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A SUPERB PEACHBLOOM-GLAZED Peachbloom waterpots are rarely as successfully 如此太白尊，燒製臻絕，紅釉發色勻實鮮亮，
BEEHIVE WATERPOT fired as the present piece, which is covered 誠難得佳品。因銅紅屬性不穩，豇豆紅釉麗
MARK AND PERIOD OF KANGXI with a most vibrant and even copper-red glaze. 色難求，為文房八大碼專屬，乃康熙朝組瓷
Notoriously difficult to achieve due to the 之經典。
finely potted of classic domed ‘taibai zun’ form, temperamental nature of the copper pigment,
the slightly tapering sides rising to a rounded the attractive glaze is only found on a small 明初以降，銅紅色釉便無工匠問津，直至康熙
shoulder and short waisted neck below a lipped group of vessels for the scholar’s table in eight 年間方見復燒，並有所成。據林業強等學者近
mouth-rim, the exterior evenly applied overall different shapes, one of the most iconic groups of 年研究，豇豆紅釉器製於康熙初年臧應選督
save for the rim and base with a crimson-red porcelain created under the Kangxi Emperor. 造期間。1681年，臧應選調至景德鎮督導窰
glaze suffused with pink sprinkles imitating the 廠重建並任督陶官。為駕馭銅紅呈色，相信藝
skin of a ripening peach, the body further faintly Copper-red glazes had been largely abandoned 匠先以透明釉作底，以竹管吹釉，最後再次
incised with three stylised archaistic dragon at Jingdezhen since the early Ming dynasty 罩釉燒成。
roundels, the recessed white base inscribed in and were revived and drastically improved only
underglaze blue with a six-character reign mark in during the Kangxi reign. Recent research by Peter 可比較北京故宮博物院藏太白尊例，載於
three columns Lam and other leading scholars indicate that 《故宮珍藏康雍乾瓷器圖錄》，香港，1989
12.7 cm, 5 in. the famous ‘peachbloom’ group was produced 年，142頁，圖版125。再見一藏於上海博物
during the early years of the Kangxi period under 館之例，刊於汪慶正編，《上海博物館藏康
PROVENANCE the supervision of the skilled Zang Yingxuan, 熙瓷圖錄》，香港，1998年，圖版206。又一
Collection of Dudley L. Pickman (1779-1848). who was sent to Jingdezhen in 1681 to oversee 例，原屬大維德爵士雅蓄，現存倫敦大英博
Collection of General Charles G. Loring (1828- the rebuilding of the kilns and serve as imperial 物館，錄於 Margaret Medley，《Ming and
1902), and thence by descent in the family. supervisor. To manage the fugitive copper-lime Qing Monochrome Wares in the Percival
J.J. Lally & Co., New York. pigment, it is believed to have been sprayed via David Foundation of Chinese Art》，倫
a long bamboo tube onto a layer of transparent 敦，1989年，圖版580。還有一例，略小，
HK$ 2,000,000-3,000,000 glaze and then fixed with another layer, so as to 為紐約大都會藝術博物館藏，見 Suzanne
US$ 258,000-387,000 be sandwiched between two layers of clear glaze. G. Valenstein，《A Handbook of Chinese
Ceramics》，紐約，1989年，圖版234。
清康熙 豇豆紅釉暗團龍紋太白尊 A waterpot of this type in the Palace Museum,
《大清康熙年製》款 Beijing, is illustrated in Kangxi. Yongzheng. 此類水丞稱太白尊，依唐朝詩仙李太白之字得
Qianlong. Qing Porcelain from the Palace Museum 名。太白常倚酒埕，有瓷塑摹詩仙手舉酒盃、
來源： Collection, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 142, pl. 125; one 閉目而坐之態，錄於《故宮珍藏康雍乾瓷器圖
Dudley L. Pickman（1779-1848年）收藏 in the Shanghai Museum, Shanghai, is published 錄》，前述出處，頁106，圖版89。此器亦稱
Charles G. Loring 將軍（1828-1902年）收 in Wang Qingzheng, ed., Kangxi Porcelain Wares 雞罩尊，因形似雞罩得名。
藏，自此家族收藏 from the Shanghai Museum Collection, Hong
J.J. Lally & Co.，紐約 Kong, 1998, pl. 206; another from the Sir Percival Dudley L. Pickman（1779-1848年）為麻薩
David Collection, now in the British Museum, 諸塞州塞勒姆市一所重要貿易公司之創辦人，
London, is published in Margaret Medley, Ming 坐擁飛剪船艦隊，業務及至遠東。Charles G.
and Qing Monochrome Wares in the Percival David Loring 將軍（1828-1902年）則乃波士頓美術
Foundation of Chinese Art, London, 1989, pl. 580; 館首任館長， 1876年開館以來執事，至1902
and a further example of slightly smaller size, in 年榮退。
the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, is
illustrated in Suzanne G. Valenstein, A Handbook
of Chinese Ceramics, New York, 1989, pl. 234.

These waterpots are known as taibai zun after the
Tang dynasty poet Li Taibai, who is often depicted
leaning against a large wine jar of similar form,
as seen in a porcelain sculpture, which shows the
poet seated with closed eyes and a cup in hand,
published in Kangxi. Yongzheng. Qianlong. Qing
Porcelain from the Palace Museum Collection, op.
cit., p. 106, pl. 89. They are also referred to as
jizhao zun, because their shape resembles that of
a chicken coop.

Dudley L. Pickman (1779-1848) was the founder
of one of the great Salem trading companies
active in the Far East with a fleet of clipper ships.
General Charles G. Loring (1828-1902) was the
first director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,
from the opening of the museum in 1876 until his
resignation in 1902.

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