An extremely rare Korean celadon bottle vase, Goryeo dynasty, 12th century | 高麗王朝十二世紀 青瓷玉壺春瓶

Collection of Miss Dorothy C. Pape, until 1961.

Bluett & Sons Ltd, London, 1961 (£35).

Collection of Roger Pilkington (1928-69), from 1961 (£85).

Sotheby's Hong Kong, 5th April, 2016, lot 92.

Celadon-glazed vases of this sweeping form are held in important museums and private collections worldwide; see one in the National Museum of Korea, Seoul, included in the exhibition Treasures from Korea. Art Through 5000 Years, British Museum, London, cat. no. 144; another from the collection of G.St.G.M. Gompertz, now in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, illustrated in Yong-I Yun, Korean Art from the Gompertz and Other Collections in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 2006, front cover and pl. 67; and a third vase illustrated in Sekai tōji zenshū [Catalogue of world’s ceramics], vol. 13, Tokyo, 1955, pl. 50. See also a smaller vase of this type, from the collection of Don Henry Salin and now in the Musée Guimet, Paris, illustrated in Pierre Cambon, L’Art Coréen au Musée Guimet, Paris, 2001, pl. 23, no. 6; and another from the Ataka collection, now in the Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, illustrated in The Beauty of Asian Ceramics from the Collection of the Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, 2014, pl. 4.

此器形青瓷多藏於世界重要博物館及私人收藏。韓國國立中央博物館藏一例，展於《Treasures from Korea. Art Through 5000 Years》，大英博物館，倫敦，圖錄編號144。另一例為 G. St. G. M. Gompertz 舊藏，現藏劍橋費茲威廉博物館，展於 Yong-I Yun，《Korean Art from the Gompertz and Other Collections in the Fitzwilliam Museum》，劍橋，2006年，封面及圖版67。第三例載於《世界陶磁全集》，卷13，東京，1955年，圖版50。另見一較小例，屬 Don Henry Salin 舊藏，現存巴黎吉美國立亞洲藝術博物館，錄於 Pierre Cambon，《L’Art Coréen au Musée Guimet》，巴黎，2001年，圖版23，編號6。安宅收藏中亦見一例，現存大阪東洋陶磁美術館，載於《東洋陶磁の美》，大阪，2014年，圖版4。

來源

Dorothy C. Pape 收藏，至1961年

Bluett & Sons Ltd， 倫敦，1961年(£35)

羅傑琵金頓（1928-69年）收藏 ， 自1961年 (£85)

香港蘇富比2016年4月5日，編號92