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A very rare Changsha ‘phoenix-head’
long-necked painted ewer
Tang Dynasty/Five Dynasties
The ovoid body painted in dark and light brown
with large flowers on scrolling leafy stems, rising
to a ribbed neck surmounted with a phoenix head
forming the mouth and spout, covered in a buff
glaze.
37cm high

HK$150,000 - 250,000
US$19,000 - 32,000

唐/五代 長沙窯褐彩鳳首壺

Ceramic phoenix-headed ewers from the Tang
Dynasty, such as the present lot, derived from
prototypes made in gold and silver. These metal
wares were imported from Sasanian Persia along the
Silk Road. Ceramic phoenix-headed ewers gained
popularity during the Tang Dynasty and were made at
various kilns. A white-glazed porcelain ewer similarly
formed with a phoenix head spout and without a
handle, dated 9th-11th century, in the British Museum,
London, is published by S.J. Vainker, Chinese
pottery and porcelain, 1991, museum number Asia
OA 1936.10-12.206. Compare also with a Qingbai
phoenix-head ewer in the Brooklyn Museum, Ella
C. Woodward Memorial Fund and Frank L. Babbott
Fund, illustrated by Jan Wirgin, Sung Ceramic
Designs, London, 1970, pl.29h.
壺的口沿外部作立體風首狀，鳳首上方為瓶口，使得
壺整體頗似一隻挺立的鳳鳥。壺頸部出棱數周，壺身
溜肩弧腹，下部漸收，圈足。腹部以褐彩繪花卉紋
樣，筆觸清晰可見。
六朝至唐代，我國與西亞各國文化交流頻繁，波斯的
一種鳥首壺傳到我國，影響所及，在唐代的青瓷、白
瓷及三彩釉陶中出現了鳳首壺。此壺既吸取了波斯薩
珊王朝金 銀器造型的特點，又融入了我國傳統的龍
鳳裝飾藝術。倫敦大英博物館藏一件九至十一世紀的
白釉鳳首壺，器形相似但無柄，見S.J. Vainker編，
《Chinese pottery and porcelain》，1991年，博物館
編號Asia OA 1936.10-12.206。可參考另一件青白釉
鳳首壺，現藏於布魯克林博物館的Ella C. Woodward
紀念基金和Frank L. Babbott基金會，見Jan Wirgin
編，《Sung Ceramic Designs》，倫敦，1970年，圖
版29h。更多例子可參見李輝柄編，《晉唐瓷器——
故宮博物院藏文物珍品大系》，上海，2002年。

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