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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY 西晉 越窯青釉羊形尊

3301 來源
英國私人珍藏，1980 年代購於香港
A LARGE YUE CELADON RAM-FORM VESSEL,
如此大的越窯獸形器非常珍罕，僅見的幾件相關例子包括：一件鷹首
ZUN 器登於《中華五千年文物集刊：瓷器篇》，第一冊，台北，1986 年，
28 頁；另有兩例體型較大的越窯羊形燭臺，一件曾為玫茵堂珍藏，載
WESTERN JIN DYNASTY (265-316) 於《A Dealer’s Hand: The Chinese Art World through the Eyes of Giuseppe
Eskenazi》，倫敦，2012 年，圖版 244 號；另一件拍賣於香港蘇富比，
The vessel is modelled as a recumbent ram mounted by a 2014 年 11 月 24-25 日，拍品 1025 號。
columnar receptacle on its back, the head with bulged eyes and
ridged horns, the body detailed with carved fur markings and
applied with four lug handles. It is covered in a thin glaze of pale
greyish olive-green tone.
9 æ in. (25 cm.) long, box

HK$1,200,000-2,600,000 US$160,000-340,000

PROVENANCE

An English private collection, acquired in Hong Kong in the
1980s

It is very rare to find animal-form Yue celadon vessels of this large
size. Related celadon vessels from this period have been
published, including a smaller example modelled
as a hawk with a similar receptacle on its back
unearthed in Nanjing (17.5 cm. high), illustrated in
Zhonghua wuqiannian wenwu jikan: ciqi pian, Taipei,
1986, no. 28; and two ram-form candlestick holders,
one of slightly larger size (34 cm. long) from the
Reach Family and Meiyintang Collections, illustrated
in A Dealer’s Hand: The Chinese Art World Through the
Eyes of Giuseppe Eskenazi, London, 2012, pl. 244, the
other smaller example sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong,
24-25 November 2014, lot 1025 (15 cm. long).

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