California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 Sept. 12, 2020  Sept. 12, 2020

 Lot # 8561 
A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE 'PINES AND CRANES' INSCRIBED CUPS    清 粉彩松鶴延年紋題詩杯一對


  • Dimension: Height: 2 in (5.1 cm) Diameter: 3 1/8 in (7.9 cm)
  • Estimate From: $1800
  • Estimate To: $2800

Each cup exterior finely enamelled to depict two standing cranes next to large pine within a mountain setting, the reverse inscribed with poem with seal marks, the base inscribed with reign mark.


杯敞口,斜壁,深腹,圈足,胎質堅致細膩,白釉清透,外壁以粉彩繪松鶴延年紋,松樹虯枝曲折盤旋,層次有條不紊,佈置得當,樹身鱗節密布,蒼勁高古。松下仙鶴,結伴對立, 斂翅舒頸,俯仰自得。松樹終年長綠,經冬而不凋,以此來比喻生命力旺盛不衰。丹頂鶴壽可至八十年,為鳥中之長壽者。因此松鶴延年具有深遠之喻意,後人常以鬆鶴為祝壽之吉祥圖案。反面題詩“丹頂宜承日,看月未成棲“是出自唐·劉禹錫《鶴嘆》,仙鶴的丹頂宜於上承紅日,因為仰頭望月故至深夜尚未棲息。 “大清雍正年制”款識,成對保存,實屬不易,(配木盒)