清乾隆 粉彩胭脂紅地八仙慶壽圖燈籠瓶 《大清乾隆年製》款

the tall ovoid lantern-shaped body superbly painted with a continuous scene depicting the 'Eight Daoist Immortals' and attendants gathered in a fantastical landscape setting to celebrate the birthday of Xiwangmu, Queen Mother of the West, who arrives seated astride a phoenix, each Immortal holding an identifying attribute, with the attendants bearing baskets of peaches and other tributes, all finely detailed in famille-rose enamels with gilt details, the scene framed within ruyi-head borders outlined in blue and yellow enamels and decorated with scrolling lotus and bats suspending ribboned wanzi, reserved on a rich ruby-red ground, all below a gilt rim, the interior and base enameled in turquoise, the six-character seal mark in iron-red reserved in a square

Léon Bartholin (1871-1918) 收藏，法國國家榮譽軍團軍官勳位，約1900年購於中國

Breaks to the vase sympathetically restored to a very high standard and it appears nothing is missing. The enamels excellently retained, minor wear.
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仙母桃宴 祈享永年

此粉彩八仙慶壽燈籠瓶紋飾細膩、用色柔和自然，畫工卓絕，飾西王母蟠桃宴盛景，細處可見仙鹿皮毛刻畫精緻入微，石山紋理變化自然，眾仙衣褶飄逸、輔飾繁麗。瓶身造型端莊穩重，與繪景相洽，若畫卷般橫向鋪展。

西王母蟠桃宴出自道教神話典故。據傳，王母娘娘掌管蟠桃仙樹，其樹所結之果，食者可長生不老，蟠桃宴三千年一屆，西王母頭戴鳳冠、跨乘彩鳳自西方崑崙山徐徐而至，一仙女侍奉其側，下方隨眾捧長壽仙桃迎慶王母。聞說王母娘娘親種桃樹共三千六百棵，每三千年結果。食三千年仙桃，可得道登仙，食六千年仙桃，可長生不老，而食九千年仙桃，則可與天地齊壽、日月同庚。每逢仙桃結果，王母娘娘大設蟠桃盛宴，邀天界眾仙，共享壽果，合慶同歡。

西王母乃中國神話中最早出現的女神，公元前十五世紀商代甲骨文中即有記載向東母與西母獻祭事宜。儘管目前未知此「西母」是否彼「西王母」，但至漢朝之時，上至帝王下至平民百姓，皆已開始敬奉西王母為長生不老之神祗。

《山海經》編撰於戰國初年至西漢年間，其中西王母的形象為半人半獸，人身虎齒豹尾，掌握人間災禍瘟疫。南北朝時期，遵奉陰陽相對五行生剋的道教，將西王母與東王公並列，共掌天界眾仙。此時西王母已褪去原始形象，而為雍容華婦，符合人間女性之陰柔特質，並掌管凡人壽命。自此西王母成為長壽象徵，傳統祝壽禮均多以西王母尊相入畫。

北京故宮博物院藏一相類例，瓶身稍小，頸足伴飾粉彩松石綠地，亦具乾隆年款，圖見《故宮珍藏康雍乾瓷器圖錄》，香港，1989年，頁35，圖版31（圖一）。亦可比較一尊粉彩粉紅地番蓮紋八仙過海燈籠瓶，繪八仙拜赴西王母蟠桃宴後在驚濤駭浪中渡海，上下加飾粉紅地纏枝花卉，與本品同出自法國榮譽軍團勳章軍官Leon Bartholin (1871-1918) 收藏，售香港蘇富比2016年4月6日，編號3611（圖二）；另見一對蓋瓶，原屬 Gordon Getty 珍藏，1992年及1995年先後售於香港佳士得，後再由紐約蘇富比於2009年3月17日售出，編號124。

瓶身八仙過海圖佈局採通景，上下加飾彩地纏枝花卉，屬乾隆朝後期紋飾風格。乾隆一朝巧匠，擅於集合各種元素，自鳴創新。本器頸足之胭脂紅地纏枝花卉紋，設色紋樣類近洋彩瓷，後者或取材自織錦圖案。

相類之乾隆年製燈籠瓶，也多見中央繪人物圖、頸足伴飾彩地者。如一例，瓶身稍小連蓋，秀直短頸，胭脂紅地，見《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集．琺瑯彩．粉彩》，香港，1999年，圖版128。另一例施松石綠彩，圖見《故宮珍藏康雍乾瓷器圖錄》，前述出處，頁353，圖版34，另見圖版29、30載錄較大瓶例，分別畫山水及嬰戲圖。南京博物館亦藏一綠地燈籠瓶，參閱《中國清代官窰瓷器》，上海，2003年，頁320。