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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
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A VERY RARE SANCAI AND BLUE-GLAZED 唐 三彩藍斑猴子抱酒囊尊
MONKEY-FORM VESSEL 來源
亞洲私人珍藏，1999年3月6日購於香港
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
猴子是唐三彩器中極少出現的題材，本器造型生動可愛，再添上珍貴鈷
The vessel is finely modelled as a monkey crouching on a 藍斑，更如畫龍點睛。暫只知一件相近例，雕刻三彩藍斑猴子抱著飾卷
waisted cylindrical stool hugging a wineskin, covered with a rich 草紋的酒囊，先後為M. Komor及Georges deBatz遞藏，後於1983年11月30
combination of blue, green, amber and cream glazes, the interior 日拍賣，拍品319號，並以美金209,000成交。
of the wineskin applied with a cream glaze. The base is hollow,
revealing the pinkish-white clay body on the interior. 此題材有可能是從胡人抱酒囊俑演變過來。例如新加坡曾展覽一件Bryan
9 ¬ in. (24.3 cm.) high, box 珍藏的三彩彩繪胡人俑，上繪圓眼、高鼻、厚鬍子等胡人特徵，同樣作
半跪姿態，手抱形狀與本器一樣的酒囊，見新加坡法國文化協會出版
HK$700,000-900,000 US$91,000-120,000 《Tang Sancai》，2010年，頁24。另外本場拍品3114號也是這個主題。
PROVENANCE 此器經牛津熱釋光測年法檢測 （測試編號C207f5；2007年10月25日），
證實與本圖錄之定年符合。
Formerly in an Asian private collection, acquired in Hong Kong
on 6 March 1999
Sancai vessels in monkey form are extremely rare, and the current
piece is particularly charming with the additional splashes of precious
cobalt blue. Only one other example appears to be known, which is a
sancai and blue-glazed monkey, also modelled seated on a cylindrical
stool holding a wineskin decorated with foliate tendrils, formerly in
the collections of M. Komor and Georges deBatz respectively, later
sold at Christie’s New York, 30 November 1983, lot 319, for a price of
US$209,000.
The current motif of a monkey holding a wineskin appears to be a
whimsical adaptation from another type of sancai vessel depicting
foreigners holding wineskin flasks. Refer for example to a sancai
and cold-painted figure of a man, with foreign features such as large
rounded eyes, powerful nose and thick beard, crouching in a very
similar posture to the current monkey and holding a wineskin flask
of identical shape to the one in the current piece, from the Bryan
Collection. This piece is illustrated in Tang Sancai, Alliance Française
de Singapore, 2010, p. 24. Also see lot 3114 in the current sale for this
motif.
The result of Oxford Authentication thermoluminescence test no.
C207f5 (25 October 2007) is consistent with the dating of this lot.
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