元 灑釉裏紅絃紋玉壺春瓶

the pear-shaped body rising to a slender neck and flaring rim, all supported on a slightly splayed foot, the body engraved with five double bands, applied with a pale blue-tinged white glaze and liberally decorated with four rich copper-red splashes

There is a very faint C-shaped hairline crack to one side of the rim. The unglazed footring with a shallow flake, there is a firing split near this area. Some very minor glaze firing imperfections, otherwise the vase is in good condition.
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本瓶施青白釉，上灑銅紅艷斑，耀眼奪目。此類釉裏紅瓶，創製於元朝景德鎮，J.M. Addis 於《Chinese Porcelain from the Addis Collection. Twenty-two Pieces of Chingtechen Porcelain Presented to the British Museum》中論述元朝創燒氧化銅料，然難於控制，初或加施於刻劃紋飾之上，冀成紅地白花之帶飾，然而本品大片紅彩斑紋，製作年間或更早（倫敦，1979年，頁9-10）。

可比較一玉壺春瓶，同飾紅斑，圖見陳永志編，《內蒙古集寧路古城遺址出土瓷器》，北京，2004年，圖版41。東方陶瓷學會亦曾展一例，《江西景德鎭元瓷的演變》，倫敦，1984年，編號146。長青館珍藏還有一例，曾售於香港蘇富比1981年5月20日，編號652，後展於《形秀色麗四代珍》，大維德藝術基金會，倫敦，1992年，編號17。

相類灑釉裏紅器，還可參考倫敦大英博物館 H.J. Oppenheim 舊藏盃，錄於 R.L. Hobson，《Chinese Ceramics from Private Collections》，倫敦，1931年，圖版90。且見1980年江西省高安出土高足轉盃，盃外綴螭龍，並灑紅作飾，圖見劉良佑，《中國歷代陶瓷鑑賞》，卷3，台北，1992年，頁177右下。華盛頓史密森尼學院弗利爾美術館另藏一高足盃殘片，器內印花，展於《Blue and White. Chinese Porcelain and Its Impact on the Western World》，斯馬特美術館，芝加哥大學，芝加哥，1965年，編號11e。