清康熙 郎窰紅釉觀音尊

the baluster body elegantly rising from a spreading foot to a tall waisted neck and flared rim, the base of the neck collared with a protruding rib, the exterior covered in a lustrous rich red glaze of crushed raspberry tone, the glaze evenly suffused with a network of fine crackle throughout, the interior and recessed base covered with a crackled glaze with a faint bluish tint, wood stand

購於巴黎，1990年代

The overall condition is very good, except for a firing crack across the base. There is also a small flake to the pooling glaze right above the foot, in addition to some minor firing imperfections, including small glaze gaps, tiny trapped and burst air bubbles (especially to the neck). The actual colour is slightly richer than the catalogue illustration.
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本品器形，豐肩長頸，端莊秀美，不見同者。可參考一近類作例，展《機暇清賞 : 懷海堂藏清代御窰瓷缾》，香港中文大學文物館，2007年，頁398，圖XI，編號Y, 4；同展另見一搖鈴尊，圖XI，編號K, 3。郎窰之釉，鮮若牛血，明亮光潔，為康熙朝督窰官郎廷極所創。郎廷極其人，鞠躬盡瘁，竭心製瓷，精研配釉之法，大開新巧式樣。

可見一相類康熙瓶例，形制略小，施天青釉，錄 Jan Wirgin，《Chinese Ceramics from the Alex and Nora Lundgren Bequest》，斯德哥爾摩，1978年，圖版70。另見一銅紅釉例及一藍釉例，載George J. Lee，《Selected Far Eastern Art in the Yale University Art Gallery》，紐黑文，1970年，圖版361。亦見一例，售倫敦蘇富比1972年11月13日，編號168。再見一例，售香港蘇富比1993年10月26日，編號323。