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明心匠治：亞洲私人收藏明治時代精品
THE MEIJI AESTHETIC: SELECTED MASTERPIECES FROM A PRIVATE ASIAN COLLECTION

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A SILVER KETTLE AND COVER 明治時代 片切彫子犬銀壺 銘 珉乘刀 （海野珉乘）
題 伽勝珉
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED MINJO TO (CARVED
BY UNNO MINJO; 1873-1910) AND INSCRIBED KA SHOMIN
銀件精製，壺身渾圓，飾子犬圖，巧雕細鑿，繡球蓋鈕，壺身
The compressed globular form with a spout, the body fnely cast and 銘款。
chiseled with puppies, applied with handle, the lid set with a pierced
fnial cast as a kemari (court kickball), signature on body 展覽
5Ω in. (14 cm.) wide 「2011亞太傳統藝術節特展-日本明治美術」，國立臺灣傳統
藝術中心，2011年7月8日-2012年1月8日，展覽圖錄頁74。
「驚人的明治工藝」，東京藝術大學美術館，2016年9月7
HK$240,000-320,000 US$31,000-41,000
日-10月30日；京都細見美術館，2016年11月12日-12月25日；
埼玉縣川越市立美術館，2017年4月22日-6月11日；展覽圖錄
EXHIBITED 展品編號74。
Preparatory Offce of the National Headquarters of Taiwan
Traditional Arts, “Japan Arts of Meiji Period; Asia-Pacifc 著錄
Traditional Arts Festival Special Exhibition.” 2011.7.8-2012.1.8. cat. 郭鴻盛及張元鳳主編，《明治之美》，國立臺灣師範大學文物
p. 74. 保存維護研究發展中心，2013年，頁220。
“Meiji Kogei: Amazing Japanese Art,” shown at the following
venues: Tokyo University of the Arts Museum, 2016.9.7-10.30. 海野珉乘父親海野勝珉 (1844-1915) 為水戶派金工名匠，受天
Hosomi Museum, Kyoto, 2016.11.12-12.25. Kawagoe City Art 皇任命為「帝室技藝員」，兼任教於東京美術學校雕金系。
Museum, 2017.4.22-6.11. cat. no. 74.
海野珉乘就讀東京美術學校，師承其父及另一名師加納夏雄
LITERATURE （1828-1898年），1897年畢業，其後屢代表日本到海外參
Kuo Hong-Sheng and Chang Yuan-Feng, chief eds. et al., Meiji no bi 展，包括1900年巴黎萬國博覽會。他有「小勝珉」之稱，以
/ Splendid Beauty: Illustrious Crafts of the Meiji Period (Taipei: National 延續其金工世家傳統，惟在1910年英年早逝。本壺側銘「伽勝
Taiwan Normal University Research Center for Conservation of 珉」，梵文「伽」意指倍伴、安慰。作者疑以子犬圖寓承歡膝
Cultural Relics, 2013), p. 200. 下，銘父名以向父親致敬。

Minjo was the frst son of Unno Shomin (1844-1915) of the 本品描繪之稚犬與丸山四條派畫家長澤蘆雪（1754-1799）筆
Mito school of metalwork who became a lecturer in the Metal 下主題遙相呼應，珉乘有可能受其啟發 (圖一)。
Sculpture Department of the Tokyo School of Fine Art, and was
later honored as an Imperial Household Artist (Teishitsu Gigei-In).
Minjo entered Tokyo School of Fine Arts and became skilled
in the traditional metalwork techniques, studying under both
his father and another metal master, Kano Natsuo (1828-1898).
After graduation in 1897, Minjo participated in many exhibitions,
including the 1900 International Exposition held in Paris. He
was called ko shomin (little Shomin) and was expected to be the
successor to the family metalworking tradition, however he died
prematurely in 1910. On this kettle, Unno Minjo inscribed ka
Shomin 伽 勝珉, which may be interpreted as an homage to his
father as the character can mean “attending” or “attendant”.
The style of puppies depicted on the present lot shows close
relationship to the paintings by Nagasawa Rosetsu (1754-1799),
one of the Maruyama Shijo school artists. Minjo may be inspired
from the cheerful puppies painted by Rosetsu (fg.1).

Fig. 1. Nagasawa Rosetsu, Animals and Figures (detail). Japan.
Edo period (18th century). Christie’s New York, 18 April 2018, lot 8
圖一 長澤蘆雪，〈動物與人像〉（局部），日本，江戶時代（18世紀），
紐約佳士得，2018年4月18日，拍品8。