清雍正 寶藍料弦紋瓶 《雍正年製》款

of archaistic hu form, the compressed globular body rising from a splayed foot to a waisted neck and flared mouthrim, the base of the neck bordered with a raised band, the splayed foot encircled with an indented border, the concave base wheel-cut with a four-character reign mark within a square border, the glass of a translucent sapphire-blue colour

There is evidence of characteristic crizzling to the body, but at some stage the vase has been lightly polished. There has been a minor area of polishing, visible where the footrim is slightly irregular. There is general surface wear and scratching to the body, especially at the extremities.
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康熙三十五年，清宮內廷設玻璃廠，始作料器。至雍正初，所製單色料器，已頗見水平，日漸精善，以無款為主。雍正二年，上諭造辦處，特命今後官作之品，凡適宜者，務必加書年款。

此類品，書雍正款者，尤為罕見，僅少量存世，多收於各大博物館及私人珍藏。細觀本品， 見其分段而成，先作器足，後連於身，為料作初期工藝特點。本瓶料色，靜雅幽藍，意仿藍寶石之美韻，尤屬宮廷御藏之稀珍。

目前所知，與本品相類者，僅見一例，尺寸略大，H.R.B. Abbey 收藏，錄於《Catalogue of the International Exhibition of Chinese Art》，英國皇家藝術學院，倫敦，1935-6年，編號2735，現存布里斯托爾城市博物館與美術館。

另見一雍正藍料例，款識相同，詳見《虹影瑤輝．李景勳清代玻璃》，香港中文大學文物館，香港，2000 年，頁114，編號16。另見一雍正藍料渣斗例，Shorenstein 收藏，錄於 Spink & Son，《Minor Arts of China IV》，倫敦，1989年，編號109，售香港佳士得2010年12月1日，編號2915。