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唐 三彩貼花雙繫繩柄壺

估價
500,000 - 700,000 USD
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描述

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finely potted, the ovoid body rising from a widely splayed foot to a double-waisted neck and tall cylindrical cupped mouth secured to the shoulder by a rope-twist handle, the body applied with crisply molded elements of quatrefoil leaf panels separated by florets, trefoil floral sprigs and festooned flower heads, all below a band of three incised grooves at the shoulder with four further trefoil floral sprigs pendent between flanking loop handles and an upright 'beak', all beneath brilliant splashed ivory, green and amber glazes, pooling at the foot to an olive-green tone and extending partially over the underside of the foot, stopping unevenly to reveal the buff body at the base, the interior of the mouth applied with a soft greenish-white glaze, Japanese wood box (3)

來源

倫敦佳士得1970年10月12日,編號95

出版

長谷部樂爾及林屋晴三,《中國古陶磁》,上冊,東京,1971年,圖版45
Anthony du Boulay,《Christie's Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics》,倫敦,1984年,頁21,圖3

Condition

In exceptional general condition given the complexity of the form, with only several shallow chips. The largest measuring 1.3 cm by 0.9 cm, to one tip of the molded quatrefoil florets, as visible in the catalogue image. One small chip to the tip of the 'spout' and another to the underside of the cupped mouth. Several minor shallow losses elsewhere. The base with a small TL drill hole, and several firing imperfections, and a 1.2 cm by 0.9 cm shallow chip. Other light ware and minor glaze flaking as consistent with the period.
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拍品資料及來源

三彩花時繁似錦
康蕊君

本品三彩貼花雙繫繩柄壺,瑰麗華美,光秀斑斕,薈異國之風,集盛唐之氣,見證中國史上輝煌一頁。此例獨一無二,不論其工藝、造型、裝飾與釉色,皆顯盛唐陶器之偉大成就。

唐代絲綢之路通達西域,沿塔克拉瑪干沙漠之長途險要,自長安都城及至中亞與中東,聯繫外邦文化重鎮,促成繁盛商貿,引領思想交流。長安城其時威名遠播,日臻繁榮,幅員廣大,為世上之最,人口高達百萬,聚眾更來自亞洲各地。外商於市集出售異國貨品,使節向朝廷上呈海外珍寶。因此,唐代藝匠接觸之款式及技術愈見豐富,面對競爭環境,自當因時制宜,博採眾長。

富裕貴族卓識善鑑,對精品需求與日俱增,藝匠為此竭盡所能,更令盛唐工藝技術愈見精良。縱觀中國悠久歷史,唯有唐代匠工最精陶器,取素土為胎,塑成名器,其技藝之精湛,從本品足可窺見一斑。此壺設計精煉,造工嚴謹,對後世影響深遠。器身流麗灑脫,造形起伏順暢,配以貼花葉飾、繩紋手柄,巧施三彩釉色,皆盡精製華飾,足見匠心獨運。

陶瓷貼花手法,意源寶石、珍珠鑲飾。參考一件唐代鑲寶石舍利金盒,陝西省臨潼縣慶山寺遺址出土,載《中國美術全集:工藝美術編》,第10冊,北京,1987年,圖版76,另見《隋唐文化》,香港,1990年,頁275,圖版5。此技法自北齊始,盛行於陶器之上, 當時中亞風格始對中國工藝帶來強烈影響,Suzanne G. Valenstein曾就此提及一早期同款紋飾青釉瓶,藏紐約大都會藝術博物館。(,《Oriental Art》,第VLIII冊,編號4,1997-1998年,頁2-13)

蔓藤花紋,仿如佛教造像佩戴寶飾,參考一西安出土著名石雕觀音菩薩殘像,載《中國美術全集:雕塑編》,卷四,北京,1988年,圖版53(圖一)

壺身花飾,多見唐初藝品,媒材不同,效果各異,款例包括一唐代陶馬裝飾,河南鞏縣出土,同上,圖版156;另見一唐代木鎮俑甲飾,公元688年,新疆吐魯番阿斯塔那古墓出土,展於《China. Dawn of a Golden Age, 200-750 AD》,大都會藝術博物館,紐約,2004-2005年,編號180;再有一銅鎮俑裝飾,陝西寶雞出土,同上,編號230;另參考兩款絲織品,阿斯塔那古墓出土,其一為六世紀末/七世紀初,另一出自公元778年古墓,同上,編號235及242;一件繡花絲韉,出自青海都蘭熱水,同上,編號247;另一唐代銅鏡,出自陝西岐山,展《長安瑰寶:絲綢之都》,香港藝術館,1993-1994年,編號33。

如本壺器形及裝飾者,今未見有二,但有存世三彩鳳首壺例者數,形意頗近,固當歸至一類,獨本品不作鳳首之式,而於肩部置一鳥喙,借取其意,與壺柄相對,互作平衡,相得益彰,配與錦飾,整體觀之,華美奪目,雅致分明。

參考五件相類例,球形壺口,作鳳首狀。其中一例,同飾大片四葉及花蕾貼飾,東京國立博物館館藏,載佐藤雅彥及長谷部楽爾,《世界陶磁全集:隋、唐》,卷十一,東京,1976年,彩圖版200(圖。另一同款花蕾貼飾,配團飾圖案,Aso收藏,同上,圖版199。再有三例,貼飾不同,壺肩飾一環蓮花,其一藏神戶白鶴美術館,同上,彩圖版35;其二先後屬巴黎L. Wannieck收藏、比利時Jan Pincket收藏及日本私人收藏,同上,圖版117,另載《Inaugural Exhibition: Early Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art》,Eskenazi,倫敦,1972年,編號32,封面,近期售於倫敦蘇富比2015年5月13日,編號104(成交價2,725,000英鎊)(圖;其三載水野清一,《陶器全集:唐三彩》,卷二十五,東京,1961年,彩圖版1。鳳首壺之喙飾,或作壺口出水,或僅作裝飾,盛於六朝時期,其重要意義尚待深入考究。

此壺製工複雜,裝飾精緻,三彩均勻飽滿,亮麗出眾,流釉至足,平整規細,並非一般唐器可比。河南鞏義市黄冶鞏縣窰址,著名唐三彩窰口之一,曾出土大量三彩陶例,亦有作貼飾者,然鮮有與本品比肩之作。相類貼葉紋飾之三彩殘器,見《黄冶唐三彩窰》,北京,2000年,載於書中各處及彩圖版54: 4。