• Dimension: Height: 8 3/8 in (21.0 cm) Width: 5 3/4 in (14.5 cm)
• Estimate From: $1500
• Estimate To: $2500

The double gourd shaped ewer set to one side with a curved spout and to the other with a loop handle, with a deep cylindrical container and extending from the base, surmounted by a slightly domed cover with a bud finial, all supported on a globular warmer set with a pair of lion-mask handles, the vessels painted in underglaze with flying five clawed dragon amidst clouds, the base of the warmer with a four-character hallmark reading Qingyi Tang zhi (Hall of Blessings and Correctness) within a double square in underglaze blue. Qing Dynasty period.

本品為瓷質酒壺當中別具心裁之作。整體造型呈葫蘆形，有兩部分組成，上部盛酒，下部注入熱水溫酒，用以長酌。通體上下皆飾青花礬紅雙龍戲珠紋，以青花繪祥雲，以礬紅飾瑞龍。柄、流及溫器皆見礬紅彩繪就的蝙蝠翱翔於祥雲之間。溫器敦實可愛，飾以礬紅獸首，別緻精巧，近足處繪青花蓮瓣紋。本品底落’養和堂制’墨彩楷書款，端莊規矩，一如雍乾琺瑯彩瓷之寫款。其青花髮色清雅明快，礬紅妍麗奪目，與瑩潤如玉的胎釉相互輝映。其設計奇妙，工藝精絶，上下渾然一體，既得實用之效，又獲觀賞之美，誠為佳器。