拍賣筆記 vol.106 元青花寶馬牡丹紋大罐，15.29萬美金售出 - Bonhams, A Yuan Dynasty Blue And White Jar With 'Horse And Peony' Design

15.29萬美金售出，此器物肩部以上修復。

此器造型端莊雋秀，瓶身自圈足上升至寬圓肩部及折沿口，通體紋飾以精細典雅之青花描繪。瓶腹下部飾卷枝牡丹紋，枝葉纏繞婉轉，花姿秀麗，牡丹紋下方則依次飾有如意雲頭紋及挺拔的仰蓮瓣紋一周；肩部則以深邃濃艷之鈷藍料精繪祥雲浪濤地紋，映襯一圈華美的如意雲肩，其上更描繪活潑生動的「天馬」圖案。

這些「天馬」姿態各異，躍動於雲濤之間，更以兩側仿獅首輔首作點綴，氣韻非凡。肩頸間亦飾纏枝蓮紋，上下以一道素雅的弦紋相隔，口沿則繪有卷枝紋及回紋一周。

元 青花寶馬牡丹紋大罐

17 3月 2025, 09:00 EDT

紐約 Bonhams

Sold for US$152,900 inc. premium

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中國陶瓷和藝術品，包括 Francine 和 Bernard Wald 珍藏的精美鼻煙壺，第一部分

來源：購自日本私人收藏，2000

展覽：中国古陶磁名品70選：平成元年秋季特別展，市立福山城美術館，福山，1989 年，圖版編號 40

出版：《元明青花》，大衛古董店有限公司，台北，2000 年，圖版編號 2 及封面

存世的元代青花瓷器中，飾有「天馬」雲肩紋者極為罕見。馬匹在元代宮廷深受珍視，宮廷設有專門牧場以飼養供君主及貴族使用的駿馬。這些馬匹因其神駿的速度與卓越的耐力而著稱，亦成為元代繪畫及紡織工藝中重要的表現題材。

例如，紐約大都會藝術博物館藏有一件十二至十四世紀織品，飾以駿馬、動物及花卉紋樣，典藏號碼為1988.296（羅傑斯基金贊助）；另有元代趙孟頫、趙麟與趙雍合作繪製的《人馬圖》，典藏號碼為1988.135（約翰·克勞福德捐贈）。類似形制之青花大罐，繪龍紋者，可參考由雷吉娜·克拉爾（Regina Krahl）著、約翰·艾爾斯（John Ayers）編之《中國瓷器—土耳其托普卡匹宮博物館藏》，倫敦與伊斯坦堡出版，1986年第二卷，彩圖586號。

又如同形帶蓋之青花罐兩件，一為江西高安博物館藏品，飾龍紋及牡丹紋；一為安徽蚌埠博物館藏品，飾牡丹與八吉祥紋，詳載於陳燮君等主編，《幽藍神采：元代青花瓷器特展》，上海博物館與上海書畫出版社，2012年，圖錄第58及64號。另有尺寸稍大、飾以駿馬紋的青花蓋罐，收錄於葉佩蘭著《元代瓷器》，北京，1998年，彩圖58號，該器後於2008年4月11日在香港蘇富比拍賣會售出（拍品編號2927）。

此外，美國紐約大都會藝術博物館亦藏有一件以駿馬浪濤紋為飾的青花玉壺春瓶，該瓶由Stanley Herzman先生紀念Adele Herzman女士所捐贈，典藏號碼為1991.253.32。

A RARE BLUE AND WHITE JAR WITH 'HORSE AND PEONY' DESIGN

Yuan Dynasty

The expertly potted vessel rising to a wide shoulder and banded rim, decorated in the lower section with elegant peony blossoms enclosed by spirals of leafy branches above a cloud scroll band and stiff lappets, the shoulder brilliantly rendered in rich cobalt blue with an elegant cloud-collar of leaping 'heavenly horses' set against a network of spiraling waves, each lively steed in a different pose and set off by mock lion-mask handles, the shoulder and neck painted with lotus blossoms and scrolling leaves separated from the leafy spiral band and keyfret rim by a plain ring band.

14 7/8in (37.8cm) high; 7 5/8in (19.3cm) diam of base

US$100,000 - US$150,000

Hammer: US$ 120,000

Provenance:

Acquired from a Japanese Private Collection, 2000

Exhibited:Chūgoku kotōji meihin 70 sen: heisei gannen shūki tokubetsuten (Seventy Selected Masterpieces of ancient Chinese ceramics: Special Autumn exhibition in the first year of the Heisei period), Fukuyama Castle Museum, Fukuyama, 1989, cat. no. 40

Published:Yuan and Ming Blue and White Porcelain. David Lin & Co., Taipei, 2000, cat. no 2 and cover

The existence of a 'heavenly horse' cloud collar band in extant Yuan blue and white jars is very rare. Horses were greatly prized at the Yuan court, and pastures at the court were allocated to those steeds designated for the ruler and his vassals. Prized for their speed and endurance, they were the subject in paintings and textiles of the Yuan period. See a splendid textile decorated with horses, other animals and flowers, dated to the 12th-14th century in the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Rogers Fund, 1988.296, and a stunning Zhao Mengfu, Zhao Lin and Zhao Yong painting of Man and Groom, Gift of John Crawford, 1988.135.See a closely related jar painted with dragons, illustrated in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, ed. John Ayers, Istanbul, London, 1986, vol. 2, color plate 586. For two jars of the same form, both with covers, one from the Gao'an Museum, decorated with dragons and peonies, and the other with peony and bajixiang from the Bengbu Museum, see Chen Xiejun et.al, Splendors in Smalt. Art of Yuan Blue and White Porcelain Shanghai Museum, Shang shuhua chubanshe, 2012, catalog nos. 58 and 64; another, a jar and cover, painted with horses and slightly larger, is illustrated in Ye Peilan, Yuandai ciqi, Beijin, 1998, color plate 58, later sold at Sotheby's, Hong Kong, April 11, 2008, lot 2927. See a blue and white yuhuchunping decorated with horses in waves in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, a gift of Stanley Herzman, in memory of Adele Herzman, 1991, object no. 1991.253.32.