清乾隆 紫地粉彩開光蝶戀花轎瓶 《乾隆年製》款

well modelled and flattened at the back, the ovoid body sweeping up from a short splayed foot to a broad shoulder and waisted neck, the neck flanked by a pair of archaistic scroll handles, all resting on a trompe l'oeil gilt-decorated faux-bois stand, the body centred with a slightly sunken gilt-bordered lobed cartouche enclosing a scene depicting gnarled and intertwining foliate stems issuing multi-coloured floral buds and blooms, including camellia blossoms, two small butterflies rendered fluttering nearby, the cartouche surrounded by stylised lotus blooms borne on scrolling foliage, below a descending bat suspending a tasselled chime painted on the neck, all reserved on a rich ruby-red ground, a pendent ruyi band picked out along the mouthrim, below a dotted band repeated at the foot, the footrim further bordered with a floral frieze, the interior enamelled turquoise, the 'wood' base gilt-inscribed with a horizontal four-character seal mark

A V-shaped piece of approx. 2 cm long has been restuck to the mouthrim with seemingly no losses. The piece is otherwise in good condition and was fired to perfection.
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粉彩轎瓶展現十八世紀景德鎮御窰之巧思臻技，燒造出各式前所未見之創新形制、紋飾、技法之作，博取乾隆帝之青睞。乾隆朝製仿摹之瓷，精巧如真，真假難辨，此件轎瓶相連底座，仿作木質即為一例，乾隆三十九年（1774年），朱琰著《陶說》述及「戧金、鏤銀、琢石、髹漆、螺鈿、竹木、匏蠡諸作，無不以陶為之，仿效而肖」。

此類轎瓶為乾隆朝之創新，背平彷若從中剖半，多作成雙，飾於轎內。一件書乾隆帝御題詩轎瓶，記載帝王稱許瓶中鮮蕊幽香，宛若遺世獨立，不受紅塵紛擾（見展覽圖錄《盛世華章》，皇家藝術學院，倫敦，2005年，圖版445）。

懷海堂珍藏四件乾隆轎瓶，底座相若此瓶，展出於《機暇清賞：懷海堂藏清代御窰瓷缾》，香港中文大學文物館，香港，2007年，編號129-132；一件繪胭脂紅地花卉紋轎瓶，1988年6月3日售於紐約佳士得，編號305；另一對轎瓶，書詩文，2007年5月29日售於香港佳士得，編號1383。