清雍正 青花纏枝瓜果紋折沿盤 《大清雍正年製》款

robustly potted with shallow rounded sides rising from a short foot to a flat everted mouthrim, the interior centred with a medallion decorated in underglaze-blue with a continuous scrolling branch of vine bearing seven lobed melons interspersed with flowers, tendrils and leaves, all within a broad composite floral scroll bearing lotus and chrysanthemum blossoms encircling the medallion, the rim painted with a wave border within a raised lip, the exterior with six fruiting sprigs, including lychee, pomegranate, loquat, peach, cherry and crab apple, the base inscribed with a six-character reign mark within a double-circle

香港佳士得2008年5月27日，編號1576

The overall condition is excellent. There is a shallow nick to the biscuit footrim that appears to have been buffed. There are also some surface wear and scratches, especially to the rim and interior.
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此器青花呈色艷麗，藤蔓相纏，繁而不亂，生動逼真，為雍正仿明朝青花作品中之上乘之作。雍正窰匠重新詮釋明朝瓜果紋飾，既沿襲前朝古韻，也加入了本朝簡潔、洗練的新元素，使之更為豐富。

據清宮造辦處檔案記載，雍正皇帝親自參與瓷器設計，規定造型、尺寸、紋飾。要求紋飾要講究輪廓線條，重視氣勢和神韻。御用瓷器必須經他的審定，方可燒造，可見雍正帝的審美情趣及力臻完美的風格。

一相似例售香港蘇富比1978年5月23日，編號131，著《天民樓藏瓷》，香港，1987年，圖版53。一例售紐約蘇富比1997年9月23日，編號282。此類盤另有繪纏枝瓜果紋飾，折沿飾風格各異的海浪紋，曾為靜觀堂收藏，展於《Gems of Chinese Art: Selections of Chinese Ceramics and Bronzes from the Tsui Art Foundation》，亞洲文明博物館，新加坡，1992年，編號95。另一例售倫敦蘇富比1988年6月7日，編號273。

稍小的永樂朝原形，盤心繪纏枝瓜果三枚，原為吳賚熙、Eumorfopoulos 及 Brankston 收藏，現藏倫敦大英博物館，見霍吉淑，《Ming Ceramics in the British Museum》，倫敦，2004年，圖版3:34。另一例為上海博物館館藏，見汪慶正，《青花釉裏紅 》，上海，1987年，圖版60。

瓜，因秦朝東陵侯邵平的故事而為後人所喜愛。秦朝滅亡後，邵平貶為布衣，因家貧，於長安城東種瓜為生。種瓜有五色，瓜美，世稱東陵瓜。陶淵明詩曰：「邵生瓜田中，寧似東陵時」，他以歷史故事來說明「衰榮無定在，彼此更共之」，證明沒有永遠的榮華富貴的哲理。後人以瓜為紋飾，如《詩經．大雅．綿》云：「綿綿瓜瓞，民之初生，自土沮漆」，寓瓜瓞綿綿之意，祝頌子孫昌盛，連綿不斷。

瓜果題材流行於宋朝水墨，元朝始用以裝飾青花瓷器，盛行於明。一元末明初冊頁，鈐成化印，曾展於《Seven Classical Paintings》，Eskenazi Ltd.， 倫敦，2009年，編號7。