Monochrome

本色

Online Auction: 4–17 April 2024 • 2:00 PM HKT • Hong Kong | 網上拍賣：2024年4月4-17日 • 下午 2:00 HKT • 香港

I n the realm of "Monochrome" – a term signifying a single hue – lies a beauty transcending mere color, delving into the essence and inherent nature of objects. "Monochrome," the quintessence of all things, bespeaks a world teeming with life, wherein only humans can create: with varying skills come masterful or clumsy works; with diverse temperaments arise the refined or the vulgar. Each object, each vessel, possesses a character that resonates with its creator and collector, and it is within this harmony that joy is born.

The sale presents a diverse range of exceptional artworks characterised by their timeless aesthetic and exemplifying the most refined sensibilities in Chinese art, including a group of fine case bronze incense burners, huanghuali furniture, Song ceramics and Qing monochrome porcelains.

Monochrome專場的中文名凡歷三變，從「凝盈一色」，到「物色」，再到現在的「本色」，一直試圖跳出顏色的框架。 《心經》中的「色」—色即是空，空即是色，中文常見的意義不易解釋此處佛經裡「色」字的本意，而英文翻譯或許是個捷徑：Form is only emptiness, Emptiness only form。 所以「色」也可以理解為萬物所呈現的形貌、運作的形式和構成的機制。 本色，簡單來講就是呈現事物原本的樣子。

本場所選之物料暗合五行, 金木水火土化而為一，成一杯一盞，得一觴一詠，物盡其用，方見其本色。