清雍正 仿汝釉鳩耳尊 《大清雍正年製》款

of archaistic bronze form, the broad pear-shaped body rising from a slightly spreading foot to a waisted neck encircled with a raised fillet and flanked by a pair of single-horn mythical animal-mask handles suspending mock rings, covered overall with a thick lavender-blue glaze, save for the unglazed foot ring, the base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue

Fred 及 Marguerite Shumaker 伉儷收藏，Larchmont，紐約，購於1930年代初，此後家族傳承

In overall good condition with only minor firing imperfections (primarily in the form of small burst bubbles to the interior and underside of the body) and very minor expected wear to the surface and foot, including a very minor shallow flake to the foot rim.
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本品通身施釉，青釉素淡，明淨細膩，精潤其形，流暢圓滿，起伏有致，仿傚宋代汝窰名品，彰顯雍正瓷藝之鼎盛，深通尚古開新之帝王品好。青釉瓷品，成熟於康熙一朝，雍正加以發展，巧製仿汝美器，官窰佳作日增。雍正七年至十年期間，江西巡撫謝旻監修《江西通志》，據雍正十年版本所載，其時已研發兩種仿汝釉式，其一暗露冰裂開片，其二則如本品所見，釉色勻淨瑩潔（S.W. Bushell，《Oriental Ceramic Art》，倫敦，1981年，頁195）。

此瓶珍稀罕有，記載中僅見兩相類例，皆為仿汝冰裂開片釉式，其一尺寸略小，北京故宮博物院藏，載於《故宮珍藏康雍乾瓷器圖錄》，香港，1989年，頁249，圖版78。另一例上拍於倫敦蘇富比2011年11月9日，編號69。

此類器形，亦見不同釉色者。見一茶葉末釉例，Cunliffe 勳爵收藏，載於 Soame Jenyns，《Later Chinese Porcelain》，倫敦，1951年，圖版CIV，編號2。另見一窰變釉例，北京故宮博物院藏，載於《清代御窰瓷器》，卷1，部II，北京，2005年，圖版39。亦見一浮雕青釉例，北京故宮博物院藏，載於《故宮珍藏康雍乾瓷器圖錄》，前述出處，頁276，圖版105。再可參考一雍正例，繪青花纏枝花卉紋，兩度售於香港蘇富比，1989年11月14日，編號75及1991年10月29日，編號133。

此類制式，續盛於乾隆一朝，參考兩件乾隆例，尺寸略小，售於香港蘇富比1988年5月18日，編號234及1997年4月29日，編號578。另有一例，售於香港佳士得1989年9月26日，編號696。再見一仿汝釉例，售紐約蘇富比2010年9月15日，編號261。