清嘉慶 粉彩纏枝蓮八寶紋三足爐 The globular body enameled with the Eight Buddhist Emblems amidst meandering lotus scrolls that extend onto the cabriole legs, the shoulder with a band of ruyi-heads, flanked by a pair of pierced, upright curved handles, the lotus scrolls repeated on the waisted neck, all below a galleried rim with a pink and blue key-fret border interrupted by the horizontal six-character mark in iron-red, the interior enameled in turquoise, wood stand and cover. Qing Dynasty Jiaqing period. 此爐取商周青銅器鼎之樣式，盤口束頸，鼓腹圜底，下承三蹄足，兩側飾衝天朝冠耳。胎質堅實，周身以鬆石綠地粉彩裝飾。口沿外繪迴紋，頸部繪纏枝花卉紋一週，外壁繪纏枝蓮紋及八寶紋，兩耳及三足繪纏枝花卉紋。佛教八寶為法螺、法輪、寶傘、白蓋、蓮花、寶瓶、金魚、盤腸八種吉祥物，常與蓮花合用於瓷器裝飾上，象徵吉祥如意。此類爐常作佛前五供，置於最中間，體量巨大，端莊雄壯，製作考究，且配木雕爐蓋及底座，十分難得。可參考一類似器型，售於倫敦佳士得，2011年11月，拍品號412。