清雍正 鬪彩雞缸盃 《大清雍正年製》款

modelled after the Chenghua prototype, finely potted with rounded sides rising from a countersunk base to a gently flared rim, the exterior delicately outlined in underglaze blue and painted in bright translucent enamels of yellow, green, olive green and iron-red of shaded tones, one side with a red rooster turning back to see his hen hunching over to tend to their brood of four yellow chicks, the reverse with a further red rooster accompanied by his golden hen and five chicks, one riding on the hen's back, the rooster exquisitely portrayed with a red crown and long black tail feathers, the two scenes divided on one side by jagged underglaze-blue rocks with bamboo shoots issuing from behind, the other side with further rockwork and accentuated with red rose blooms and lush leaves, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character reign mark within a double square

香港蘇富比1977年5月16日，編號140
香港蘇富比1994年5月3日，編號144
香港蘇富比1999年4月27日，編號430
香港佳士得2008年5月27日，編號1587

The cup is in exceptional condition and the enamels have been very well preserved.
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此雍正年製雞缸盃，承襲明十五世紀成化器形，然繪風破舊立新，以意創造，甚為稀有。雙方框內書六字款，與成化原型如出一轍；尾毛蓬鬆，非如成化典型分成三簇。園中花葉秀石之佈局也異於前，更接近雍正皇帝的品味。傳世品中，未見相近他器載錄，惟有一例，公雞面右側，修竹、萱花生於秀石，售於香港佳士得2000年10月31日，編號911。

仇焱之藏成化例，上飾之花卉、秀石、雞尾羽毛與本品甚為接近，圖刊於 Cécile 及 Michel Beurdeley，《La céramique chinoise》，弗萊堡，1974年，彩圖版71及72右，同書並錄仇氏藏康熙、雍正款例，後皆售於蘇富比，但此類清朝例子，臨摹成窰雞缸細緻逼真，沿襲昔時器形、畫風、佈局、雙方框款，便是公雞尾巴也同飾羽毛三簇。

雖宋人早將「子母雞圖」入畫，但是成化朝才始飾瓷上。雍正年間，窰燒技術發展至頂峰，並研發彩釉新品種，特別是以帶有光澤的墨彩，描繪雞尾，與其它釉彩產生鮮明的對比，令紋飾更為生動逼真。成化鬪彩設色雖多，但不用墨彩，只在鈷藍上加添綠彩，以達墨色之效。而康熙黑彩暗淡無光，缺乏穩定性，須再上淺綠或紫彩以達效果。

雍正雞缸盃大多忠於成化器形，然畫風更為自然疏朗。公雞尾部高翹，八隻小雞分散而行，花草秀石佈局比例也異於前。相類罕例，Sedgwick 夫人典藏有存，曾見於東方陶瓷學會展覽《The Arts of the Ch'ing Dynasty》，倫敦，1964年，編號194，又載錄於康蕊君，《玫茵堂藏中國陶瓷》，卷4，倫敦，2010年，圖版1745，後售於香港蘇富比1989年11月14日，編號230。另一例見朱湯生，《中國瓷器－莊紹綏收藏》，香港，2009年，圖版52。一對曾展於敏求三十週年紀念展《歷代文物萃珍》，香港藝術館，香港，1990年，圖版165，後售香港蘇富比1993年4月27日，編號182，再售於香港蘇富比2014年4月8日，編號3109。另有多例雍正雞缸盃，分別售於香港蘇富比及佳士得。

成化雞缸盃原型，台北故宮博物院藏八件，其中六件曾展於《成化瓷器特展》，國立故宮博物院，台北，編號132-7。大維德爵士舊藏一件，現藏大英博物館，曾展於《Flawless Porcelains: Imperial Ceramics from the Reign of the Chenghua Emperor》，大維德基金會，倫敦，1995年，編號22。一例屬 Dreyfus 夫人及玫茵堂舊藏，售於香港蘇富比2014年4月8日，編號1。另有兩例源自仇焱之舊藏，售於香港蘇富比1980年11月25日，編號139。