拍品 31
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北宋 磁州窰白釉刻纏枝牡丹紋盤口瓶

估價
120,000 - 180,000 GBP
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描述

  • stoneware
the well-potted baluster body with a the tall waisted neck flaring widely at the mouth to a dished rim, deeply carved through the creamy-white slip into the straw-coloured ware with a wide band of peony blooms borne on undulating leafy stems, all between overlapping lappets around the shoulder and foot, applied overall with a thin ivory glaze

來源

紐約佳士得1986年6月5日,編號158
Walter Hochstadter 收藏
紐約佳士得2009年3月19日,編號508

Condition

This rare vase is in good condition with the exception of a clean 12.5cm., wide restored crescent-shaped break across the rim and minor glaze firing imperfections.
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拍品資料及來源

本品在磁州窰中屬較為罕見的一類。其高浮雕之刻花紋飾可追溯至河南省登封縣曲河窰。關 於此類磁州窰器的介紹,可見於蓑豊,《Freedom of Clay and Brush through Seven Centuries in Northern China: Tz'u-chou Type Wares, 960-1600 AD》,美國印第安納波利斯,1981年,頁42。儘管此類瓷瓶甚為罕見,但目前已知存世的有兩件相類形制及刻紋的作例。一例為美國華盛頓Freer Gallery of Art所藏,同上,頁42,圖14,並錄於《世界陶磁全集》,冊12,東京,1977年,頁110-11,圖版109;另一作例出自Charles B. Hoyt的收藏,現藏美國波士頓藝術博物館,載於〈Four Famous Masterpieces〉,《Oriental Ceramics. The World's Great Collections》,冊10,東京、紐約及三藩市,1980年,彩色圖版11。相比之下,前者作例應與本品的形制及紋飾較為相類。雖然其瓶身略加圓潤,且口沿沿壁處更為銳直,似曾有瓶蓋配搭,但二者的紋飾雕刻手法甚為相似,同以刻花卉卷葉紋為飾,刀鋒犀利,線條流暢,自然地形成了深淺分明、層次清晰的圖案紋飾。另一方面,Hoyt收藏瓶例雖同飾牡丹紋,但其飾紋風格與本品及Freer瓶例不同。再者,其瓶肩繪有雲紋,與本品肩上的刻紋風格迥異。此外,Hoyt瓶例與本品雖同為直頸、盤口,但其瓶頸較長且寬。

同屬此類的其它磁州窰器物在紋飾方面都帶相類飾紋風格,惟形制有別,通常器身呈拉伸的楕圓狀。可參考一件曾屬美國波士頓藝術博物館館藏的作例;此瓶後來被納入英國鐵路基金會收藏,並售於倫敦蘇富比1989年12月12日,編號81 (圖1);後售於香港蘇富比1997年11月5日,編號1360。此件作例曾廣被出版著錄。其 中包括蓑豊,同上,圖17及Margaret Medley,〈Sgraffiato and Painting in Tz'u –chou Wares〉,《Decorative Techniques and Styles in Asian Ceramics》,Colloquies on Art and Archaeology in Asia,英國大衛德基金會,倫敦,1978年,頁66,圖版2a。另有一作例,同為楕圓腹並刻有相類紋飾,屬美國印第安納波利斯美術館館藏,錄於展覽圖錄《Beauty and Tranquility: The Eli Lilly Collection of Chinese Art》,印第安納波利斯,1983年,圖版67及頁28。明尼亞波利斯美術館館藏一作例錄於《Toki Zenshu》,冊13,東京,1966年,圖版4。

除了這些長頸盤口瓶外,同屬此類的磁州窰瓷器諸如執壺、小罐及瓷枕亦甚為罕見。如Brian McElney收藏一罐例,錄於《Inaugural Exhibition》,冊1,東亞藝術博物館,巴斯,1993年,編號56,亦可見扉頁及書皮。此外,關於執壺及瓷枕的作例,可見於蓑豊,同上,頁44-7及頁52-3。