Depicting white plum blossom on a spring day with clear blue sky, in Lu Guen Glaze (robin’s egg glaze). From Dr. Robert I-San Lin (#29), 86-year old senior Chinese artwork appraiser appointed by China Commission on Artwork Authentication, whose grandfather was a major Chinese antique collector/dealer in early1900s. (Dr. Lin’s bio, published in Journal of Authentication of Artworks, 2015, available on request). Brought to California in 1960s. H: 4.5, Dia: 8.1 cm, 109 g

清嘉慶/道光年間王柄榮雕寒梅迎春爐鈞釉文房水盂。此釉是藍地，是典型嘉道爐鈞釉。雕工精細傳神。型規整、器表輪廓線條圓潤。爐鈞釉的深藍色中飄浮着起綠泡及小白點、有康熙雪花藍釉的神韻。數枝雪白的臘梅橫斜、也微有康熙青花地氷梅瓷飾的風姿姿。藍白相映、甚美觀。王炳榮為嘉慶/道光年間雕瓷大師、他的作品精緻，只選極細潤而堅硬的瓷來雕琢、否則細雕處會崩塌。此盂的圈足端所露出的細白硬胎、正符合他的選胎水準。盛鬧的梅花也雕出花心及花絲、連洗的口沿也加雕一圈凹漕、形成美麗的雙脊口沿、大大地增加了藝術感。一般繪家畫梅只繪梅技横斜、表現出冷而静的冬景。王氏更妙地在一叢梅花的左邊加雕一蝴蝶、使畫面活躍、充滿活力、暗示春天已到.

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