Footnotes

• 清同治 粉彩百蝶紋棱口大花盆一對
  
  The 'hundred butterflies' design is closely associated with a unique group of yellow-ground wares produced as a special commission for the Imperial Court during the reign of the Tongzhi emperor. A drawing from the Qing Court Collection shows a similarly-painted bowl, with notes listing the forms and quantities to be produced in this design; see Guanyang Yuci: Gugong bowuyuan cang Qingdai zhici guanyang yu yuyao ciqi, Beijing, 2007, p.120, no.22. See also a smaller rectangular jardinière with a similar design but with a yellow ground, Tongzhi, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in ibid., Beijing, 2007, p.91, no.14.
  
  Compare with a related jardinière of similar form and decoration, but with a yellow ground, Tongzhi, which was sold at Bonhams London, 11 November 2010, lot 336.
  
  花盆成對，體量碩大，花口、折沿，下承六如意式足，足牆施黃釉，通體所施白釉。外壁滿繪各式彩蝶翩翩飛舞，俯仰生姿，色彩繽紛，呼之欲出，盆底施白釉，挖兩濾水小孔。盆胎體厚重，器形規整，為清代晚期官窯庭苑養植陳設佳作。
  
  「百蝶」紋樣在清末官樣御瓷上較多出現。包括御窯廠為同治皇帝大婚而燒造的器皿，大部分均以黃釉為地色，其圖案先由內府根據皇帝旨意繪成紋樣，再發往御窯廠依樣燒造，參看故宮博物院藏一黃地百蝶海碗圖樣，以及一件清同治黃地粉彩百蝶八喜字方盆，均採用「百蝶」紋飾裝飾，著錄於《官樣御瓷：故宮博物院藏清代製瓷官樣與御窯瓷器》，北京，2007年，圖22及圖14，頁120及91。
  
  倫敦邦瀚斯曾售出一件清同治黃地粉彩百蝶紋菱口花盆，2012年11月11日，拍品編號336。