茵堂中國陶瓷》，卷2，倫敦，1994年，圖版853。如此獨特造形，反映雍正帝容瓷人取高古器形，加以創新，以求至臻美感。

瓶底書青花篆書款，林業強專文討論一件同類年款瓷器，〈清代雍乾兩朝御窰瓷器四題〉，《機暇清賞．懷海堂藏清代御窰瓷缾》，香港中文大學文物館，香港，2007年，頁54，並刊錄數件篆書款識，頁38。林氏提及此類年款應僅用於雍正初年，後期御瓷年款多與之相異。