拍賣筆記 vol.187 佳士得香港：630萬港元成交，明代龍泉窯青釉玉壺春瓶 - An Exceptional Longquan Celadon Pear-Shaped Vase, Yuhuchunping

審美素雅，釉色瑩潤，質量上乘，爭奪十分激烈。630萬港元成交，物有所值。

明十四/十五世紀 龍泉窯青釉玉壺春瓶

13 1⁄8 in. (33.3 cm) high

來源

香港蘇富比，2003年10月26日，拍品49號

艾斯肯納齊舊藏，倫敦，編號EK188

十面靈璧山居舊藏，北美

展覽

《中國青瓷展》，日本陶瓷協會，東京，1950年，79號

拍品專文

瓶撇口，細長頸，圓腹下垂。通體施龍泉青釉，胎質細膩，釉面蒼翠光潤，素淨雅致。明早期玉壺春瓶承襲元制，然較元重心下垂，腹部線條更為開闊大氣，造型莊重。

此等品質的玉壺春瓶傳世無多，極其珍貴。比較北京故宮博物院藏一明代光素例，腹部較鼓，藏品編號：新00098547（圖一）；及台北故宮博物院藏一元至明初例，尺寸、形制十分相近，藏品編號：故瓷011227N000000000，並錄於《碧綠-明代龍泉窯青瓷》，台北，2009年，圖版50號（圖二）；另一元末明初例載於《中國陶磁：出光美術館藏品圖錄》，東京，1987年，圖版587號；參考玫茵堂藏一明初玉壺春瓶，然外壁刻葡萄紋，見康蕊君著《中國陶瓷》，第三冊，第二部分，倫敦，2006年，圖版1582號；及香港佳士得於2010年12月1日拍賣一件尺寸一致的明洪武例，拍品3105號。

比較元代一青釉玉壺春瓶，錄於朱伯謙主編《龍泉窯青瓷》，台北，1998年，圖版160號，其形體修長纖細，腹部較窄，兩相對比，可推知明代初期器型之演變，形態更為飽滿舒展，輪廓富有張力。

The Property of a Gentleman

AN EXCEPTIONAL LONGQUAN CELADON PEAR-SHAPED VASE, YUHUCHUNPING

EARLY MING DYNASTY, 14TH-15TH CENTURY

Price realised

HKD 6,300,000

Estimate

HKD 4,000,000 – HKD 6,000,000

13 1⁄8 in. (33.3 cm) high

PROVENANCE

Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 26 October 2003, lot 49

Eskenazi, Ltd., London, no. EK188

Ten-views Lingbi Rock Retreat Collection, North America

EXHIBITED

Chugoku Seiji ten, Nihon Toji Kyokai (Japan Ceramics Association), Tokyo, 1950, no.79

The present pear-shaped vase rises from a straight foot to a slender waisted neck and everted rim, covered overall with a celadon glaze of light sea-green tone. The shape of this vase is inherited from the Yuan dynasty, while the current vase is notable for its elegant proportion, featuring a lower rounded body, which is characteristic of the early Ming craftsmanship.

Vases of such exceptional quality are exceedingly rare and highly valuable. Compare with a similar Ming dynasty example in the Palace Museum, Beijing, collection number: xin00098547 (fig. 1); and a closely related yuhuchunping dating from the Yuan to early Ming dynasty, housed in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, collection number: guci 011227N000000000, and illustrated in Green- Longquan Celadon of the Ming Dynasty, Taipei, 2009, no.50 (fig. 2); and a late Yuan to early Ming dynasty one is included in Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo, 1987, no.587; and one dating to the early Ming dynasty from the Meiyintang Collection, however, decorated with incised grapes, illustrated in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol.3, part 2, London, 2006, no.1582. Also compare a Hongwu example sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 December 2010, lot 3105.

Compare the slender proportions of this type from the Yuan dynasty, such as one illustrated in Zhu Boqian, Celadons from Longquan Kilns, Taipei, 1998, no.160, indicating the refinement perfected by the Ming dynasty.