清雍正 仿木紋釉盆

盆呈圓柱形，直壁，下略歛，臥圈足。通體施仿木紋釉，學樹木漩渦年輪，模擬器壁由八片竪立木板拼裝而成，腰間足外加飾仿竹編箍圈兩道，像生逼真。

《Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection》，大英博物館，倫敦，1994年
《Evolution to Perfection. Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection》，Sporting d’Hiver，蒙地卡羅，1996年，編號198
《盛世華章》，英國皇家藝術學院，倫敦，2005-6年，編號235

康蕊君，《玫茵堂中國陶瓷》，倫敦，1994-2010 年， 卷2，編號947

The bucket is in overall good condition with only a few minor surface scratches on the outside. A hole has been drilled at the bottom to convert it into a flower-pot, the white porcelain body further applied with a brown wash. There are three faint hairline cracks extending from the hole, the longest approx. 3.5 cm. The actual colour is a little bit darker reddish brown compared to the catalogue illustration.
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以瓷仿製各式材質器物，為雍正時期景德鎮瓷匠諸多創新之一，於乾隆一朝更見盛行。十八世紀早期，大量新研發之瓷彩釉料，使匠人得以運用陶瓷，摹仿不同材料質感，幾可亂真。瓷匠仿作其他質材並非新事，然此類清初瓷仿器物充分顯示出製瓷之高度成熟，不僅成效栩栩如真，且範本不再像以往僅局限於珍貴質材，而是傚仿許多常見之物。

北京故宮博物院與台北故宮博物院，均藏可相類比之雍正年款仿木紋釉花盆，其器形相近，然下承矮足，見於《故宮珍藏康雍乾瓷器圖錄》，香港，1989年，圖版146，及《故宮清瓷圖錄─康熙窰‧雍正窰》，東京，1980年，圖版97。