清康熙 灑藍地描金雲鳳紋長頸瓶

finely modelled of harmonious proportion, the spherical body rising from a short foot to a tall slender cylindrical neck and gently flared rim, the exterior applied with a rich powder-blue glaze mottled with attractive blue speckles, with traces of pencilled gilt decoration depicting phoenix and clouds to the globular body and a frieze of Buddhist lions and floral blooms to the shoulder, all below upright plantain lappets encircling the neck

J. Pierpont Morgan（1837-1913年）收藏，編號1301
J.J. Lally & Co. ，紐約

Stephen W. Bushell 及 Williman M. Laffan，《Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains》，卷2，紐約，1907年，圖版CX

The vase is in good overall condition with just an approx 1.8 cm shallow glaze flake above the foot. As typical of this type of vase, the fragile gilt decoration has rubbed off in places but is still clearly visible to the naked eye. The colour in the catalogue photo has emerged with too much of a purplish-red tint under strong flash photography, the actual colour of the glaze is of a more classic powder blue.
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此瓶之灑藍釉，或受宣德年間之雪花藍釉啟發，藝匠以竹管蘸藍，吹於器表，深淺斑駁，白點彷如雪花飄落，隱於湛藍之中。除純罩灑藍釉外，也常見有如此瓶所見加綴描金作飾者。

諸多康熙年間灑藍地描金朵花紋長頸瓶藏於北京故宮，此中有一類瓶錄於《故宮博物院藏品大系．陶瓷編》，卷23：清順治康熙，北京，2013年，圖錄79。一件於1982年12月4日售於紐約佳士得，編號525。另有一件於1986年6月8日售於香港佳士得，編號379。第四件類例於1981年11月16日售於倫敦佳士得，編號10。另有一例，略大，淡藍釉開片，錄於《The Freer Gallery of Art》，卷1：China，華盛頓，1972年， 圖錄129。