拍品 3602
  • 3602

明初 鈞窰天藍釉鼓釘三足水仙盆 底刻「四」字

估價
8,000,000 - 12,000,000 HKD
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描述

  • 底刻「四」字
  • porcelain
of circular section with shallow rounded sides resting on three bold ruyi-head bracket feet, the outer rim moulded with two thin raised fillets enclosing a band of evenly spaced drum-nail bosses, above a row of subtle bosses encircling the base above the feet, covered in a lustrous sky-blue glaze suffused with a network of 'worm trails', the base and protruding fillets and bosses of a mushroom colour, the base incised si ('four') surrounded by a ring of spur marks, wood stand

來源

香港佳士得1993年10月25日,編號705
紐約蘇富比2008年3月18日,編號100

Condition

The bowl is in very good condition. There are a few expected minute shallow glaze flakes to the mouthrim, surface scratches to the interior, all consistent with age and type, and an approx. 0.6 cm firing flaw where one leg joins the base.
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拍品資料及來源

鈞瓷釉彩美妙多變,釉厚處發色天藍純濃,耀耀動人,器沿邊角處,釉薄澄淨透明,彷若可見瓷胎。 鈞瓷為宋五大名窰之一,而如同此件水仙盆之模造器物,中西學者多斷為河南禹州所造,金元明時舊名鈞州。康蕊君於《玫茵堂中國陶瓷》,卷3 [II],倫敦,2006年,頁456,提及明以前典籍未見鈞瓷,雖被訂為宋代五大名瓷之一,宋代鈞瓷之界定仍未定論,金代以降,鈞瓷備受權貴喜愛,因而造就了許多華美富麗之器。

此件水仙盆屬同形鈞窰器中最精美之例,天藍釉層厚濃明豔,器身口沿及足部鼓釘下,積釉潤澤欲滴,巧工之下,仍無掩器身模造裝飾細節。本拍品與北京清宮舊藏的一件刻「一」字的天藍釉鼓釘三足水仙盆較為接近,展覽於《鈞瓷雅集:故宮博物院珍藏及出土鈞窰瓷器薈萃》,故宮博物院,北京,2013,編號115。

此類模造鈞瓷底部常見刻有一至十數字,其實際用意仍未明,然數字彷似與器物尺寸相關,「一」為最大尺寸,「十」為同形中最小尺寸者,如此備註似能用於陳設時,對應同尺寸花器與器托,卻無法解釋瓶與盌等器形,為何亦有數字款銘。相關討論可見 George J. Lee,〈Numbered Chun Ware〉,《東方陶瓷學會會報》,卷21,1945-46年,頁61,此處提及 Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane 伉儷所藏五件有數字銘之鈞瓷。夫妻二人雅蓄,屬當時最知名的海外鈞瓷收藏,現存麻省劍橋市哈佛藝術博物館。

與此相類之數字銘鈞瓷水仙盆,可見數例,錄於《故宮宋瓷圖錄:汝窰、官窰、鈞窰》,東京,1973年,如圖版64及66,二件均帶紫斑,另圖版65及67,刊載二件藍釉鈞窰水仙盆,皆銘「一」字,後者釉色月白。Reach 家族及德國波恩 Dr. W. Kilgenberg 珍藏一件藍鈞小盆,帶「四」字銘,展於《Chinese Art from the Reach Family Collection》,Eskenazi,倫敦,1989年,編號24,2004年5月2日售於香港蘇富比,編號590。另一例曾為 Harcourt Jonhstone 及 Enid and Brodie Lodge 伉儷珍藏,於1940年、1972年二度由倫敦蘇富比售出,1996年4月30日售於香港蘇富比,編號306。

東京出光美術館藏有一件尺寸較大天藍釉作例,錄於《中國陶磁:出光美術館藏品圖錄》,東京,1987年,圖版104。器形稍小之鈞瓷殘片,見有載於國立歷史博物館出版之《河南古代瓷窰》,臺北,2002,頁196。亦可比較趙從衍舊藏品,尺寸略大,1987年5月19日售於香港蘇富比,編號210。胡惠春家族也珍藏一件鈞瓷小盆,有「九」字銘,釉色豔藍類同此件,由香港蘇富比1996年3月26日售出,編號154。

拍賣中另有相類之明初葡萄紫紅釉水仙盆,有「一」字銘(拍品編號3603)。