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This brushpot is striking for its dynamic and lively design that 本品通景繪《封神演義》，以青花細線勾勒輪廓，又將鈷
extends throughout the surface of the vessel. Rendered in 料渲染其間，濃淡相宜，畫面寬闊，畫片生動，引人注
fine almost pencilled lines, it depicts a scene from the story 目。《封神演義》乃十六世紀重要白話文小說，描寫商紂
Fengshen yanyi/Investiture of the Gods, a major vernacular
王與周武王的對抗戰爭。中心繪商紂王之太師聞仲，騎於
work written in the 16th century, narrating the military
campaigns of the last evil king of the Shang dynasty against 墨麒麟上，墨麒麟乃麒麟中最為凶猛之神獸。聞仲雖以少
the sagacious founders of the Zhou dynasty. The central figure 戰多，但其召喚神靈、野獸為之戰鬥，顯示卓越的軍事才
depicts the grand master to the King Zhou of Shang, Wen
能。聞仲終因其堅貞忠勇、奉獻為民，修成雷神­——普化
Zhong, mounted on the mythical animal mo qilin, the strongest
天尊。
among its kind. Although outnumbered by the opposing Zhou
entourage led by a variety of deities, magicians and mounted 此類筆筒多飾文學作品所描繪之場景，北京故宮博物院可
cavalries bearing banners, he demonstrates his military
比一類例，圖見《故宮博物院藏品大系．陶瓷編》，北
prowess through his spiritual power to summon animals to
fight against the enemy. Wen Zhong ultimately became the 京，2013年，卷21：清順治康熙（I），圖版181；另較
Daoist God of Thunder, Puhua tianzun, for his unprecedented 一例，售於香港蘇富比1979年11月28日，編號183；還
loyalty and dedication to his people.
有一例，可資參考，售於紐約蘇富比2012年3月22日，編
Brushpots of this type were often adorned with scenes from 號1279。
popular literature, such as one in the Palace Museum, Beijing,
illustrated in Compendium of Collection in the Palace Museum.
Ceramics, vol. 21, Shunzhi (1644 – 1661) and Kangxi (1662 –
1722) Period of Qing Dynasty (1), 2013, pl. 181; another sold in
these rooms, 28th November 1979, lot 183; and a third sold at
Christie’s New York, 22nd March 2012, lot 1279.

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