1936
A VERY RARE MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE VASE, YUHUCHUNPING
清十八世紀 青花纏枝蓮紋玉壺春瓶

QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

細節
瓶撇口,束頸,垂腹,圈足。通體青花紋飾。腹部主體飾纏枝蓮紋,腹上繪一圈單線,線至雲肩之間光素。頸部正中一周纏枝靈芝紋,上托蕉葉紋,下承如意雲肩。近底處環飾蓮瓣紋,口沿、足沿外側只描一圈單線,無其他紋飾。

本瓶無論形制及紋飾,均仿明初青花纏枝花紋玉壺春瓶。玉壺春瓶源於宋代,元代時與梅瓶成為最流行的瓶式。此款玉壺春瓶始見於明初,承繼了元青花瓷紋飾多層而繁密的風格。洪武同款器分青花及釉裏紅裝飾兩種,頸部繪蕉葉、回紋、忍冬三層紋飾,帶如意雲肩,腹部主體飾纏枝蓮、牡丹或菊紋。演變至永樂玉壺春瓶,頸部的蕉葉紋變得矮而尖,回紋省略,近底處更出現如意紋或海水紋的變式。

永樂、宣德朝以後很少燒製同款青花玉壺春瓶,至清雍正、乾隆年間才復興。雍正青花瓷向以雋秀著稱,紋飾畫風細膩,構圖疏朗。故宮博物院藏一件雍正青花釉裏紅纏枝蓮紋玉壺春瓶,其頸部蕉葉紋短小,口沿內留白、外一圈單線,如意雲肩上托纏枝靈芝紋一周,均與本瓶相若,見2000年香港出版故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集《青花釉裏紅‧下》,圖版195號。另見一件乾隆款例子,該器紋飾較繁密,原為英國鐵路基金會舊藏,2001年4月29日於香港佳士得拍賣,拍品567號。

本瓶的纏枝蓮紋清秀典雅,留白頗多,表現出花鳥畫的風格。

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Nick Wilson
Nick Wilson

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The earliest prototype of this form and design traces back to several yuhuchunping examples of the Hongwu period, decorated in either underglaze-blue or copper-red. Compare to a copper-red example with lotus scrolls dated to the Hongwu period, illustrated in Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red (I), The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2000, pl. 198; and a blue and white example from the National Palace Museum, included in the Illustrated Catalogue of Ming Dynasty Porcelain, Hung-wu Ware, pl. 1. The main decoration on similar yuhuchunping may also employ peony or chrysanthemum. For more discussions on related Hongwu yuhuchunping, see Sir John Addis, 'A Group of Underglaze Red', T.O.C.S., vol. 31, 1957-1959, pp. 15-48.

The Hongwu prototypes, however, tend to have more densely rendered leaves on the body, filling all the available white space, while the main scrolls on the present lot is more loosely painted. Their waisted neck features plantain leaves with more rounded tips up to the rim and above an extra band of keyfret. It is interested to note that on the present Qing period vase, the early 15th century scrolling floral yuhuchunping is modified to feature plantain leaves of a reduced height around the neck and the band of keyfret is omitted.

The current scrolling lotus yuhuchunping is fashioned closely after those early 15th century prototypes with the exception of the band around the neck with designs of lingzhi fungus which is commonly found on 18th century yuhuchungping, including one decorated with lotus scrolls in underglaze-blue and copper-red dated to the Yongzheng period, illustrated in Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red (III), The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2000, pl. 195. The white space below the cloud collar and a plain inner inverted rim are also modifications from the original Ming design.

The plantain and scroll motifs on the waisted neck are similar to those found on a related vase dating to the Yongzheng period, painted with two birds perched on a flowering tree, sold in at Sotheby's London, 16 June 1998. lot 249, illustrated in The Alan Chuang Collection of Chinese Porcelain, London, 2009, pp. 110-111, no. 33. See also a related Qianlong-marked example with more dense lotus designs on the body and a florette band around the foot ring, originally in the collection of the British Rail Pension Fund, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 29 April 2001, lot 567.