拍賣筆記 vol.197 蘇富比倫敦：東方陶瓷學會肯尼斯·羅立博士，北宋至金汝州綠釉盤，2023年35560英鎊成交 - OCS Dr. Kenneth Lawley, A Green 'Jun' Dish, Northern Song / Jin Dynasty
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這件青瓷盤開片十分漂亮，屬於藏家喜歡的「開冰片」/「二重貫入」的審美，跟汝窯有點類似，積釉處有汝窯的感覺。通體均有少許輕微磨損及窰燒微瑕，如口沿處之輕微縮釉。口沿背面有兩小處修復，價格受到一點影響，2023年35560英鎊成交。
Some general wear to the surface overall and minor firing imperfections such as a tiny glaze pull at the rim. The exterior rim with two areas of restoration.
北宋至金汝州綠釉盤
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR KENNETH LAWLEY (1937-2023)
肯尼斯·羅立 KENNETH LAWLEY（1937-2023年）博士收藏
A green 'Jun' dish, Northern Song / Jin dynasty
1 November 2023•10:00 GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
Lot Sold
35,560 GBP
Diameter 18.2 cm, 7⅛ in.
Bluett & Sons Ltd.，倫敦，1955年7月28日
H. A. Treble醫生（1907-1981年）收藏
Bluett & Sons Ltd.，倫敦，1981年4月10日
肯尼斯·羅立博士：虔誠的鑒賞家與收藏家
作者｜多米尼克·耶利內克 2023年10月26日
我於1996年首次造訪羅立博士位於愛丁堡的一樓公寓。他說話輕聲細語，帶有英國東南部出身者的微弱口音；多年來他一直在愛丁堡大學教授化學，舉止極為端莊。
那棟位於 London Street 19 號的建築，大門漆成沉穩的黑色，彷彿暗示此門後藏家居所格外尊崇。踏入門廳，一隅即見他後來珍藏的一件大型胡形景泰藍瓶。
客廳寬敞高敞，牆邊下層書櫃翻轉成展示檯，兩張沙發後方亦有展台，所選器物均供賓客細賞。書房俯瞰庭院，牆面懸掛抽象畫作；入口右側另有小型工作間，可見羅立博士對瓷器修護的自備設備。
我在接下來的二十餘年中，多次拜訪羅立博士。他始終待客殷勤。記得有次，我們一同赴蘇格蘭國家博物館，檢視李肅漢（Sammy Yukkan Lee）捐贈的中國漆器。2016年，更有幸在他允諾下，帶領東方陶瓷學會會員親臨其寓所，手執把玩其藏瓷。
羅立博士的收藏生涯始於1960年代初期。1964年9月26日，他以95英鎊購得一件綠釉鈞窯碟；數月後，他以175英鎊轉售予皇家安大略博物館大恩人赫爾佐格·利維爵士（Herman Herzog Levy）。
其後二十五年間，他大部分藏品均出自倫敦Davies Street 的Bluett & Sons。當時，Bluett’s 最重要的供應者為後來劍橋大學中國藝術與考古學教授鄭德坤博士（Dr Cheng Te-K’un）。進入1950年代末，隨著長程飛行的普及，倫敦經銷商得以較之海洋航線更為迅速地往返東亞。
Bluett’s 的經理布賴恩·摩根（Brian Morgan）——兼具陶藝家身分——於1960至70年代多次遠赴日本、香港與韓國取貨。羅立博士雖有大學教職與少許私人收入，預算仍相對有限，故常將舊藏賣回經銷商，以籌措更貴重之購買款項。
1970年代，他幾乎每年都會造訪Bluett’s 在Grosvenor House 展覽會的展位，並參加其多場私人收藏展。1971年6月，他於首屆肯禮夫勳爵（Lord Cunliffe, 1899–1963）藏瓷展中入手一件唐代黑釉壺；十年後，則於H. A. Treble醫生（1907–1981）藏品展上，相繼購得一件綠釉Jun盤（本拍品前身）及一件朝鮮青瓷杯托。
羅立博士畢生致力於中國古瓷的研究與推廣，其藏品不僅見證他對美學與歷史的深刻理解，也反映了二十世紀後半葉東西方文化交流的新氣象。
Dr Kenneth Lawley: A Devoted Connoisseur and Collector
DOMINIC JELLINEK | 2023年10月26日
I first visited Kenneth Lawley at his spacious ground floor flat in Edinburgh, in 1996. He was a softly-spoken man with a dry sense of humour, and very correct in his demeanour. He had a slight Edinburgh accent, the fruit of his many years teaching chemistry at the University of Edinburgh. He lived in that city for most of his life, although he came from the English home counties. His flat at 19 London Street had an imposing black-painted front door, which gave the impression that Dr Lawley actually owned the entire house.
It opened into a well proportioned hall where, in later years, one was greeted by an impressive cloisonné vase of hu shape. The drawing room was large, with a high ceiling. Two of the walls had bookcases, the lower ones providing an extensive display area, with further plinths behind the two sofas. Kenneth would put on display a careful selection of objects to interest his visitors. Other pieces could be seen in his study, which overlooked a garden. On the walls were large abstract paintings. To the right of the entrance hall, a small workshop could be seen.
I visited Kenneth several times over the next two decades. He was always an attentive host. One time, we visited the National Museum of Scotland together to examine the Chinese lacquers given to the museum by Sammy Yukkan Lee. And in 2016, he kindly agreed to my request that he might allow a group of members of the Oriental Ceramic Society, to visit and handle pieces from his collection.
This collection had started way back in the early 1960s when Kenneth Lawley made one of his first purchases of Chinese ceramics, on 26th September 1964, a green Jun saucer for £95. He sold it a few months later to Herman Herzog Levy the great benefactor of the Royal Ontario Museum, for £175.
For the first twenty five years of a collecting career that was to last for the rest of his long life, Kenneth Lawley made the majority of his purchases from Davies Street gallery of Bluett and Sons. Bluett’s most important supplier was Dr Cheng Te-K’un (1907–2001), later to be Professor of Chinese Art and Archaeology at the Cambridge University. By the end of the 1950s, long distance air travel made it possible for London dealers to visit the Far East without the leisurely timetable of an ocean voyage. Bluett's Brian Morgan - a distinguished potter himself - made a number of trips to Japan, Hong Kong and Korea in the 1960s and 1970s to purchase stock. Working within a fairly small budget – Lawley had a small private income as well as his emoluments from the University of Edinburgh – he often sold pieces back to the firm to finance more expensive purchases.
He was a regular visitor to Bluett’s stand at the Grosvenor House Fair in the 1970s and attended many of the firm’s exhibitions of private collections. In June 1971, at the first exhibition of ceramics from the Collection of Lord Cunliffe (1899–1963), he purchased a black glazed Tang ewer and ten years later, he bought two pieces from the Collection of Dr H.A. Treble (1907–1981), a regular customer of Bluett’s from the 1940s until the 1970s, a green Jun dish (lot 48) and a Korean celadon cup and stand.
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