California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 September 23, 2017  September 23, 2017

 Lot # 3178 
A BLUE AND WHITE HEXAGONAL VASE    清 青花折枝花果紋六方瓶


  • Dimension: Height: 17 3/4 in (45.1 cm) Diameter: 4 7/8 in (12.4 cm)
  • Estimate From: $9000
  • Estimate To: $18000

of hexagonal section, with waisted neck, the sides painted in brilliant tones of cobalt blue with pomegranate, peach and persimmon alternating with flowering branches, decorated with spiky lotus scrolls, the neck and foot similarly painted with floral sprays divided by spandrels, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character QIANLONG reign mark.


此瓶通體作六方形,敞口,細高頸,折肩,深腹,外撇圈足。紋飾以肩為界,使得每個棱面形成上小下大的兩個開光,器身六道棱線之上繪折枝花卉紋,下部繪折枝佛手、石榴、壽桃等紋,寓以“福祿壽”三多之意,與具有迴紋、如意頭紋完美地結合。佈局疏密相宜,諸種祥花瑞果,窮秀極妍,雍榮華貴。整器釉質肥厚潤澤,青花蒼翠欲滴,以點染法仿永宣進口料蘇麻離青的效果,濃艷的青花與潔白的釉地對比鮮明。圈足內牆陡直,足端寬平,底書“大清乾隆年制”六字三行篆書款。
此類官窯六方瓶是清中期唐英任督陶官時所創造出來的新品種,屬於宮廷高檔式樣陳設器之一,為方器之中少見的巨作,周正端莊,反映了清中期高超的燒造技術,極為罕見,珍貴非凡。附紐約Weisbrod Inc 1989年1月鑑定報告 來源:紐約藏家提供. Provenance: Private Collection, New York