這件有蓋三獸足弦紋匲，外壁施鈷藍釉，內壁施琥珀釉。在三彩（三色）器的彩色鉛釉中，藍色是最顯著和珍貴的。來自波斯（伊朗、阿富汗）的進口鈷料被用作釉料的著色劑，產生豐富、絢麗的藍色。在唐時代，這種原材料的價格往往是黃金的數十倍，因此，三彩中的藍彩也是極為罕見、珍貴的，通常僅限於皇家、貴族使用。
可以參考SACA學會發布的《展覽筆記 vol.4 武則天兒子李弘的恭陵藍釉三彩 - Blue Glaze from Tang Emperor and Empress.》，其中哀皇后和武則天的兒子就有這類藍色的器物。
這件器物傳承已久，克里夫蘭博物館1948年購藏，十分難得的是這件器物帶有原裝蓋子（可惜有殘），美中不足的是尺寸較為小，僅有14.4cm高，寬度僅為11.5cm，屬於袖珍的可愛器物。
儘管如此，這種器物的存世量極為稀少，綜觀海內外博物館，這類匲的存世數量可能是個位數。
Overall: 14.4 cm (5 11/16 in.); Diameter of lid: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1948.228
This covered cylindrical jar with three animal feet is lavishly covered with a cobalt blue glaze in the exterior and an amber glaze in the interior. Of the colored lead glazes of sancai (three-color) ware, blue was preeminent and precious. Imported cobalt from Persia (Iran, Afghanistan) was used as a glaze colorant that yields a rich, brilliant blue of considerable splendor.
Refer to the SACA Society's publication ‘Exhibition Notes vol.4 Blue Glaze from Tang Emperor and Empress - Blue Glaze from Gongling by Li Hong, son of Wu Zetian’, where such blue wares were found by Empress Wu Zetian and the Empress.
Blue Glaze from Tang Emperor and Empress.’, in which such blue wares were found on the sons of the Empress and Wu Zetian.
This is a longstanding piece, acquired by the Cleveland Museum of Art in 1948, and is rare in that it has its original (and sadly fragile) stopper, which is relatively small in size, measuring only 14.4cm in height and 11.5cm in width, making it a lovely pocket-sized piece.
Nonetheless, the number of surviving examples of this type of vessel is extremely rare, and the number of surviving examples of this type in museums at home and abroad is probably in the single digits.
洛陽博物館的藍彩資料：
圖片拍攝：benjamin lo.
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