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A PAINTED CIZHOU POLYCHROME 金 磁州窯紅綠彩魚藻紋盌
‘FISH’ BOWL
來源
JIN DYNASTY, 13TH CENTURY 千秋庭，東京

The bowl is painted to the interior in red and green overglaze 展覽
enamels to depict a fish swimming amidst lotus. It is covered 千秋庭，《創立十周年紀念展覽會》，東京，2006年，圖錄編
overall with a white slip under clear glaze stopping above the 號101
foot, exposing the biscuit body which is inscribed with three
indecipherable characters in ink. 著錄
千秋庭，《中國美術蒐集》，東京，2006年，73頁，編號101
6æ in. (17 cm.) diam., box
盌敞口，弧腹，圈足。口沿下以紅彩繪弦紋數道，綴以綠色苔
HK$100,000-150,000 US$13,000-19,000 點，盌心繪蓮池游魚紋。灰褐胎施白色化妝土，外罩透明釉，
施釉不及底，露胎處有墨書三字。
PROVENANCE
Sen Shu Tey, Tokyo 磁州窯紅綠彩器色彩鮮艷明亮，畫風生動流暢，開創了我國陶
瓷使用低溫釉上彩的先河。此種工藝需經兩次窯燒，即先在胎
EXHIBITED 體上施加白化妝土並罩透明釉燒製成器，再於白釉上以紅、綠
Sen Shu Tey, Special Exhibition ‘Run Through 10 Years’, Tokyo, 等彩勾畫或填塗出紋飾，二次入窯以低溫燒成。日本石洞美術
2006, Catalogue, no. 101 館藏有一件與本品近似的磁州窯紅綠彩魚蓮紋盌，被登記為日
本重要美術品，見1999年東京朝日新聞社出版《宋磁》，147
LITERATURE 頁，編號108 (圖一) 。安宅舊藏一件磁州窯紅綠彩蓮塘鳧鴨紋
Sen Shu Tey, The Collection of Chinese Art, Tokyo, 2006, p. 73, 盌，帶有泰和元年 (1201) 款，著錄於1972年大阪出版《安宅所
no. 101 藏中國陶瓷名品展》，圖錄編號42。

First appearing in the late 12th to early 13th century, Cizhou
polychrome decoration represents the earliest overglaze
enamelling in Chinese ceramic history. This technique entails
two firings. On pieces like the present bowl, a milky-white
slip was applied to the clay body and a colourless transparent
glaze was applied over the top. Lead-fluxed overglaze enamels
were applied to the surface of the fired glaze and the vessel
was fired a second time at a lower temperature. The Chinese
term of Cizhou polychrome wares, honglü cai (red and green
colours) is derived from the most popular overglaze colours in
the Cizhou palette, green and red.

Popular decorative themes on Cizhou polychrome bowls
include floral patterns and aquatic scenes. A similar ‘fish’ bowl
in the collection of Sekido Museum of Art, classified as an
Important Art Object, is illustrated in Asahi Shimbun, Song
Ceramics, Tokyo, 1999, p. 147, no. 108 (fig. 1). Compare a
dated example decorated with waterfowl flying amidst lotus
and inscribed with the date, first year of the Taihe reign (1201)
from the Ataka collection, illustrated in Masterpieces of Old
Chinese Ceramics from Ataka Collection, Osaka, 1972, Catalogue,
no. 42. Compare also a bowl with mandarin duck pattern
in the Tokyo National Museum collection, illustrated in T.
Mikami, Sekai Toji Zenshu, vol. 13, Tokyo, 1981, p. 242, no.
273. A more frequently used decorative theme seen on Cizhou
polychrome bowls is peony spray, as seen on a bowl illustrated
in Sekai Toji Zenshu, op. cit., p. 242, no. 271, and another
three Cizhou polychrome bowls in the Ataka collection,
illustrated in Masterpieces of Old Chinese Ceramics from Ataka
Collection, op. cit., Catalogue, no. 40,41,43.

fig. 1 A painted Cizhou polychrome ‘fish’ bowl, Jin dynasty, Sekido

Museum of Art
圖一 金 磁州窯紅綠彩魚蓮紋盌 日本石洞美術館藏品

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