中国传统画题《隋炀帝夜游》的瓷器图像

The Iconography of the “Night Revel of the Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty” on Jingdezhen Porcelain in the Early Qing

学者屡屡在潘诺夫斯基图像学理论的三个层面(即"前图像志描述"、"图像志分析、"图像学阐释"),误读了清初瓷器上流行的《隋炀帝夜游》图纹。本文以有图注的版画插图和年画为佐证,讨论了此题材在景德镇瓷器上的传承脉络。康熙瓷器上出现与顺治皇帝日讲书目《帝鉴图说》相关的画面,表明清初最高统治者为了提高自己的政治水平而重视中国历史上的昏君教训,并且借助图像的感染力来警示自己。

Scholars have misread porcelain paintings decorating early Qing porecelain pieces with the theme of the Night Revel of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty produced in Jingdezhen during the early Qing period at the level of Pre-iconographical description,iconnographical analysis,and iconological interpretation proposed by Erwin Panofsky.This article offers an account of the iconographical development of these porcelain paintings based on comparison with pictures of the same theme found on wood-block printed novel illustations and new-year prints.The use of such images on porcelain shows an effort made by the Qing court to learn from history lessons of China’s past.