清乾隆 豆青釉夔龍紋罐 《大清乾隆年製》款

of baluster form with generous globular sides rising from a waisted foot, boldly carved with archaistic kui dragons and phoenix, their sinuous bodies picked out with raised bosses and terminating in curled tendrils, the short flaring neck rising to a lipped rim encircled by a wan-symbol frieze, the foot bordered with a border of upright lappets, applied overall with a thick glaze of a rich olive-green tone pooling in the recesses to highlight the carving, the base crisply carved with a six-character seal mark within a recessed square

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香港佳士得2006年5月30日，編號1356

《明清の美術》，大阪市立美術館，大阪，1982年，編號179

Apart from a minute glaze flake to the mouthrim, as well as some expected light surface scratches, the overall condition is very good.
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豆青釉罐，周身滿飾盤結夔龍，釉泛橄欖青調，為乾隆窰豆青瓷佳例。此類青瓷傚仿早明龍泉官窰器，突顯清帝慕古之情。紐約蘇富比曾售二例，與此相類，分別為1979年5月5日，編號40，以及1981年11月6日，編號306。

論釉色、器形、紋飾，此罐均以明初御製龍泉瓷為摹本。明龍泉青瓷向以光潤，微黃或乳濁的濃綠釉色著稱，器形端正，所綴紋飾，精巧刻劃，多與當時景德鎮製官窰器相類。近年大窰龍泉窰遺址出土部分帶年款瓷片，證實龍泉窰曾受委燒官瓷，並得明代朝廷監造，詳見《碧綠：明代龍泉窰青瓷》，國立故宮博物院，臺北，2009年，頁21。

不僅遵循明規，此件豆青釉夔龍紋罐且蘊乾隆風韻，明瓷罐原形延伸，曲線更形圓鼓飽滿，繁複盤結的夔龍紋也取代了明代龍紋。參考 Bo Ewer 舊藏一例，售於倫敦蘇富比1973年7月24日，編號56。試比較一件青花龍紋罐，足上綴相類蓮瓣紋，錄於《景德鎮出土明宣德官窰瓷器》，鴻禧美術館，臺北，1998年，編號3。

此罐紋飾遠視仿若早明青瓷常見之纏枝花卉，近觀甫見夔龍細節，極其巧妙。此為乾隆窰少見之作，多數乾隆青瓷延續雍正風格，取前朝原形，加添新式變化。同其父祖，乾隆帝愛古，但其仿古之作多遵循雍正窰例，而非取宋元古器新製，此處紋飾，應循雍正窰螭龍或靈芝紋而生。例見北京故宮藏一件雍正青花釉裏紅天球瓶，載於《故宮珍藏康雍乾瓷器圖錄》，北京，1989年，頁190，圖版19；還有一乾隆釉裏紅葫蘆瓶，售於香港蘇富比2010年4月8日，編號1867。

相似釉色之乾隆青瓷，可見懷海堂典藏一例，刻飾纏枝蓮紋及卷葉紋，帶類同乾隆篆款，錄於《機暇清賞：懷海堂藏清代御瓷器》，香港中文大學文物館，香港，2007年，編號51。另一類例，器頸截短，2012年11月7日售於倫敦蘇富比，編號430，其篆款、裝飾手法及釉色之相似，可推論與此件夔龍紋罐，似為燒造於同一時期，且出自同一批工匠之手。