The Leshantang Collection – Treasures of Chinese Art from the Tsai I-Ming Collection
The Leshantang Collection – Treasures of Chinese Art from the Tsai I-Ming Collection
A fine peachbloom-glazed beehive waterpot, Mark and period of Kangxi | 清康熙 豇豆紅釉太白尊 《大清康熙年製》款
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A fine peachbloom-glazed beehive waterpot,
Mark and period of Kangxi
清康熙 豇豆紅釉太白尊
《大清康熙年製》款
of classic domed taibai zun form, the exterior finely incised with three roundels of archaistic dragons and evenly applied with a peachbloom glaze of a deep rose-pink tone, with raspberry-tinged flecks imitating the skin of a ripening peach, the recessed base inscribed with a six-character reign mark in underglaze blue in three columns
12.6 cm
Bluett, London (label).
Collection of Frederick Knight.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 18th May 1982, lot 35.
Bluett，倫敦（標籤）
Frederick Knight 收藏
香港蘇富比1982年5月18日，編號35
The Leshantang Collection of Chinese Porcelain, Taipei, 2005, pls 35 and 35-1.
《樂山堂藏瓷》，台北，2005年，圖版35及35-1
Notoriously difficult to achieve due to the temperamental nature of the copper pigment, the attractive 'peachbloom' glaze is only found on a small group of vessels for the scholar's table in eight different shapes, one of the most iconic groups of porcelain created under the Kangxi Emperor.
These vessels are known as taibai zun after the Tang dynasty poet Li Taibai, who is often depicted leaning against a large wine jar of similar form, as seen in a porcelain sculpture, which shows the poet seated with eyes closed and a cup in hand, published in Kangxi. Yongzheng. Qianlong. Qing Porcelain from the Palace Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1989, pl. 89. They are also referred to as jizhao zun, as they resemble the shape of a chicken coop.
豇豆紅釉屬銅紅之類，屬性不穩，麗色難求，為文房八大碼專屬，乃康熙朝組瓷之經典。此品粉中透紅，雅致可愛。 明初以降，銅紅色釉便無工匠問津，直至康熙年間方見復燒，並有所成。
此類水丞稱太白尊，依唐朝詩仙李太白之字得名。太白常倚酒埕，有瓷塑摹詩仙手舉酒盃、閉目而坐之態，錄於《故宮珍藏康雍乾瓷器圖錄》，香港，1989年，圖版89。此器亦稱雞罩尊，因形似雞罩得名。