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A RARE BLACK POTTERY STEMCUP Provenance: The present lot is a rare example of a wheel-
Neolithic Period, Longshan Culture Gisele Croes Arts D’Extreme Orient, Brussels, made pottery vessel of the Longshan culture,
The thinly potted vessel with an angular bell- 1995 also sometimes known as the Black Pottery
shaped cup ending in a trumpet mouth and Jean-Yves Ollivier Collection Culture. Spread across today’s Shandong
raised on a hollow tear-drop-shaped stem Province from about 3000 to 1900 BC, the
pierced with vertical rows of small holes Published and Illustrated: Longshan culture was noted for its highly
rising from a pedestal foot defined by slightly G.Croës, XVII Biennale des Antiquaires, Paris, polished ‘egg-shell’ black pottery.
spreading upright sides. 10-24 November 1994, pp.16-17
20cm (8in) high. The present stemcup is notable for its even
來源： potting, paper-thin walls and glossy black
£5,000 - 8,000 布魯塞爾古董商吉賽爾藝廊，1995年 sheen. Examples of related black ‘eggshell’
CNY45,000 - 71,000 歐洲私人收藏 pottery stemcups are illustrated by R.Krahl,
Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang
新石器時代 龍山文化 黑陶高足杯 展覽及出版： Collection, vol.3 (I), London, 2006, pls.1058-
吉賽爾著，《XVII Biennale des Antiquaires 1063. Krahl noted that the use of the potter’s
（第十七屆古董雙年展）》，巴黎，1994年 wheel was a technological innovation of
11月10－24日 the period and enabled more sophisticated
forming than the coil-built method traditionally
used. With the new technology of the potter’s
wheel, eggshell-thin vessels could be made
by shaving the walls to minimal thickness.
In addition to this, the appearance of
weightlessness was created by the addition of
pierced openwork.

Compare with two related examples in the
same style with different lower bodies, which
were sold at Christie’s New York, 2 June 1994,
lot 228 and 21 September 1995, lot 580.

盃侈口，盃身底部收於短細頸，足身方肩下
收，鏤空，足底直壁，薄身黑體，打磨光
潔。

此件拍品為龍山文化輪製黑陶器的傑作。龍
山文化濫觴於山東半島，大致活躍於公元前
3000年至1900年間，以「蛋殼」黑陶聞名。
梅茵堂舊藏數件薄壁黑陶高腳杯可資參考，見
Regina Krahl 康蕊君著，《Chinese Ceramics
from the Meiyintang Collection（玫茵堂中國
陶瓷）》，卷三（一），倫敦，2006年，圖
版1058-1063。另可參見佳士得紐約售出兩件
黑陶高腳杯，身略短，1994年6月2日，拍品
228號及1995年9月21日，拍品580號。

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A BURNISHED BLACK POTTERY
TWO-HANDLED AMPHORA
Han Dynasty
Each side carved with two spirals seeming
to issue from the base of the broad strap
handles, with finely hatched bands on the
faceted neck below the rim formed by an
angular spout on either side.
34cm (13 1/2in) high.
£10,000 - 15,000
CNY89,000 - 130,000

漢 黑陶雙耳罐

Provenance:
Gisèle Croës Arts D’Extreme Orient, 1996
Jean-Yves Ollivier Collection

來源：
布魯塞爾古董商吉賽爾藝廊，1996年
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歐宗易先生珍藏

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