• Dimension: Height: 7 in (17.8 cm)
• Estimate From: $2500
• Estimate To: $3500

Potted as six conjoined amphora-shaped vases, each with an ovoid body gently rising to a high rounded shoulder and a tall cylindrical neck encircled with a filet and surmounted by a wide flaring rim, covered overall with a vitreous pale-celadon glaze save for the footrims, the base of the central vase with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue. To compare vases with similar style, please refer to a Qianlong period blue and white six-joined vase in Shenyang Museum of Art

六孔花插，清宮資料中另可見數處記載，諸如：“乾隆五十四年五月初一日，收董誥官釉六孔花插一件”。《清檔》載：“乾隆三年五月初六日，司庫劉山久催總白世秀來說太監高玉交……廠官釉六孔瓶一件、月白釉六孔瓶一件……傳旨著將……交與唐英照此釉水燒造另改花樣……其余八樣（六孔瓶在內）照樣燒造……欽此。”本品造型獨特，由六瓶緊密相連而成，每支小瓶均敞口，長頸部各有凸起弦紋一道，圓肩，弧腹下垂，圈足。整器俯視宛如梅花盛開狀，中間瓶高聳如花蕊，周圍五瓶類梅瓣相擁。通體滿施“豆青釉”，釉面均勻凝潤，色澤淡雅清麗，凸顯秀麗端莊之氣韻。“乾隆年制”款識。類似器型可參考瀋陽省博物館藏清乾隆青花纏枝蓮紋六連瓶。來源：內華達州亨德森私人藏家收藏
Provenance: Private collection, Henderson, Nevada