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A RARE CELADON-GLAZED ‘FIGURE’ 北齊 青釉胡人哨
WHISTLE
NORTHERN QI DYNASTY 來源：
家適公司，香港，1990年以前
of circular section, the instrument well hollowed with an
aperture at the top, one side skilfully depicted with the face 此類北齊胡人面紋哨子，甚為罕見。玫茵堂藏一類例，
of a foreigner, the stern countenance picked out with piercing 錄於康蕊君，《玫茵堂中國陶瓷》，卷3，第2部分，倫
eyes beneath furrowed brows, centred with a prominent nose 敦，2006年，編號1365。北京故宮另藏有獸面紋哨子，
above a moustache and thick lips, the cheeks further pierced 定為唐代，刊於《故宮博物院藏品大系．陶瓷編》，卷4
with two further apertures, the well-pronounced facial features ：隋唐五代，北京，2013年，圖版126。另見一黑釉例，
framed by curly tufts of hair and a fleshy chin, covered in a 見於劉遵義，《耀州窰》，陝西，1992 年，頁28右上。
pale sage-green glaze stopping short of the unglazed convex 還有三彩者，兩例載於謝明良，《中國古代鉛釉陶的世
reverse 界》，台北，2014年，圖版4.37及5.94。
6.8 cm, 2⅝ in.
Suzanne G. Valenstein 於其著作中指，這類胡人形象或
PROVENANCE 受希臘藝術影響，參見《Cultural Convergence in the
Northern Qi Period. A Flamboyant Chinese Ceramic
Galaxie Company, Hong Kong, prior to 1990. Container》，紐約，2007年，頁48及49。

HK$ 60,000-80,000
US$ 7,800-10,400

Northern Qi whistles of this type modelled to depict a foreigner
are unusual although a similar example from the Meiyintang
Collection is illustrated in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from
the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 3, pt. 2, London, 2006, no. 1365.
See also whistles modelled as monster masks, such as one
attributed to the Tang dynasty, in the Palace Museum, Beijing,
published in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum.
Ceramics, vol. 4, Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties, Beijing, 2013, pl.
126; another covered in a black glaze illustrated in Liu Zunyi,
Yaozhou yao/ Yaozhou Kiln, Xi’an, 1992, p. 28 top right; and
two sancai examples illustrated in Xie Mingliang, Zhongguo
gudai qian youtao de shijie [The world of ancient Chinese lead-
glazed wares], Taipei, 2014, pls 4.37 and 5.94.

Similar depictions of foreigners are discussed by Suzanne G.
Valenstein in Cultural Convergence in the Northern Qi Period.
A Flamboyant Chinese Ceramic Container, New York, 2007,
pp. 48 and 49, where she suggests a Hellenistic prototype for
these figures.

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