石渠寶笈續編( 養心殿),第二冊,頁1167&*宮書畫錄(卷八),第四冊,頁100&*故宮書畫圖錄,第十一冊,頁49-50&* 蔣廷錫(西元一六六九-一七三二年),江蘇常熟人。字揚孫,號酉君,又號西谷。官至文華殿大學士,工畫花卉草蟲,以逸筆寫生,沒骨花鳥畫繼承惲壽平風格。 康熙六十一年(一七二二)蔣氏寫生宮中御花池之重瓣蓮花,花卉部份有惲壽平風韻,但過度強調筆墨陰暗的區別,使得畫面較為呆板刻劃。畫木質瓶座具有西洋透視法的立體感,相當寫實。此圖有可能是其門生代筆之作。 &* Chiang T’ing-hsi (style names Yang-sun and Hsi-chün, sobriquet Hsi-ku) was a native of Ch’ang-shu. As an official, he rose to the rank of Grand Secretary of the Wen-hua Hall. He also excelled at depicting insects-and-flowers, and he also painted from nature using a spontaneous manner. In terms of bird-and-flower painting in the “boneless’ (wash) style, he followed the style of Yün Shou-p’ing (1633-1690). In 1722, Chiang recorded in this painting the unusual number of blossom petals found on lotuses growing in the imperial pond. Here, the lotus stalks are placed in a vase of crackled glaze. The blossoms reveal the graceful manner of Yün Shou-p’ing. The excessive emphasis on shading with ink, however, has rendered the surfaces somewhat flat. Nonetheless, the vase stand has been rendered using Western techniques of perspective and shading to make it appear quite realistic. The work may have actually been done by Chiang’s student. &*1.馮明珠,〈蔣廷錫畫敖漢千葉蓮〉,收入馮明珠主編,《乾隆皇帝的文化事業》(臺北:國立故宮博物院,2002年初版一刷),頁85。 2.馮明珠,〈乾隆皇帝和他的文化顧問們〉,《故宮文物月刊》,第235期(2002年10月),頁63-64。