瓶精銅為胎,胎體厚重,為仿新石器時代良渚文化的玉琮,其外形加以變化而成的一種花器,形制端莊,端凝古樸。呈平口,短頸,四方直身,長方腹,方足外侈。通體天藍色琺瑯釉為地,再以黃、白、綠、紅及粉紅琺瑯釉分飾纏枝花卉,枝繁葉茂,翻折卷曲,相互穿插交錯,間飾小朵花卉,花團錦簇,展現雋雅盎然之景。北京故宮博物院庋藏淸早期〈掐絲琺瑯花鳥紋琮式瓶〉(圖一),造型及技法與本品相似,可資參考。
304 A BRONZE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL CONG-SHAPED 'SHOU CHARACTER' VASE
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
H16cm
Provenance
A private British collection, acquired from London Arts Market in the 1970s
An important private American collection
New York financier Steven Chen Collection
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