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8011 Continued 執壺的造型於嘉靖期間甚為流行，多用於瓷器，亦偶見於漆器。此器
造型優雅，雕刻深峻但流暢，在傳世朱漆剔犀作品中未見他例，屬孤
During the Jiajing period, ewers appear to have been popular vessels in 品。最接近的例子為一把同期帶蓋的黑漆剔犀執壺，其為 Robert de
both lacquer and ceramic form. A related hexagonal porcelain ewer dated Strycker 教授夫人舊藏，2007 年 12 月 15 日於巴黎 Piasa 拍賣，拍品
to the mid-16th century, decorated in the kinrande-style, is illustrated by 56 號。北京故宮博物院另藏有一把定年為明代晚期的黑漆剔犀雲頭紋
J. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Baur Collection, vol. 1, Geneva, 1999, no. 94. 葫蘆形執壺，載於故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集《元明漆器》，香港，
However, tixi lacquer ewers of this hexagonal form are extremely rare.The 2006 年，頁 255，圖版 202 號（圖一）。此三把執壺皆為錫胎。
present example, carved of cinnabar lacquer, appears to be unique; the only
other known comparable Jiajing period ewer of this shape carved of dark-
brown tixi lacquer, from the collection of Professor and Madame Robert de
Strycker, was sold at Piasa, Paris, 15 December 2007, lot 56.The Paris ewer,
the present ewer and a related double-gourd ewer of dark-brown tixi lacquer
in the Beijing Palace Museum, each have a pewter core.The Palace Museum
ewer is dated to the late Ming period and is illustrated in The Complete
Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Lacquer Wares of the Yuan and
Ming Dynasties, Hong Kong, 2006, p. 255, no. 202 (fig. 1).

fig. 1 Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing 81
圖一 北京故宮博物院藏品