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This magnificent vase, measuring 63.5 cm. high, is remarkable in size 本瓶高63.5公分，分頸、腹、足三段製作，通體施天藍釉，局部位置如口、
and extremely complex in construction. It was potted in three sections- 頸上部及接胎處添施第二層釉，圈足露胎處施護胎釉，造工複雜，雄渾厚
the neck, body and foot, and was glazed all over, with certain areas
such as the luting lines and the mouth applied with an additional layer 實，是鈞窯瓷中少見的大器，也是鈞窯進入金中晚期後難得一見的精工之
of glaze. Such complicated manufacture suggests the vase would have 作，應是為特殊禮制性活動而訂製的高端器物。
been extremely difficult and costly to make, and would undoubtedly
belong to a special commission, very likely used as a flower holder during 同類的花口長瓶在汝州市出土過一對，現分別藏河南博物院和汝州市汝瓷
Buddhist rituals. 博物館。2001年發掘禹州市神垕鎮劉家門窯址時，在相當於金代後期的
Two very similar Jun vases with almost identical shape were found in 第二期地層亦發現類似長頸瓶的殘片。另外河南新密窯溝窯址曾出土一件
Ruzhou city, Henan, and now in the collections of the Henan Provincial 墨書紀年「大定廿五（1185年）」的白地褐彩花口瓶，器形與本器非常相似。
Museum and Ru Porcelain Museum of Ruzhou. Shards of similar floral- 綜合各例子，北京大學秦大樹先生認為本瓶時代應屬金代後期至蒙古時
rimmed vases were also found in the Jun kilns at Liujiamen in Yuzhou 期，約1160至1271年間（詳文請參閱秦大樹，《柏煊書齋‧鈞窯》，
city, dating to the late Jin period. A Cizhou-type painted vase with very
similar shape as the current vase, inscribed with a ‘Dading 25th year’ date 香港，2017年，頁190-195，編號22）。
corresponding to 1185, was found in the Xinmiyaogou kilns in Henan.
Based on these related examples, Qin Dashu believes the current vase can 鈞窯在金代晚期製作開始步向草率，且一般不滿釉；本瓶製作精良，體大渾
be dated to between 1160 and 1271, around late Jin to early Yuan period 厚，且通體施釉，屬同時期難得一見的精品，有可能是為禮佛而特製的供
(for full essay, please refer to Qin Dashu, Jun Yao Ceramics from The 器，為供奉而插花，如山西稷山馬村三號墓的南壁兩側屏，有類似花口瓶插
Beixuan Shuzhai Collection, Hong Kong, 2017, pp. 190-195, no. 22).
滿花的雕刻。本瓶氣勢磅礴而不失優雅，具時代特徵，其藝術及研究價值不
The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test 可言喻。
no. P106k43 is consistent with the dating of this lot.

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