- 3615
清乾隆 御製鎏金銅嵌彩料大理石座葫蘆式自擺鐘
估價
4,000,000 - 6,000,000 HKD
招標截止
描述
- glass, metal
lavishly modelled after Western designs, the ormolu 'double-gourd' framework rising from a stylised splayed beaded-edged foot with foliate designs to an elaborate gilt-metal mount in the form of ruyi blooms flanked by curling foliate flanges and topped by a ‘pineapple’ finial, the frame skilfully fashioned with an outer foliate border and an inner beaded border enclosing neatly aligned turquoise paste gems, enclosing a vertical bar set with multi-coloured paste gems and suspending a medallion and dial, the medallion framed within the upper section of the ‘double-gourd’ and bordered with red paste gems, further decorated with a basket of flowers against a blue ground, the lower section with a swinging white dial edged with an ormolu border and paste gems of varying colours, the white dial with crossed minute track, Roman hour chapters and Arabic quarters, decorated with a blued steel second hand and pierced ormolu hour and minute hands, all supported on a splayed marble base encircled with an openwork ormolu stylised lotus scroll, the reverse of the dial with an inscription reading Lululi, zitan stand
來源
根津美術館收藏,東京
香港佳士得2008年5月27日,編號1501
香港佳士得2008年5月27日,編號1501
拍品資料及來源
御製鎏金銅葫蘆式自擺鐘,彩料金銅相互輝映,華麗而典雅,造形應以法國路易十六晚期七弦琴鐘為藍本,變化成傳統中式葫蘆形。葫蘆象徵多子多福,倒飛蝙蝠紋寓意「福到」,滿籃鮮花乃八仙之一藍采和的法器。鐘面風格融合中法,分鐘格線及鏤空指針亦見英式影響。
御製葫蘆式自擺鐘,為數甚少,北京故宮博物院藏二鐘,底座紋飾富華,錄於《你應該知道的200件:鐘錶》,北京,2007年,圖版42、48;香港蘇富比1992年10月28日曾售一例,編號267,後再度售於香港佳士得2007年5月29日,編號1392;還有一座鐘售於倫敦蘇富比1990年6月12日,編號128。
自萬曆十年(1582年)左右時鐘首度傳入,甚得中國帝王喜愛,視為珍奇奢侈品,十八世紀初期,清宮已藏數千件鐘錶,乾隆帝尤對鐘錶傾心,無論中西,珍藏數以千計西洋與中國座鐘,新奇精巧,繁複炫目,宮廷中同時有超過四千座奇鐘異錶,鳴時之聲,終日不絕。
此類華麗座鐘,囊括洋式風格及設計於一身,以彰顯帝王至高皇權與地位。十八世紀中期,熱衷西洋鐘錶之風氣,已從清宮傳入士人顯貴階級,有見可與皇家珍藏相媲美之私人收藏。