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fig. 1 Line-drawing rendition of Xiaoyi Acquiring the Orchid Pavilion fig. 2 Image from Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji (Complete Collection of
Preface by Deception. Collection of Liaoning Provincial Museum Ceramic Art Unearthed in China), vol.3 Hebei, Science Press, Beijing,
圖一 遼寧省博物館藏《蕭翼賺蘭亭圖》線描圖 2008, no.60
圖二 圖片出自《中國出土瓷器全集•第三卷•河北》，科學出版社，北京，
2008 年，圖 60

VARIOUS PROPERTIES
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A DING MINIATURE MODEL OF TEA BRAIZIER 北宋 定窯煎茶風爐銚子擺件
AND SKILLET
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127) 宋朝之前的飲茶習慣以煎茶為主流，陸羽《茶經》內描述的治茶方法也
是煎茶。遼寧省博物館藏宋代摹本《蕭翼賺蘭亭圖》（圖一）具體地描
The tea warmer has a bell-form base surmounted by a pentafoil 繪了煎茶的場景，其中最主要的道具便是風爐與銚子 ( 呈茶湯的鐵盤 )。
pan and a cylindrical brazier that supports a shallow wok with 本器的風爐與銚子無法分開，且器形太小，並非實用器，極有可能是案
a pair of bail handles. The brazier with a shaped aperture is 頭擺設的賞玩器。煎茶在宋朝雖然不似前朝盛行，但是它蘊含的古意特
reticulated around the sides with mullions separated by twist-robe 為士人所重，常付諸吟詠，在特定的場合出現，故在案頭擺設這樣一件
appliqué. It is covered overall with a clear glaze of ivory tone. 擺件也不失為風雅之事。可參見另一件 1973 年河北曲陽縣澗磁村出土
7 ¿ in. (18 cm.) high, box 的唐代白釉茶器，刊載於《中國出土瓷器全集·河北》，第 3 冊，北京，
HK$300,000-500,000 US$39,000-64,000 2008 年，圖版 60 號（圖二）。
Before Song Dynasty, the fashion for tea drinking centred on brewed
tea. The method of tea making described in The Classic of Tea, written
by Lu Yu in the Tang Dynasty, is that of the brewed tea. In the Song
painting Xiao Yizhuan Lanting tu (fig. 1), after a Tang original, a tea
brewing scene is depicted showing the principle utensils – brazier and
skillet. On the current model, the brazier and skillet are fired together
and cannot be separated, and its size is too small for practical use.
Hence, it is possible that this was made to be a plaything on the
scholar’s desk. Although brewed tea diminished in popularity in the
Song period, its old-fashioned connotation was much admired by the
literati, who often referred to it in poems. It is not surprising that such
an object would have been considered an elegant accompaniment for a
scholar’s desk. Compare to another Ding miniature model of brazier and
skillet excavated in Quyang (fig. 2), illustrated in Complete Collection of
Ceramic Art Unearthed in China, Hebei, vol. 3, Beijing, 2008, pl. 60 .

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