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AN IMPORTANT AND EXCEPTIONALLY 北宋 汝州張公巷窯青瓷長方盤
RARE RUZHOU CELADON RECTANGULAR
DISH 來源
述鄭齋珍藏，於1990年代晚期購自日本藏家
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 11TH-12TH CENTURY
著錄
The rectangular dish is finely moulded with shallow rounded sides 河南省文物考古研究所，《汝窯與張公巷窯出土瓷器》，北京，
rising from a flat base to a wide everted rim with canted corners. 2009年，150頁及200頁
The rim, the interior and the base are accentuated by raised borders.
It is covered overall with a lustrous crackle-suffused glaze of bluish- 國內外公私收藏中的張公巷窯作品僅知一例，為大英博物館所藏
green tone with the exception of the four ‘seasame-seed’ spur marks 之「亞歷山大盌」（圖一）。此盌原為英國銀行家及藝術收藏家
on the base. 威廉．克萊爾利．亞歷山大(18401-1916)之舊藏，由其後人贈予大
英博物館。張公巷窯未經發掘前，館方認為此盌為汝窯系作品。康
8 ¿ in. (20.6 cm.) long, box 蕊君曾撰文討論此盌，見「亞歷山大盌及北宋官窯之諸問題」，
《Orientations》，1993年，24冊，頁72-75。文中提到：「自其胎
HK$8,000,000-12,000,000 釉及工藝觀之......此盌無疑為宋瓷中佼佼者......釉色青綠略灰，入手滑
US$1,100,000-1,600,000 膩，開片猶如冰裂」。此文發表時張公巷窯尚未被發掘，但康氏卻
已於文中推論亞歷山大盌做為北宋官窯製品的可能性。張公巷窯是
PROVENANCE 否即為北宋官窯至今尚無定論，但其細膩的胎質、晶瑩剔透的釉光
The Shuzhengzhai Collection, acquired from a Japanese Collector 和精緻的裝燒工藝，無疑展現了其優異或甚至超乎汝窯的品質。宋
in the late 1990s 人對於「美」不懈的追求由此可見，而其對「美」的體會之深刻，
更體現出了一種超越年代、地緣的永恆價值。一件藝術品的最高成
LITERATURE 就，莫過於此。
Henan Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Ceramics Art
Unearthed from the Ru Kiln Site and Zhanggongxiang Kiln Site, Beijing,
2009, pp. 150 and 200

A celadon bowl in the British Museum (fig. 1), known as the
‘Alexander bowl’ after William Cleverly Alexander (1840-1916),
a great patron of the arts and a significant Chinese art collector at
the turn of the 20th century, has been suggested to be from the
Zhanggongxiang kilns.

fig. 1 The ‘Alexander bowl’, ©The Trustees of the British Museum
（圖一）「亞歷山大盌」，大英博物館藏品

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