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A RARE LARGE SANCAI-GLAZED ‘GOOSE’ 唐 三彩鴻雁荷葉紋三足盤
TRIPOD DISH
來源
TANG DYNASTY (618-907) 匯寶閣古美術，香港，1987年5月6日

The shallow, circular dish is finely potted resting on three short, 此盤中心刻劃鴻雁展翅飛翔於三朵白雲間，旁飾荷葉及浪花，生動
pad feet, crisply incised and decorated on the flat interior with a 活潑，釉色流淌自然，明艷多彩，應是仿照金銀器形制而造。同類
central roundel of a goose in flight encircled by radiating lotus leaves 例子分佈於各大重要博物館，包括一件藏東京國立博物館，著錄於
and foliate tendrils, picked out in blue, amber and green glazes, 1965年東京出版《東京国立博物館図版目錄- 中国古陶磁篇》，圖版
the cavetto is resist-decorated in cream against an amber and green 100號；一件藏日本出光美術館，著錄於1987年東京出版《出光美術
ground which extends to the exterior and feet, stopping irregularly 館藏品図錄- 中国陶磁》，圖版33號；一件為Dr. Gustaf Lindberg珍
around the base revealing the buff body. 藏，1954年展出於威尼斯中國藝術品展覽，圖錄圖版326號；一件藏
加拿大皇家安大略博物館(館藏編號ROM_2005_3840_1)；一件藏英
11 º in. (28.6 cm.) diam., box 國維多利亞阿伯特博物館，載於Margaret Medley著1981年倫敦出版
《T’ang Pottery & Porcelain》，圖版32號。
HK$1,000,000-2,000,000US$130,000-260,000
有一件用色、紋飾及大小均與本器一樣的例子，另1991年於新加坡
PROVENANCE The Empress Place Museum（亞洲文明博物館前身）展覽，見展覽
Acquired from Wui Po Kok Antique Co., Hong Kong, 6 May 1987 圖錄《The Silk Road, Treasures of Tang China》，97頁。

A number of sancai dishes of the same design, decorated with geese 亦見其他飾飛雁紋的三彩盤類型，顏色配搭略有不同，有的折沿，
against a resist-decorated ground can be found in major museum 有的圓口，如紐約大都會博物館藏一件白地三彩鴻雁蓮葉紋盤，
collections, including one in the Tokyo National Museum 著錄於S. Valenstein著1982年紐約出版《A Handbook of Chinese
Collection, illustrated in Illustrated Catalogues of Tokyo National Ceramics》，圖版57號。
Museum- Chinese Ceramics, Tokyo, 1965, pl. 100; another in the
Idemitsu Collection, illustrated in Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu
Collection, Tokyo, 1987, no. 33; one from the collection of Dr.
Gustaf Lindberg, exhibted in Venice in 1954 Exhibition of Chinese
Art, catalogue no. 326; one from the Royal Ontario Museum
(acquisition no. ROM_2005_3840_1); one from the Victoria and
Albert Museum, illustrated by Margaret Medley, T’ang Pottery
& Porcelain, London, 1981, pl. 32. On p. 41 of T’ang Pottery &
Porcelain, Medley notes that ‘It is almost certainly silver with traced
decoration that is the source for the impressed designs on the
offering-trays, dishes and wrist rests’.

Compare also to a dish of the same type, exhibited in The Silk
Road, Treasures of Tang China, The Empress Place Museum,
Singapore, 1991, catalogue p. 97.

A variation of this dish includes those decorated with the same
sancai goose motif but against a plain cream ground with a
rounded rim, such as a dish in the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York included by S. Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese
Ceramics, New York, 1989 (2nd ed.), p. 65, pl. 57; and one in the
Freer Gallery of Art, illustrated by Medley, op. cit., pl. 31.

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