唐代筆記 Vol.15 白釉淨瓶：大都會博物館 vs 常盤山文庫，對比兩件百年傳承之唐代淨瓶 - Comparing Two White Glaze Kundika, Metropolitan Museum 1916 vs Tokiwayama Collection.

淨瓶造型的容器，肩部有向上的出水口，似乎有蓋子裝在從圓形罐身延伸出來的長頸上，但卻是一體的。原本是金屬器皿，壺身浸在水中，從肩部連接的出水口注水，水從頸部尖端的窄孔倒入。

常盤山文庫白磁浄瓶

高24.6㎝　底径7.5㎝

盛唐　8世紀

這件作品似有塗上白色化妝土，到下擺的地方是濁白色的釉。白瓷淨瓶的例子並不少，但在紀年墓葬中出土的白瓷淨瓶非常少，而在墓葬中出土的原始響銅器皿也非常少。

這可能是因為它們是作為佛教儀式用具，而不是用於墓葬中。根據包括金屬器皿在內的少數出土資料，常盤山文庫認為這件器物的年代為 8 世紀，也就是盛唐時期。

▲ 56.「河南省洛阳市龙门安菩合葬墓」，709年

參考SACA學會發表《初期白瓷的诞生与白瓷的五大阶段 / Early White Porcelain of the Sui & Tang》

Vessel in the form of a kundika with an upward spout at the shoulder and what appears to be a lid mounted on a long neck extending from the rounded body of the jar, but in one piece. Originally a metal vessel, the body of the jar was submerged in water, which was filled through a spout attached to the shoulder and poured through a narrow hole in the tip of the neck.

This piece appears to have been coated with white cosmetic clay (slips), with a cloudy white glaze extending to the base. There are some examples of white kundika vase, but very few of them have been excavated from chronological tombs, and very few bronze kundika have been recovered from tombs, too. This may be due to the fact that they were used as Buddhist ceremonial vessels and not in burials. On the basis of the few excavations, including metal vessels, the Tokiwayama Bunko suggests that this object is dated to the 8th century.

掲載図書常盤山文庫中国陶磁研究会会報7『初期白磁』公益財団法人常盤山文庫、2018（解説　佐藤サアラ）

根據下方粘貼的標籤，可以得知這件作品來自Mrs. J.R.Burchard。另一件有明确早期出版著录的唐代白瓷净瓶来自Samuel T. Peters的舊藏（大都會早期的trustee，1916年第一次中國陶瓷展的聯合發起人）、Frederick M.Mayer 梅耶（著名收藏家）的收藏，可謂傳承顯赫。

這件淨瓶有著十分明確的出版，可以追溯到1916年大都會博物館東方陶瓷部開館展覽，編號第33號。這個展覽是西方認識東方藝術的原點之一，當時波士頓、大都會都開展了東方陶瓷部，藝術顧問是撰寫有《茶之書》（the Book fo Tea）的岡倉天心。

According to the label affixed to the underside of the bottle, it is attributed to Mrs. J.R. Burchard, and another white porcelain vase of the Tang dynasty, with a clear early publication record, is from the former collection of Samuel T. Peters (an early trustee of the Metropolitan who co-founded the first exhibition of Chinese ceramics in 1916), Frederick M. Mayer (a prominent collector), all of whom have a distinguished taste. The collection of Frederick M. Mayer, a renowned collector, is a remarkable legacy, his sale was educational in 1974.

This vase has a very prominent publication dating from the inaugural exhibition of the Oriental Ceramics Department of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1916, plate No. 33. This exhibition was one of the founding stones of the Western appreciation of Oriental art, as both Boston and the Metropolitan opened Oriental Ceramics Departments, with art advisor Tenshin Okakura, who authored The Book fo Tea.

這個展覽的幾位藏家都是早期美國收藏家中的佼佼者，SACA學會曾撰文寫過著名的溫斯洛普（Grenville L. Winthrop），其大部分收藏，包括重要的天龍山石窟佛像，現在收藏於哈佛大學藝術博物館。

Several of the collectors in this exhibition were among the leading early American collectors, and the SACA Society has written about the famous Grenville L. Winthrop, most of whose collection, including the important Tianlongshan Grotto collection, is now housed at the Harvard University Art Museums.

參考：《天龙秘藏：先驱藏家温斯洛普的低调收藏 - A Private Passion, the Winthrop collection》