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106 It is exceptionally rare to find carved Yaozhou wares in the form of
vases, as opposed to the more typical conical bowls or dishes (also
A very rare large Yaozhou celadon carved pear- carved with similar floral decoration).
shaped vase
Northern Song Dynasty A Yaozhou vase in the Palace Museum Collection, Beijing, illustrated in
Ceramics Gallery of the Palace Museum, part 1, Beijing, 2008, p.194,
The slender vase raised on a splayed foot rising to a flared mouth no.131, has similar handles, ribbed shoulders but is decorated with a
rim, applied on the neck with a pair of handles, decorated on the lotus band. A pear-shaped vase with similarly carved peony sprays,
lower half of the body with a large band of peony blooms borne on in a private Japanese collection, is illustrated by Basil Gray, Sung
leafy stems, covered overall with a pale olive-green glaze pooling Porcelain and Stoneware, London, 1984, p.42, no.18. Compare the
attractively in the recesses. peony sprays carved on a small Yaozhou celadon ewer, previously in
28.5cm high the Raymond A. Bidwell (1876-1954) collection and in the Springfield
Museums, Springfield Massachusetts, accessioned 1962, sold at
HK$200,000 - 300,000 Christie’s New York, 21-22 March 2013, lot 1170.
US$26,000 - 39,000
瓶撇口，細頸，鼓腹，圈足微撇。壺體為玉壺春瓶形，頸部兩側各有
北宋 耀州窯青釉刻牡丹花雙耳瓶
一虯龍耳，肩上凸起四道弦紋，腹部陰刻纏枝牡丹花。胎呈灰白色，

通體施青釉，釉色清脆。

耀州窯始燒於唐代，宋代以青瓷為主，至北宋中期曾為宮廷燒造貢

瓷。此器器形精美，刻花嫻熟，釉色清脆，文是立體感強，花葉陰陽

向背分明，為耀州窯中精品。北京故宮博物院藏一件刻花雙耳瓶除其

頸部較短，且腹部刻為蓮花紋飾以外，其雙耳樣式及刻劃刀法與本器

都極為類似，見《故宮陶瓷館．上編》，北京，2008 年，頁194，圖
版131。另見一件日本私人收藏之耀州窯雙耳瓶，著錄於Basil Gray，
《Sung Porcelain and Stoneware》，倫敦，1984年，頁42，圖18。
與本器刻花紋飾類似之例，可見美國斯普林菲爾博物館藏一件耀州窯

刻花壺，後於紐約佳士得售出，2013年3月21-22日，編號1170。

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