北宋 青白釉瓜棱式注子溫盌

the ewer well potted with a body divided into eight lobes by grooves and resting on a slightly splayed foot of corresponding form, surmounted by an angled shoulder encircled with a border of lotus lappets and a tubular neck, one side with an arched strap handle extending from the neck to the lower shoulder, opposite a slender curved spout issuing from the shoulder and detailed with incisions extending onto the body, the tall cover with a stepped top and a finial in the form of a mythical beast, resting on sides modelled as overlapping lotus petals, the deep rounded sides of the bowl similarly divided into eight lobes and incised with floral motifs, all supported on a splayed foot decorated with overlapping petals, the exterior of the vessels and cover thinly veiled with a translucent pale blue glaze pooling to a deeper colour in the recessed areas

鴻禧美術館收藏，台北

史彬士（編纂），《中國歷代陶瓷選集》，鴻禧美術館，台北，1990年，編號56

The bowl has an approx. 5 cm rim hairline. The ewer, cover and bowl are in otherwise unusually good condition, with even the mythical beast finial preserved in a pristine state. There are just minor glaze flakes along the edges.
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青白釉注子配溫盌，二者組合成套，在北宋士人階層甚為流行。本品造工精緻，蓋鈕蹲獅，盌作仰蓮式，盌體八瓣花造工飽滿，誠為精品，甚為難得。注子溫盌合稱注盌，乃溫酒用具，屢見於宋畫。台北故宮博物院藏傳宋徽宗繪《文會圖》可見三套瓷注盌，外形與本品相近，見《貴似晨星—清宮傳世12至14世紀青瓷特展》，2016年，頁41。此注子與溫盌內支釘痕吻合，可證兩者本屬一套。

可參考一套同款注盌，形制稍小，售於紐約蘇富比2004年3月23日，編號619。第二例售於倫敦佳士得1988年12月12日，編號16。再有一例，注子肩蓋及盌足俱無花瓣紋，現藏北京故宮博物院，錄於《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集．兩宋瓷器（下）》，香港，1996年，圖版153；同書另載一件溫盌，圖版192。安徽省曾先後出土兩套青白釉注盌，一例出自宿松縣北宋元佑二年吳正臣夫婦墓，錄於《新中國出土文物》，北京，1972年，圖版175。第二例則出自元佑元年（1087年）之墓，見《世界陶磁全集》，卷12，東京，1977年，圖版152。