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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF DR. MORTIMER SACKLER

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A HIGHLY IMPORTANT AND EXTREMELY 南宋 官窯十棱葵瓣洗
RARE GUAN MALLOW-SHAPED BRUSH
WASHER 洗呈十瓣葵口形，侈口，淺壁，底略凹，有支釘痕跡六枚。通體滿
施青釉，釉色勻潤，釉表開細密紋片，口緣釉薄處呈褐色。
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)
來源
The brush washer is potted with ten lobes, each in the shape of Harry Garner爵士及夫人珍藏，貝肯翰姆，英國
a mallow petal, flaring from a slightly recessed base with six spur 賽穆旼（Mortimer D. Sackler）醫生珍藏
marks, covered overall with a thick pale bluish glaze suffused with a
dense network of russet crackles thinning on the mouth rim. 展覽
東方陶瓷學會，《Ju and Kuan Wares》，倫敦，1952年11月12日至
4 æ in. (12 cm.) wide 12月13日，圖錄編號67
總督宮，威尼斯，《Mostra d’arte Cinese》，1954年，圖錄編號
HK$30,000,000-40,000,000 460
US$3,900,000-5,200,000
Harry Garner爵士(1891-1977)為傑出數學家、科學家、亞洲藝術
PROVENANCE 品收藏家及學者。生於英國，Garner爵士畢業於劍橋大學， 1916
Sir Harry (1891-1977) and Lady Garner, Beckenham, UK 年加入皇家空軍，其後曾參與設計新型戰鬥機，並成為軍需部首
Dr. Mortimer D. Sackler (1916-2010) 席科學家。除了超然的科學成就，Garner爵士對亞洲藝術品的研
究亦做出重大貢獻。他的著作包括1954年出版的《Oriental Blue
EXHIBITED and White》、1962年出版的《Chinese and Japanese Cloisonné
The Oriental Ceramic Society, Ju and Kuan Wares, London, 12 Enamels》及1979年出版的《Chinese Lacquer》，均是研究亞洲
November to 13 December 1952, Catalogue, no.67 藝術史的莘莘學子之啟蒙讀本。他同時建立其藝術品收藏，網羅瓷
Palazzo Ducale, Venice, Mostra d’arte Cinese, 1954, Catalogue, no. 器、漆器及掐絲琺瑯等，大部分捐予大英博物館及維多利亞及阿伯
460 特博物館，其餘則在其辭世後透過Bluett賣出。行內流傳Garner爵
士曾以低至2.10英鎊的金額買得兩件汝窯盞托，並分別捐贈大英博
Sir Harry Garner (1891-1977) was a distinguished mathematician, 物館及維多利亞及阿伯特博物館。
scientist, scholar and collector of Asian art. Born in Leicestershire,
Sir Harry joined the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough
in 1916 after graduating from Cambridge University. He
later became Chief Technical Officer of the Marine Aircraft
Experimental Establishment at Felixstowe as well as Chief Scientist
to the Ministry of Supply, and helped design the Supermarine
aircraft. Aside from his remarkable achievements in the science, Sir
Harry was also notable for his scholarship in Asian art. His many
publications, including Oriental Blue and White (1954), Chinese
and Japanese Cloisonné Enamels (1962) and Chinese Lacquer (1979),
were widely read by students first initiated into the field. He had
also formed a substantial collection of Asian art encompassing
ceramics, cloisonné and lacquer, many of which were donated
to the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum; the
rest sold through Bluett’s after he passed away. Legend has it that
Sir Harry purchased two Ru cupstands for as little as £2.10 and
donated them separately to the British Museum and the Victoria
and Albert Museum.

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