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AN INTRODUCTION

序言

DR. RICHARD PEGG, DIRECTOR & CURATOR OF THE MACLEAN COLLECTION
彭銳查博士
馬克林收藏亞洲藝術部主任兼策展人

LOT RANGE 1 - 26

In the early 1970s Barry L. MacLean began to collect 巴里•馬克林先生於1970 年代初開始收集世界各地
ancient pottery from all over the world. Over time, he made 的高古陶瓷，後因商務關係，往來亞洲日漸頻繁，並
more and more trips to Asia for business, often bringing his 經常攜同夫人瑪麗安和兒女同往，在往後十年間，馬
late wife Mary Ann and children. During the next decade 克林和妻子開始專注收藏東亞及東南亞古代藝術品，
he and Mary Ann began to narrow the focus to material 隨後發展至收藏高古青銅器，再進一步擴展至收藏石
from East and Southeast Asia. This in turn led to collecting 雕和建築構件。時至1990 年代初，其收藏的古代藝
ancient bronze from those regions and then to collect stone 術品多來自國際知名的古董商和拍賣行，彼時瑪麗安
sculpture and architectural fragments. By the early 1990s, 亦開始在景觀設計師克雷格•伯格曼的協助下，將建
objects were sourced through a wide range of dealers and 築構件和雕塑融入馬克林家族大宅。二人的亞洲藝術
auction houses all around the world. At that time Mary Ann 品收藏分散陳設於各地居所，亦有部份藏品陳於五位
had begun, with the assistance of local landscape architect 兒女家中，而其芝加哥市中心的公寓則完全以亞洲藝
Craig Bergmann, to integrate architectural elements and 術為裝飾主題（圖一）。
sculpture into the grounds around the MacLean’s home.
The Asian collections were also living throughout the 歷經五十餘載，馬克林亞洲藝術品收藏現有超過五千
various homes of Barry and Mary Ann, with some objects in 件珍品，當中大約百分之五十五為中國藝術品、百分
the homes of the five MacLean children, especially in their 之四十為東南亞藝術品，其餘則來自亞洲其他地區。
downtown Chicago apartment decorated in entirely Asian 該收藏在過去幾十年來專注於陶瓷、青銅和石雕三個
art and furniture (fig 1). 門類。以下閒章根據上述概念製於2005年，刻文既形
Just over five thousand objects, and some fifty years 容藏品，也是對藏家的描述（圖二）。
later, the MacLean Collection of Asian art consists of
perhaps 55 percent Chinese objects and 40 percent 閒章刻「金石土癖」四字，靈感來自「金石癖」一
Southeast Asian objects, with the remainder being from 詞。十九世紀初，該詞彙多指碑帖書法及收藏書法之
other parts of Asia. Over the decades the collection 風氣，然而加上「土」字成為「金石土癖」，用來形
stayed primarily focused in these three media; pottery, 容馬克林收藏也是別有雅趣。
bronze and stone. With that in mind, these seals were 一個收藏家的收藏慾望往往是天性使然，可說是寫在
made in 2005 as a kind of Chinese nickname for the 基因裡的。巴里先生的收藏海涵亞洲藝術品、地圖、
collection and the collector (fig. 2).
古董工具、復古海報、錫製玩具等等，雖然先生從未
They both read “crazy for bronze, stone and earth 正式修讀中國文化學科，也不會閱讀漢字，但他一直
(jinshitupi)” They are a word play in Chinese on the 被中國藝術品之美所吸引。先生眼光獨到，總是可以
better-known expression of “crazy for bronze and stone 發現出眾之物，尤為中國古代器型多變且各負其名的
(jinshipi),” that became associated with the stele (bei) 青銅器深深著迷。巴里先生對中國青銅器的描述極具
and rubbing (tie) schools of calligraphy collecting and 風格，他會舉起雙手，一邊興奮地勾勒出器物的形
calligraphy practice in the early nineteenth century, 狀，一邊談論青銅器的包漿、製法和功能。青銅器的
to which I added a third category of earth (tu). This 名稱許多都是在十二世紀初，由可謂首位青銅器鑒藏
along with the logo became part of the early MacLean 家的宋徽宗皇帝所制定而流傳至今。宋徽宗下令學者
Collection branding. 翻閱古籍，研究各器型古時名稱，後再編訂成籍，而
The answer to why some individuals are passionate 巴里先生亦對青銅器型研究興趣深厚。
about collecting comes down to essentially something
hard-wired at birth, part of a collector’s DNA. Barry
collects Asian art, maps, antique hand tools, vintage
posters, tin toys and so forth. He was never formally
trained in Chinese culture and cannot read Chinese
characters and yet he has been driven to collect these
fantastic Chinese objects. Fortunately, Barry’s passion
has always been tempered by having a “good eye,” that
is naturally attracted to good objects. Barry is always
drawn to the myriad shapes of ancient Chinese bronzes,
all of which have been given specific names. It is always

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