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AN EXTREMELY RARE ‘NUMBERED THREE’ 元/明 鈞窯玫瑰紫釉鼓釘三足水仙盆 「三」字款
JUN TRIPOD BULB BOWL
來源:
YUAN-MING DYNASTY, 14TH-15TH CENTURY 廣田松繁(1897-1973)
The sturdily potted bowl has a band of twenty ‘nail-head’ bosses 萬野美術館，大阪
applied between bow-string borders, and a further seventeen bosses 約2000年入藏
above the three ruyi-form feet. The bowl is covered with a thick
glaze, the interior of pale blue and lavender tone and the exterior of 出版:
mottled magenta that thins to brownish-olive on the raised areas. 《萬野コレクション撰集》，大阪，1988 年，圖版99號
The base has a thin olive glaze and a ring of spur marks, and is incised
with the character san (three). 斂圓口，淺腹，腹形如鼓，平底，三雲頭形足。口沿、腹壁各飾弦紋一道，
9 in. (22.8 cm.) diam., double Japanese wood boxes 鼓腹飾鼓釘紋兩周；上緣二十枚，下緣十七枚。胎骨厚重，通體施釉，裏釉
色天青，外為玫瑰紫，邊稜呈褐色。施釉至足底，外底塗褐色護胎釉，周緣
HK$4,000,000-6,000,000 US$520,000-770,000
有支燒痕。底刻數目字「三」。附日本雙層木盒。
P R O V E NAN C E :
Matsushige Hiroda (1897-1973) 鈞窯鼓釘三足洗中底部刻有「三」字款的例子極其稀少。同為玫瑰紫釉的
Manno Art Museum, Osaka 「三」字款鼓釘洗可參考倫敦蘇富比2005年11月9日拍賣一件，拍品277號
An important private collection, acquired circa 2000 (23 公分)。另比較兩件天藍釉例子，一件於2005年11月9日紐約蘇富比拍
賣，拍品514號(21 公分)；另一為臨宇山人舊藏，2019年3月22日於紐約佳
L I T E R AT U R E :
Selected Masterpieces of the Manno Collection, Osaka, 1988, no. 99 士得拍賣，拍品1722號(21.3 公分)。
Jun bulb bowls of this form incised with the numeral san (three) appear to 內盒蓋裏書「不孤齋」款識，隨「不孤齋」朱文印。不孤齋為廣田松繁
have fewer examples than other numerals. Compare with three ‘numbered (1897-1973) 之別號。廣田松繁生於日本富山縣負郡(今富山市)。十二歲
three’ Jun bulb bowls of this form, one in purple (23 cm.), sold at Sotheby’s 進入古董界，後為東京日本橋壺中居創辦人之一。其分於1947、1967及
London, 9 November 2005, lot 277; three in lavender-blue, one sold at
Sotheby’s New York, 23 March 2011, lot 514 (21 cm.), the second from the 1972年捐贈共496件文物予東京國立博物館。
Linyushanren collection, sold at Christie’s New York, 22 March 2019, lot
1722 (21.3 cm.).
The present bulb bowl is accompanied by double Japanese wood boxes.
The underside of the cover of the inner box is inscribed with a signature,
Fukkosai, followed by an eponymous seal. Fukkosai was the pseudonym
of Matsushige Hiroda (1897-1973). Born in the town of Yatsuo (present day
Toyama city), Toyama prefecture, Hirota entered the world of art dealing
at the young age of twelve, and was one of the two co-founders of the
antique store Kochukyo. In Nihonbashi, Tokyo. In 1947, 1967, and 1972,
he donated a total of 496 items to the Tokyo National Museum.

(Inscription on the underside of the Japanese
wood box cover 日本木盒蓋內銘文)

(base 底部)

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