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With its elegant form and unctuous glaze, the 此盌器形雅致，釉色潤若凝脂，為南宋盛時文人
present bowl is a fine example of the high- 所追求素雅不豔，含蓄實華之典範。自十二世
Song taste for pure colour and understated 紀末，龍泉釉色由粉青漸趨碧綠，更見其醇厚
refinement. Towards the end of the 12th century, 瑩潤。本盌施釉，循南宋官窰之疊層罩釉，故釉
the traditional lime glaze was replaced by a lime-
質溫潤如玉。此盌釉色青綠豐厚，日人尤其鍾
alkali glaze, creating a higher viscosity and softer
愛，曰之為「占青」，此類器物獲奉為龍泉瓷匠
gloss. Multiple layers of glaze were often applied
之傑作。
to capture a jade-like effect; a technique that was
probably adopted from the Guan wares of the
參考一較小盌例，1974年於浙江衢州史繩祖墓
period. The glaze of the present bowl is a thick
出土，應為咸淳十年（1274年）製，錄於《宋
lustrous bluish green, often referred to as the
遼金紀年瓷器》，北京，2004年，圖版6-19。
kinuta glaze by the Japanese who were especially
fond of these wares which were considered 韓國新安沉船亦有出水一例，刊於《新安海底文
masterpieces of the Longquan potter. 物》，韓國國立中央博物館，首爾，1977年，
編號8。尺寸略小者亦可參考諸例，如一曾入大
A slightly smaller bowl of this type, excavated
維德爵士收藏，現藏大英博物館，倫敦，刊於
in 1974 at Quzhou, Zhejiang province, from the
《Illustrated Catalogue of Celadon Wares
tomb of Shi Shengzu and his wife, dated to the
10th year of Xianchun (corresponding to 1274), in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese
is published in Dated Ceramics of the Song, Art》，倫敦，1997年，修訂版，圖版252。有
Liao and Jin Periods, Beijing, 2004, pl. 6-19; and 一曾入 Cunliffe 勛爵收藏，曾展於《Heaven
another, recovered from the Sinan ship wreck off and Earth Seen Within. Song Ceramics from
the coast of Korea, was included in the Special the Robert Barron Collection》，新奧爾良博
Exhibition of Cultural Relics Found off the Sinan 物館，新奧爾良，2000年，編號59。另一曾展
Coast, National Museum of Korea, Seoul, 1977,
於《Song Dynasty Ceramics: The Ronald W.
cat. no. 8. Further examples, all of slightly smaller
Longsdorf Collection》，J.J. Lally & Co.，紐
size, include one from the collection of Sir
約，2013年，編號10。亦有一盌曾入 Thomas
Percival David and now in the British Museum,
Barlow Walker 收藏，兩度售於紐約蘇富比，先
London, published in Illustrated Catalogue of
於1972年9月26日，編號682，再於1974年5月
Celadon Wares in the Percival David Foundation
of Chinese Art, London, 1997, Revised Ed., pl. 23/24日，編號321。還有一相類盌例，其束口
252; one, previously from the Lord Cunliffe 處較闊，載於《東京国立博物館圖版目錄．中國
collection, included in the exhibition Heaven 陶磁篇》，東京，1988年，圖版461。
and Earth Seen Within. Song Ceramics from the
Robert Barron Collection, New Orleans Museum 此盌口沿下略束，圈足稍矮，其器形應受建窰黑
of Art, New Orleans, 2000, cat. no. 59; another 釉茶盞之啟發。參見一褐斑盌，現藏台北故宮博
was exhibited in Song Dynasty Ceramics: The 物院，錄於該館展覽《芳茗遠播．亞洲茶文化
Ronald W. Longsdorf Collection, J.J. Lally & Co., 展》，台北，2015年，編號I-14。
New York, 2013, cat. no. 10; and a fourth bowl,
from the Thomas Barlow Walker collection,
was sold twice in our New York rooms, 26th
September 1972, lot 682, and 23rd/24th May
1974, lot 321. See also another bowl, but with
a broader groove, published in the Illustrated
Catalogues of Tokyo National Museum. Chinese
Ceramics, Tokyo, 1988, pl. 461.
The form of this bowl, with its gently grooved rim
and short foot, may have been inspired by black
Jian wares which were popular vessels in tea
ceremonies; for example see a brown-splashed
bowl in the National Palace Museum, Taipei,
included in the Museum’s exhibition The Far-
Reaching Fragrance of Tea. The Art and Culture
of Tea in Asia, Taipei, 2015, cat. no. I-14.

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