清乾隆 粉青釉暗刻番蓮拐子龍紋直口洗 《大清乾隆年製》款

the shallow rounded sides slightly flaring out from a recessed base, encircled by a single raised fillet, finely incised on the interior with a lotus medallion surrounded by four overlapping chilong, two with incurved horns and two with bifurcated tails, detailed on the walls with five lotus flowers separated by interlocking archaistic kui dragons, the exterior walls similarly incised below a band of angular archaistic scrolls encircling the rim, covered overall with an even pale sea-green glaze pooling to a darker tone within the incised decorations, the footring and base glazed save for a round circle left in the biscuit applied with an orange wash encircling a seal mark in underglaze blue

The basin is in good condition with the exception of some glaze scratches to the interior and the footring has been slightly ground.
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本洗刻花細膩，青釉豐潤，取材自珍瓷傳統，再而推陳翻新，製成佳品，稀有奪目。釉泛橄欖青，顯示清朝歷代皇帝青睞宋代龍泉青釉瓷器之情，以及致力仿傚之心。番蓮拐子龍紋，則為十八世紀創作，取仿古龍紋，融於花卉紋飾。

內外壁均施仿古紋飾之直口洗，甚為難得，比較一例，售於香港蘇富比1980年5月20日，編號77，後易手於1987年11月24日，編號117。另比一例，器形尺寸相近，內壁飾蝠紋，兩度售於香港蘇富比，先後為1993年10月26日，編號121及2008年10月8日，編號2506；再比一例，刻金剛杵紋飾，售於香港蘇富比2006年4月10日，編號1622。

青釉暗刻紋飾洗，亦製於雍正朝；比較一例，內壁飾花卉紋，售於倫敦佳士得1988年12月12日，編號332，或出自香港佳士得1998年11月3日，編號934。