A Longquan celadon incised 'floral scroll' temple vase, Yuewo gong si mark, early Ming dynasty | 明初　龍泉青釉「月窩公祠」纏枝花卉紋鳳尾尊

Galerie Myrna Myers, Paris, November 1996.

Collection of the Tsui Museum of Art, Hong Kong, no. MMM040.

The present vase belongs to an important group of documentary celadon-glazed wares from the Longquan kilns, many of which were commissioned for Buddhist and ancestral temples across Ming China. Compare another closely related vase of this type but with a less dramatically flattered and foot, dated by inscription to the dingmao year (corresponding to 1327), from the Percival David Collection at the British Museum, London, in the Illustrated Catalogue of Celadon Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, Section 7, London, 1997, pl. 237; and an uninscribed Yuan dynasty form from the Qing Court Collection in The Complete Collection of the Treasures of the Palace Museum: Monochrome Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1999, pl. 167.

Aside from its rare inscription, the present vase is also particularly remarkable for its fluid, naturalistic carved design which seems to float below the piece’s luscious watery glaze. Compare a related vase, of a different bottle-like form, with a similar style of incised peonies in Zhu Boqian, ed., Longquan yao qingci / Celadons from Longquan Kilns, Taipei, 1998, pl. 244.

來源

Galerie Myrna Myers，巴黎，1996年11月

徐氏藝術館收藏，香港，編號MMM040

此鳳尾尊屬龍泉窰紀年青瓷重要器群，多件同類器物為明代佛寺與宗祠定燒。可資比照者包括倫敦大英博物館大維德舊藏另一相近器型（器足外撇幅度較緩），其銘文紀年為泰定丁卯年（1327年），載於《大維德中國藝術基金會青瓷圖錄》第七部，倫敦，1997年，圖版237；另見清宮舊藏元代無銘文例，《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集·單色釉》，香港，1999年，圖版167。

除罕見銘文外，此瓶更以流暢自然的刻劃工藝見長，紋飾在瑩潤釉層下若隱若現，尤顯珍貴。類似刻牡丹紋飾風格可參照不同瓶式例證，見朱伯謙主編《龍泉窯青瓷》，台北，1998年，圖版244。