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164 Unlike at South China kilns, which tended to concentrate on single
A fine Northern russet-streaked black-glazed ceramic types, kilns in North China did not specialise in making
foliate-rimmed bowl one ceramic type. Due to the relative ease in making black glazes,
Northern Song Dynasty Northern ‘popular’ blackwares were produced across a wide area. This
Potted with deep rounded sides, raised on a short straight foot is discussed in greater depth by Rose Kerr in Song Dynasty Ceramics,
rising to a lobed rim, covered overall with a dark brown-black glaze, London, 2004, pp.78-79. With many local kilns producing wares in this
decorated on the interior with attractive russet streaks. glaze, there was much variety in terms of vessel forms and decoration,
12cm diam. including carving, splashes in various colours, and on-glaze painting.
The attractive russet streaks on the present lot were made by painted
HK$150,000 - 250,000 streaks of iron-oxide that fired to a pleasing rust-brown tone.
US$19,000 - 32,000
A bowl with comparable rich russet splashes in the Arthur M. Sackler
北宋 黑釉鐵鏽斑菱口盌 Museum, Harvard University, is illustrated by Robert D. Mowry, Hare’s
Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers, Cambridge, 1995, no. 22. A
related bowl was sold at Sotheby’s London, 19 June 2002, lot 17. See
also the fine example sold at Bonhams London, 17 May 2012, lot 287,
from the Gompertz Collection.

盌口沿呈菱口外撇，內外均施黑釉，並在其上以寫鏽斑描繪，裝飾意

味極強。整器造型精巧，釉色暗中閃亮，極具動勢，與菱口賦予變化

的造型相得益彰。

宋代時期因為黑釉器的盛行，北方很多窯場也模仿燒造黑釉器，這和

宋代時期的茶道文化有很大關聯。宋代中國北方除了定窯也燒造黑釉

器外，磁州窯系亦有燒造，而且在裝飾工藝上也趨於多樣化。詳細論

述可見Rose Kerr著《Song Dynasty Ceramics》，倫敦，2004年，頁
78-79。此盌所展示的鐵鏽斑即是北方窯場所生產黑釉瓷的一種。

哈佛大學賽克勒博物館中藏一 件黑釉鐵鏽斑盌可作比較，見Robert
D. Mowry，《Hare’s Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers》，劍
橋，1995年，圖22。倫敦蘇富比曾售出一件類似例子，2002年6月19
日，編號17。倫敦邦瀚斯亦曾售出一件 Gompertz舊藏之宋代黑釉鐵
鏽斑茶盞，2012年5月17日，編號287。

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