清乾隆 鬪彩加粉彩纏枝番蓮紋如意耳尊 《大清乾隆年製》款

well proportioned, potted with a tapered body rising from a countersunk base to a slightly angular shoulder and surmounted by a tall waisted neck, the neck flanked by a pair of ruyi-shaped loop handles terminating with a flange with an upturned end, picked out with small florets and dots, the neck and lower body densely decorated with large stylised multi-coloured lotus blooms borne on meandering foliate scrolls, interrupted with a thin yellow band with floral scrolls bordering the shoulder, all between a pendent plantain lappet border and an upright ruyi band encircling the rim and foot respectively, all the detail rendered in the doucai palette with delicate famille-rose highlights, the countersunk base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character seal mark

The vase is structurally in good condition, but under ultra violet light it is possible to see evidence of restoration to the mouth. This covers what appears to be chips / cracks, covering approximately half of the mouth rim, and extending at the deepest point to 4cm.
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鬪彩加粉彩纏枝番蓮紋如意耳尊極為珍稀，現知唯一類同作例僅飾青花，售於香港佳士得2001年10月29/30日，編號823，紋飾略異，口沿綴如意紋，肩飾波浪紋及如意紋，蕉葉紋於瓶足，風格傚仿早明青花瓷。此件鬪彩如意耳尊結合粉彩，色調柔美鮮明，卷葉紋得西洋洛可可風格影響，更顯乾窰特色。

器形溯自高古青銅壺，雍正以降甚為盛行，可見各式釉色更為大型壺尊，多作貫耳或無耳，參考一件青花貫耳尊，花卉紋，1977年5月16日，編號90，現藏香港藝術博物館，展出於《清瓷薈錦：香港藝術館藏清代陶瓷》，1984年，編號63，另一件仿官釉例，曾二度售於香港蘇富比，2001年5月1日，編號525，及2013年4月8日，編號3051。一件乾隆青釉浮雕尊，無耳，錄於 John Ayers，《Chinese Ceramics in the Baur Collection》，卷2，日內瓦，1999年，圖版290。