拍賣筆記 vol.176 蘇富比香港：宋至金磁州窰綠地墨彩剔花卷口瓶 - A Rare Cizhou Green-Glazed 'Sgraffiato' 'Floral' Vase, Song - Jin Dynasty

這件磁州窯綠地墨彩的卷口瓶是典型的宋代審美，綠色的底色、黑色的花卉的顏色搭配與當代的審美認知有距離感，形成十分明確的年代距離跟和衝擊力。

值得注意是，這件器物有一面的顏色燒糊了，亂成一團，美醜見仁見智，雖然可能是缺點，卻也是一個特點。

臨宇山人富田昌孝曾收藏有一件類似的瓶子，曾為重要美術品，現為重要香港私人收藏。

This Cizhou sgraffiato vase, with its green ground and black floral design, exemplifies a distinctly Song dynasty aesthetic. The combination of a green background with black floral motifs creates a striking visual impression that may appear distant from contemporary aesthetic sensibilities. Precisely this temporal dissonance and chromatic tensionreinforces its historical character and lends the piece a strong sense of period authenticity and visual impact.

Of particular note is one side of the vase where the glaze appears to have overfired or blurred during the firing process, resulting in a somewhat chaotic patch. Whether this is viewed as a flaw or an expressive feature is open to interpretation; yet, it undoubtedly contributes to the individuality of the piece and stands as a testament to the spontaneity of early kiln techniques.

A closely related vase was once held in the renowned collection of Tomita Masataka (Rin’yu Sannin), a major Japanese collector and connoisseur. That piece was designated as an Important Art Object in Japan and is now in a prominent Hong Kong private collection, further affirming the rarity and cross-cultural value of this unusual Cizhou ware.

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宋至金　磁州窰綠地墨彩剔花卷口瓶

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《磁州窯名品展》, 日本陶磁協会大阪支部, 1969年, 編號14（沒載圖）

《特別展白と黒の競演 －中國・磁州窯系陶器の世界》，大阪市立美術館，大阪，2002年，第2部，圖版108

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尺寸：高 19.2 公分

估價：港幣 250,000 – 500,000

配件：日本雙層木盒

磁州窯綠瓶子 ：Song-Jin Cizhou Green-Glazed 'Sgraffiato' Floral Vase

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絕版威尼斯1954中國藝術大展圖錄：MOSTRA D'ARTE CINESE 1954

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此件磁州窯綠地墨彩剔花卷口瓶屬於極罕的器型，代表了磁州系瓷器中以黑色花卉紋樣裝飾，覆以銅綠釉的稀有範例。該類作品推測為河北磁縣官臺窯在北宋晚期至金代早期之特製品。瓶身以刻花為飾，紋樣勾勒後填墨，再罩以低溫含銅綠釉，展現早期在高溫石胎上進行低溫彩釉燒造的技術嘗試，為宋金時期罕見的亮彩工藝之一。

官臺窯遺址中出土之類似殘片，已於1997年《官臺磁州窯址》一書（圖版70:1）中發表。大阪市立美術館於2002年出版的《白與黑的競演》展覽圖錄中亦刊載兩件同類殘件（編號11-1、11-2），並呈現傳統白地彩繪版本與本件綠地之對照。詳見北京1997年圖版9:2、13:3（中）、23:1-2與圖52:1、4。

本品釉色翠綠明麗，線條流暢有力，生動保留匠人當年的藝術感知與創造精神，為磁州窯系中極具吸引力之異色品種。與之可資比較者包括北京故宮博物院所藏綠釉剔花瓶（參見耿寶昌編《故宮博物院藏古陶瓷資料選粹》，2005年，第一冊，圖版58），日內瓦鮑爾基金會所藏一例（見John Ayers，《The Baur Collection Geneva》，1968–74年，卷一，圖版A78），及大阪市立美術館2002年展出之圖版108，亦收錄於《顯實與雅器：太華古軒藏宋元珍品》第一冊第67頁，圖版80:2，秦大樹於其中論及此類瓶式，並將大阪例斷代為金代。

此外，相關作品尚見於梅茵堂收藏（參見Regina Krahl，《Chinese Ceramics in the Meiyintang Collection》，第三卷下冊，圖版1541），哈佛藝術博物館舊藏並曾於印第安納波利斯藝術博物館1980年展出（展名《自由之泥與筆——北方磁州型陶器七世紀之發展》，編號95），亦有兩例曾分別於蘇富比拍賣：2018年11月28日，拍品631號，以及2023年11月1日倫敦專場，拍品179號。

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A Rare Cizhou Green-Glazed 'Sgraffiato' 'Floral' Vase, Song - Jin Dynasty

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Estimate

250,000 - 500,000 HKD

Japanese double wood box

19.2 cm

Exhibited

Jishuyo Meihinten [Masterpieces of Cizhou wares], Nihon Toji Kyokai Osaka shibu (Japan Ceramic Society, Osaka Branch), 1969, no 14 (unillustrated).

Tokuebetsu ten Shiro to Kuro no kyoen chugoku jishuyo-kei toki no sekai [Special Exhibition Charm of Black & White ware; Transition of Cizhou type wares], The Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, Osaka, 2002, illust. Part 2 108.

The item had been deposited at the Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts.

Catalogue Note

This magnificent vase belongs to a small group of Cizhou wares decorated with a black floral design under a green glaze. Vessels of this type appear to have been a specialty of the celebrated Guantai kilns, Cixian, Hebei province, around the late Northern Song (960-1127) and early Jin (1115-1234) dynasties. Coloured with copper pigments, this rare glazing represents one of the earliest examples of low-fired enameling on high-fired stoneware and was one of very few bright colours available at the time of production. Very similar fragmentary vases of this type have been recovered directly from the Guantai kiln site, see Guantai Cizhou yaozhi / The Cizhou Kiln Site at Guantai, Beijing, 1997, pl. 70:1; and Haku to koku no kyōen/Charm of Black and White Ware: Transition of Cizhou Type Wares, Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, Osaka, 2002, cat. nos 11-1 and 11-2; as well as similar examples of this design found in the more conventional white-ground colouration without the addition of low-fired green. Compare fragments of the latter type in op. cit., Beijing, 1997, col. pl. 9:2; pl. 13:3 (centre); pl. 23:1 and 2; and p. 123, fig. 52:1 and 4; and op. cit., Osaka, 2002, cat. nos 71- and 71-2.

The present rare Cizhou variety is much coveted by collectors, still preserving in its decoration the vitality and creativity of its ancient maker, brought to life by the lively green glaze. Compare a similar green-glazed vase preserved in the Palace Museum, Beijing in Geng Baochang, ed., Gugong Bowuyuan cang gu taoci ciliao xuancui [Selection of ancient ceramic material from the Palace Museum], Beijing, 2005, vol. 1, pl. 58, attributed to the Song dynasty; another in the Fondation Baur, Geneva illustrated in John Ayers, The Baur Collection Geneva: Chinese Ceramics, Geneva, 1968-74, vol. I, pl. A 78; a third vase included in the Osaka Municipal Museum exhibition, op. cit., Osaka 2002, cat. no. 108, and again in Xian shi yu ya qi. Taihua Guxuan cang Song Yuan zhenpin / Graces of Song Wares. Treasures from PT Collection, Beijing, 2019, vol. 1, p. 67, fig. 80:2, where Qin Dashu discusses Cizhou vases of this type and attributes the Osaka piece to the Jin dynasty.

Vases of this type also include one in the Meiyintang Collection, illustrated in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 3, pt. II, London, 2006, pl. 1541; one from the Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, included in the exhibition Freedom of Clay and Brush through Seven Centuries in Northern China: Tz'u-chou Type Wares, 960-1600AD, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, 1980, cat. no. 95; a third sold in these rooms, 28th November 2018, lot 631; and a fourth sold in our London rooms, 1st November 2023, lot 179.