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122 A Yueyao vase formed as a mythical beast, with similarly large beady
A rare Yueyao ‘mythical beast’ water pot eyes and a snarling muzzle, in the Nanjing Museum, Nanjing, is
Western Jin Dynasty illustrated in Zhongguo mei shu fen lei quan ji: The Complete Works
The beast modelled sitting upright with front paws held close to its of Chinese Ceramics Vol.4, Shanghai, 2000, no.82. Chimera-shaped
head beside the circular aperture, with a fierce expression detailed vessels with faces very similarly modelled to the present lot were
with fangs bared, a ridged back and a pair of wings incised on the included in the Special Exhibition of Chinese Ceramics, Tokyo National
sides, covered overall in a thin olive-green glaze. Museum, 1994, nos. 58 and 59; and one was sold at Christie’s New
7cm high York, 21 March 2000, lot 248.
HK$35,000 - 45,000 The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test
US$4,500 - 5,800 no.P112a65 is consistent with the dating of this lot.
西晉 越窯青釉熊形尊 該器外塑一跪熊，雙目圓睜，大口張開，露出牙齒，上臂高舉至耳
畔，下肢彎曲呈跪坐狀。身體以刻劃方式描繪不同部位的不同紋樣，
或線條，或大小斑點。獸頭部留一小孔。整器造型憨態可掬，周身施
青釉。
南京博物院藏一例類似之越窯青釉熊型尊可資比較，見《中國美術分
類全集：陶瓷全集（4）三國、两晉、南北朝》，上海，2000年，編
號82。另見東京國立博物院藏一例，刊登於《中國瓷器特別展》，東
京，1994年，圖58及59以及紐約佳士 得曾售出一件，2000年3月21
日，編號248。
此拍品經牛津鑒定公司熱釋光年法測試（測試編號P112a65），證實
與本圖錄之定代符合。
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