• Dimension: Length: 34 3/4 in (88.3 cm) Width: 18 3/4 in (47.6 cm)
• Estimate From: $2500
• Estimate To: $3500

Of horizontal rectangular form, inlaid in white-glaze porcelain with a calligraphy 'Yang He' in regular script reserved on a black granulated ground of speckled black lacquer resembling a stone slab, the lower left with two seal reading 'Tang Ying Zhi Yin' and 'Jun Gong', attributed to Tang Ying. Qing Dynasty period.

唐英督陶於雍乾之世，所出器皿皆名品，備受眾人推崇，影響深遠，世稱唐窯。其富藝術才華，除了設計與創作瓷器以外，對詩詞、戲劇、書畫均有造詣，只是為督陶盛名所掩，不為人知。其中書法一項，唐英四體兼善，時下所知有其多幅翰墨傳世，不光喜愛紙帛上揮毫，更擅長以其書法入飾瓷器，文雅別緻，洋溢書卷氣息。此橫匾嵌入“養和” 二字，附紅彩陰文“唐英之印”和紅彩陽文“雋公”篆文章。製作工藝繁複，瓷字燒好後再根據需要，嵌入木板或粘附薄木板上再施漆把底板蓋著。其字上白釉溫潤如玉，細小開片，神采奕奕，行筆遒勁灑脫，剔刻摹制水平極高，施以黑漆為地，更能凸顯主題。襯以漆金纏枝菊瓣紋木框，明快靜穆，視覺效果極佳。此橫匾可能是唐英自用或是餽贈摯友之物。置於書齋，滿室芝蘭，深為文人所愛，其藝術價值之高亦自不待言。