清嘉慶 紫地粉彩群芳福壽尊一對 《大清嘉慶年製》款

each potted with a well-proportioned baluster body rising to a broad shoulder, sumounted by a waisted neck and flared rim, the body decorated with a frieze enclosing lush floral blooms of varying colours borne on gnarled stems, all between ruyi bands repeated at the rim, the lower body and neck painted with stylised lotus strapwork against a rich ruby-red ground, the dense designs on the neck further decorated with a stylised bat suspending a tasselled endless knot, the interior and base enamelled turquoise, the latter centred with an iron-red seal mark within a white cartouche

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香港佳士得2004年4月26日，編號911

Good condition, with just a few fine glaze crackle lines to the lower body of one vase. The enamels have been generally well preserved.
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此對紫地粉彩群芳福壽尊，典雅端秀，屬嘉慶早期景德鎮御窰廠佳作，可見前朝乾隆窰風格，應出自同一批匠師之手。器身繪群芳爭麗，嬌艷動人，風格細緻宛似工筆繪畫，上下紫地綴纏枝蓮紋則如畫軸裱緞，紋飾連綿不絕仿若長軸畫卷。

相同紋飾器形瓷尊少見，然可比較一對尺寸略大，淡青地粉彩花石紋雙龍耳尊，瓶肩轉折類同此例，花石紋構圖亦相近，錄於《香港蘇富比三十週年》，香港，2003年，圖版363，香港蘇富比2001年10月29日售出，編號611，後於2007年5月29日售於香港佳士得，編號1378。參考 Richard Feetham 舊藏二件瓷尊，花卉紋與此近似，皆售於香港蘇富比，一為2002年10月30日，編號269，另一件於2008年4月11日售出，編號2851。

道光窰續作此類花卉紋，參考清宮舊藏一件道光紫地粉彩花卉紋螭耳瓶，現藏北京故宮博物院，刊載於《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集．琺瑯彩．粉彩》，香港，1999年，圖版193；Weishaupt 珍藏亦有一件，書「慎德堂製」款，錄於 Gunhild Avitabile，《From the Dragon’s Treasure》，倫敦，1987年，圖版53。