- Dimension: Height: 10 3/4 in (27.0 cm) Length: 9 1/2 in (24.0 cm) Width: 8 3/8 in (21.0 cm)
- Estimate From: $1800
- Estimate To: $2800
The flattened vase finely enamelled to the body with an auspicious bat above stylized shou character flanked by floral sprays decorations, all reserved on turquoise blue ground. The neck flanked by a pair of archaistic chilong handles. Qing Dynasty period.
掐絲琺瑯俗稱“景泰藍”,是中國傳統手工藝之一,掐絲琺瑯一般以紅銅做胎(少數以金或銀為胎),胎子成型後,再用細而窄長的銅絲,根據裝飾圖案所需,銲接在胎體表面;然後將五顏六色的琺瑯釉填入凹陷的花紋之中,入窯焙燒;因其焙燒後凝結的琺瑯釉會收縮,所以填釉、焙燒的工序需要重複多次,才能使琺瑯釉完全充分的填充在盤絲的凹陷位置;燒好之後,還要進行打磨、鎏金等工序方可成器。正是由於掐絲琺瑯製作工藝複雜、技術要求嚴格、成本較高等原因,故其在中國誕生之日起,就被實力雄厚、人才濟濟的皇家所壟斷,秘藏深宮,非一般百姓所能享用。此件器物唇口,短頸,肩上飾對稱夔龍耳,扁圓腹。整器四周飾“壽字紋”、“纏枝花卉紋”、“雲蝠紋”。胎體厚重,釉色純正、艷麗,鎏金燦然,具有濃厚的宮廷氣息。
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