清乾隆 銅胎畫北京琺瑯開光式「西洋人物」圖三足洗 《乾隆年製》款

the ovoid copper body resting on three small spherical feet and rising to an inverted lipped rim, with a finely enamelled central register set between gilt-bronze lotus borders, exquisitely decorated in stippled colours with two horizontal quarterfoil panels within strapwork borders, each containing an European landscape with a castle in the distance and trees in the forefront, in the first a young man presents his beloved fiancée with a flower spray, in the other the woman dressed in a ruby-red robe hands a fruit to her child, the two panels alternating with pale blue archaistic medallions formed from intertwined phoenix and dragon, all reserved on a rich yellow ground picked out with red scrolls, set between cast foliate scroll bands around the mouth and foot, the interior turquoise, the rims gilt, the white base inscribed with a four-character reign mark in dark blue enamel within double squares

香港佳士得1997年11月5日，編號903

There are some crackles to the turquoise on the interior, some light wear in areas and slight retouching to the enamel near the rims, but overall the washer is in quite good condition.
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鑄造精巧，畫工細緻，此件畫琺瑯三足洗實為上乘佳作，現今所知能與其相應之作僅一，器形相同，亦為三足洗，器身中段為淡藍地，以粉紅、黃、藍、綠、白彩，繪繁花艷葩，自然如真，售於香港蘇富比1980年5月21日，編號269。此品乃乾隆朝造辦處製金屬胎畫琺瑯器之佼佼者。乾隆帝尤愛御作坊製金屬胎畫琺瑯洛可可式母嬰圖器，此類題材可見於各式不同器形。例有一瓜形蓋盒，錄於《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集‧金屬胎琺瑯器》，香港，2002年，圖版208。另見台北國立故宮博物院藏提梁壺及鼓形小罐，錄於《明清琺瑯器展覽圖錄》，台北，1999年，圖版118及119。還有一小瓶，2007年10月9日售於香港蘇富比，編號1540。

母嬰圖題材，可能由法國傳教士畫家王致誠（1702-1768年）傳入清宮，他受路易十五時盛行之洛可可風格影響，崇尚如布歇、福拉哥納爾、朗克雷等畫家。有趣的是，乾隆一朝，可能為了適應中式品味，原本的西洋母嬰圖，亦被改成中國母嬰圖。此類作例，可見一畫琺瑯提梁卣，繪洛可可風格開光中國母嬰圖，收錄於《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集‧金屬胎琺瑯器》，前述出處，圖版212，同書尚有一件筆筒，亦作相似紋飾，圖版222。