拍賣筆記 vol.200 蘇富比紐約：吳權博士，宋代大理石柳斗紋盃，20160美元售出，東方陶瓷學會1955唐代大展 - A White Marble Cup, Song Dynasty

柳斗鉢是宋代瓷器中十分流行的品種，定窯、邢窯、贛州窯、耀州窯都有製作，但是大理石的十分罕見，這個石頭的材質十分白皙油潤，不排除是長安白石或者是進口的來自西域的石頭（alabaster）。

The liudou bowl was a highly popular form among Song dynasty ceramics, produced by kilns such as Ding, Xing, Ganzhou, and Yaozhou. However, examples carved from marble are exceedingly rare. The stone used in this piece is exceptionally white and lustrous, suggesting that it may be Chang'an white stone or possibly imported alabaster from the Western Regions.

此件極為罕見之大理石柳斗紋盃，屬一類以金銀器、玉石及陶瓷仿織籃形制之量器為原型的器物，據信其設計源於唐代之銀質量器（斗盃）。

最早之原型或可追溯至1925年山中商會展出並由英國博物館策展人霍布森（R.L. Hobson）於1926年發表於《British Museum Quarterly》的唐代銀器藏品（圖版Xa），此類銀盃可能為宋代瓷器仿製之濫觴。

宋代 大理石柳斗紋盃

An extremely rare white marble 'grain measure' cup, Song dynasty

高 6 公分（2⅜ 英吋）

估價：6,000–8,000 美元

成交：20160美元

出處來源：

查爾斯・蓋布瑞爾（Charles Gabriel, 1873–1940）教授與布蘭達・莎拉・塞利格曼（Brenda Zara Seligman, 1882–1965）夫婦舊藏，1955年前即已入藏

吳權博士（Dr. Wou Kiuan, 1910–1997）舊藏

吳蓮伯博物院藏品，館藏編號 T.5.2

展覽紀錄：

The Arts of the T’ang Dynasty, Oriental Ceramic Society, 倫敦，1955年，展品編號319

在瓷器領域，江西贛州窯曾生產此類柳斗形器皿，代表作可參考康蕊君（Regina Krahl）於《玫茵堂中國陶瓷》第三卷第二冊（2006年，倫敦）第565頁，圖版1559所著錄之例。此外，宋代其他窯口亦有製作此式器皿之紀錄，參見 Roberto Gardellin 所著 “Reed-basket Ceramic Wares in Northern China between 9th–13th century”，載於 Oriental Art，2015年3月，第13–25頁。

值得一提的是，英國博物館現藏一件白釉定窯柳斗紋盃，亦出自 Seligman 夫婦舊藏，曾與該館藏一件相似銀盌共同著錄於羅森（Jessica Rawson）所著《Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing》（1995年，倫敦）第392頁，圖1。

British Museum number 1973,0726.227

以玉石雕成之同式柳斗盃更為稀有：何鴻卿爵士（Sir Joseph Hotung）舊藏之一 opaque 白玉例，亦載於上述羅森著作，圖版29:2；葉醫生（Dr. Ip Yee）舊藏一例，見於《中國玉雕藝術》展覽圖錄（香港藝術館，1983年），編號200；

另一例為德斯蒙德・古瑞（Desmond Gure）舊藏者，曾與本品同期展出於1955年東方陶瓷學會《唐代藝術》展覽中，編號315。

An extremely rare white marble 'grain measure' cup, Song dynasty

Height 2⅜ in., 6 cm

Collection of Professor Charles Gabriel (1873-1940) and Brenda Zara Seligman (1882-1965), by 1955. 

Collection of Dr Wou Kiuan (1910-1997). 

Wou Lien-Pai Museum, coll. no. T.5.2. 

Charles Gabriel 教授 (1873-1940) 及 Brenda Zara Seligman (1882-1965) 收藏，1955年已入藏

吳權博士 (1910-1997) 收藏

吳蓮伯博物院，編號T.5.2

展出

The Arts of the T'ang Dynasty, Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1955, cat. no. 319.

《The Arts of the T'ang Dynasty》，東方陶瓷學會，倫敦，1955年，編號319

This extremely unusual marble cup belongs to a group of silver, hardstone and ceramic vessels believed to have been produced in imitation of basketwork rice measures. Such cups first appeared in silver during the Tang dynasty, such as one exhibited by Yamanaka in 1925 and illustrated in R.L. Hobson, 'A Tang Silver Hoard', The British Museum Quarterly, May 1926, pl. Xa, which may have served as the prototype for the cups produced during the Song dynasty, including those made at the Ganzhou kilns, located in Jiangxi province, such as one illustrated in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 3, pt 2, London, 2006, p. 565, pl. 1559. For ceramic cups of the same design produced at other kilns during the Song dynasty, see Roberto Gardellin, 'Reed-basket Ceramic Wares in Northern China between 9th-13th century', Oriental Art, March 2015, pp 13-25. A white-glazed Ding example, also formerly in the Seligman Collection, is now in the British Museum, London. It is illustrated alongside a silver bowl from the same collection in Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, p. 392, fig. 1. 

Cups produced in jade and hardstones are much rarer. An opaque white jade example from the Hotung Collection is illustrated in ibid., pl. 29:2; another from the Dr. Ip Yee Collection is illustrated in the exhibition catalogue Chinese Jade Carvings, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1983, cat. no. 200; and a third from the collection of Desmund Gure was exhibited alongside the present lot in The Arts of the T'ang Dynasty, Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1955, cat. no. 315.