宋 耀州窰青釉瑞獸足爐

the compressed spherical body rising to a waisted neck and below the broad square-section everted rim, all supported on three lion-paw feet issuing from lion masks, covered overall with a glossy olive-green crackled glaze, pooling to a darker tone at the recessed areas at the shoulder and rim

1990年8月購自香港

This censer is in good condition, but there is a scratch to the glaze (1.5cm long) to the upper surface of the rim, and minute shallow glaze chips to the interior. There is a circular firing crack (approx 3cm long) to the centre to the underside of the base. There are also two smaller firing cracks adjacent to this (8mm and 5mm). There is also a fine network of crackle running throughout.
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本爐青釉秀雅，除獸足之外通體光素無紋飾，如此類型罕見於宋代耀州窰。耀州窰位於陜西，受五代浙江北部越窰影響頗深,其青釉以獨特雅致而深受文士喜愛，流行於宋代。耀州窰刻畫生動明快，多屬盤或盌，個別製作精品甚為精罕，本爐正屬一例。 比較一例，尺寸較大，出自喜聞過齋收藏，曾展於《博古存珍：敏求精舍金禧紀念展》，香港藝術館，香港，2010-11年，編號100，香港蘇富比2017年4月5日，編號3231；北京故宮博物院收藏一例，尺寸較小，釉色呈淡灰藍，載於《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集·兩宋瓷器（上）》，香港，1996年，編號129；另一例售於紐約佳士得1986年6月5日，編號172，爐頸較長。如本品器形之耀州瓷，多帶各款紋飾，其中一例飾鳥紋，曾展於《耀州瓷精品》，大阪市立東洋陶瓷美術館，1998年，編號105；另一例口沿下方圍飾回紋兩道，爐身飾纏枝蓮紋，圖載於朱湯生，〈Chinese Celadons〉，《Arts of Asia》，11-12月，1993年，頁66，售於倫敦蘇富比1981年12月15日，編號135，後易手於紐約蘇富比2008年11月7日，編號273。