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121 A RARE MOLDED GREEN-GLAZED POTTERY JAR
LATE TANG / LIAO DYNASTY
唐末 / 遼 綠釉貼花罐

superbly modeled, the ovoid form rising from a short splayed foot to a flat shoulder incised with a band of s-curves,
surmounted by a narrow lipped rim, a row of molded petal-form lappets applied below the shoulder, each centering a floral
spray, the body applied with twelve teardrop-shaped medallions of geometric foliate design outlined by rosettes in the form
of concentric circles, divided into two registers; with the lower register suspended from a line of rosettes, covered overall in a
bright leaf-green glaze, the unglazed recessed base revealing the pinkish body

Height 4⅝ in., 11.8 cm
$ 15,000-25,000

PROVENANCE 來源
Warren E. Cox, New York. Warren E. Cox 收藏，紐約
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d.1978). 史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏

EXHIBITED 展覽
Chinese Ceramics, from the prehistoric period through 《Chinese Ceramics, from the prehistoric period through
Ch’ien Lung, Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, Ch’ien Lung》，洛杉磯郡藝術博物館，1952年，編號65
1952, cat. no. 65. 《The Arts of the T’ang Dynasty》，洛杉磯郡藝術博物
The Arts of the T’ang Dynasty, Los Angeles County 館，1957年，編號175
Museum, Los Angeles, 1957, cat. no. 175.
出版
Warren E. Cox，《The Book of Pottery and Porcelain》，
LITERATURE
Warren E. Cox, The Book of Pottery and Porcelain, vol. I, 卷I，紐約，1944年，圖版259
New York, 1944, pl. 259.

Finely modeled, the present jar suggests an ode to the past conveyed in the visual language of Tang pottery. Each
centering a floral spray, the lappets echo the green-glazed ‘lotus’ vessels of the Southern and Northern Dynasties,
while embodying the fanciful floral and foliate motifs of the Tang. The vibrant green glaze highlights the jewel-like
rosettes and medallions derived from metalwork, which was superbly adapted to ceramic wares from the Northern
Qi period onward.

For a related example, see a ewer with identical medallions and rosettes formerly in the collection of Charles B.
Hoyt, and now in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, acc. no. 50.1779. Compare also a stemcup with
similar molded lappets in the collection of the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, included alongside the present lot in
the exhibition Chinese Ceramics, from the prehistoric period through Ch’ien Lung, Los Angeles County Museum, Los
Angeles, 1952, cat. no. 64.

此罐器型別致，釉色鮮豔，模印貼花紋飾細膩精美，見珠 足盃例，見相類模印花瓣紋，藏哈佛大學福格藝術博物
寶墜飾之形，源仿金屬器之紋樣，乃唐代巧匠頌古懷今之 館，與本品同展於《Chinese Ceramics from the Pre-
佳作。 historic Period through Ch’ien Lung》，洛杉磯郡立美
術館，1952年，編號64。
可參考一壺例，見相同花瓣及花環紋飾，Charles B. Hoyt
舊藏，現藏波士頓美術館，館藏編號50.1779。另見一高

100 JUNKUNC: ARTS OF ANCIENT CHINA