• Dimension: Height: 20 2/8 in (51.4 cm) Length: 14 7/8 in (37.5 cm) Width: 8 3/4 in (22.0 cm)
• Estimate From: $15000
• Estimate To: $25000

Modelled after the Islamic metal prototype, of flattened globular form, rising from a splayed rounded square foot to a cylindrical neck set with a pair of archaistic animal scroll handles, the body moulded in relief on each side with a large central yin-yang boss encircled by eight trigrams, the flat sides moulded with bosses resembling rivets, covered overall in a attractive celadon green glaze, the recessed base similarly glazed and inscribed with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue. Qing Dynasty period.

Provenance: Property from a private collection, Los Angeles
從雍正傳世御用瓷器看，無論花色品種還是質量都達到了歷史高峰，顏色釉的燒造，尤其是青釉瓷器的製作更是令人稱道。青釉因色澤的深淺濃淡有不同的名稱，如粉青、冬青、豆青之分，本件所施青釉遠視猶如碧水，又若梅子初青，當為冬青之色。此種釉色與胤禛一貫追求文雅、素淨的審美標準暗合，深得皇帝喜愛。抱月瓶腹部呈圓月形凸起，又稱“寶月瓶”。始燒於清雍正，流行於乾隆一朝。雍正時期的抱月瓶在於各部分比例協調，恰到好處。此瓶直口，口部包銀，粗頸，扁圓腹，下置橢圓形圈足。頸肩飾雙如意耳，正背兩側紋飾相同，皆以太極陰陽圖裝飾於中心，四周突起八卦紋。通體施豆青釉，釉色純正亮麗，釉質溫潤如玉。紋飾的選擇追古溯源，形質古樸大方，氣質雍容。此類抱月瓶是雍窯的創新之作，設計甚得天然意趣，線條舒展柔美，工藝精湛，為雍正時期內府單色釉瓷的上品。雍正皇帝對於服食仙藥，煉丹求仙十分熱衷，故帶有道家符文的器物往往為雍正皇帝親自使用，十分珍貴。 “大清雍正年制”款識。可參閲香港佳士得2010 秋季拍賣會2826 號拍品，成交價HKD 18,580,000；倫敦蘇富比2006 年11 月8 日lot.173（封面作品）；成交價232,000 英鎊；《宮廷珍藏---中國清代官窯瓷器》，第295 頁；台北故宮博物院藏清雍正龍泉釉拱花寶月瓶等 來源：洛杉磯藏家收藏