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A RARE LONGQUAN CELADON BARREL-SHAPED 南宋至元
JAR AND COVER 龍泉青釉纏枝牡丹紋鼓釘蓋罐
SOUTHERN SONG - YUAN DYNASTY
16 cm 來源：
傳亞洲私人收藏，購於1970至80年代
PROVENANCE
An Asian private collection, acquired in 1970-80s, by repute.
HK$ 200,000-300,000
US$ 25,800-38,700

Longquan wares with moulded and applied decoration first 龍泉青釉器，紋飾結合模印及貼塑工藝者，首見於宋
appeared in the late Song dynasty but became popular and 代末期，至元朝盛行。
were produced in larger quantities during the Yuan dynasty.
The present jar was probably used as a Mizusachi (water- 此罐應用於茶道儀式，作儲水之用。鼓式罐為龍泉青
container for tea ceremonies). This barrel shape is amongst 瓷中稀有造型之一，帶蓋者更為珍罕。靜嘉堂文庫美
one of the rarer Longquan celadon forms, it is even rarer 術館藏一例，尺寸稍大，帶原蓋，錄於長谷部樂爾等
to have a matching cover to the vessel. A larger example 編，《世界陶磁全集》，卷12：宋，東京，1977年，
of this form and its original cover, with a similar looped 圖版85-6。該例堪稱龍泉青釉器中最備受日本人尊崇
finial, is in the Seikado Bunko Art Museum, illustrated by 之一。
Hasebe Gakuji, ed., Sekai tōji zenshū/Ceramic Art of the
World, vol. 12: Sō/Sung Dynasty, Tokyo, 1977, pls 85-6. The
Seikado Bunko example is arguably one of the most admired 同可比較一近例，尺寸相若，惟欠蓋且釉面大量開
masterpieces of Longquan celadon in Japan. 片，售於紐約佳士得2021年3月19日，編號892。尚有
兩例，其一出自倫敦大英博物館大維德基金收藏，錄
A closely related jar but lacking a cover and with a crackled
glaze, was sold in Christie’s New York, 19th March 2021, lot 於博物館網站https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/
892. Compare two further examples, one from the Percival object/A_PDF-225；其二出自安田靫彥（1978年卒）收
David Collection, now in the British Museum, London, 藏，售於紐約佳士得9月13日，編號1047。
is illustrated on the Museum’s website (https://www.
britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_PDF-225); and
another from the collection of Yasuda Yukihiko (d. 1978),
was sold in Christie’s New York, 13th September 2019, lot
1047.

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