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A RARE GILT-BRONZE ‘BUDDHIST-LION’ 五代 鎏金銅瑞獅托蓮香爐
CENSER
FIVE DYNASTIES (907-960) 來源
The censer is modelled in the shape of a recumbent Buddhist- 1998 年購於香港
lion, with jaw agape snarling to expose teeth, feathery tail 遼樓居舊藏，入藏於 2002 年
pointing upwards, supporting a two-tiered lotus vessel and 仰瓣蓮裝飾常見於香具，如邛窯古陶瓷博物館藏晚唐至五代邛窯黃綠釉
beaded openwork stem on its back. 蓮瓣高足香薰，爐身通體貼塑三重捲曲蓮瓣，見耿寶昌，《邛窯古陶瓷
4 ½ in. (11.5 cm.) high., box 研究》，北京，2000年，頁261；另參考陝西銅川耀州窯窯址出土蓮花

HK$400,000-600,000 US$52,000-78,000 形香爐，三層仰瓣蓮爐身，座與爐身的連接寬沿上貼飾六臥獅，見《宋
代耀州窯址》，北京，1998年，彩色圖版10。此時期的蓮瓣紋均飽滿大
PROVENANCE 氣，有著富貴華麗的時代特征。
Acquired in Hong Kong, 1998
Formerly in the Liaolouju Collection, acquired in 2002
Tiered lotus petals are often seen on censers from the same period,
such as a Tang-Five Dynasties Qiong kiln yellow and green glazed
censer with three-tiered lotus petals from the Qiong Kiln Museum,
illustrated by Geng Baochang in Qiongyao gutaoci yanjiu, Beijing, 2000,
p.261. Compare also a Five Dynasties Yaozhou lotus-shaped censer
excavated from Tongchuan, Shannxi, which has additional lions applied
to the base, illustrated in Songdai Yaozhou Yaozhi, Beijing, 1998, col.pl.
10. Most of the lotus petals from this period are thick with ridged mid-
sections, like the petals on the current censer.

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