拍賣筆記 vol.213 蘇富比紐約：卡爾·坎普，唐邢窰系白釉執壺，20320美元售出 - Sotheby’s, Dr. Carl Kempe, A Small 'Xing' White-Glazed Ewer, Tang Dynasty

蘇富比紐約線上拍賣，2025年6月28日以20320美元售出，約港幣16萬元。袖珍可愛，可惜釉面較薄，或需要清洗方能彰顯其白釉之美。

Sold at Sotheby’s New York Online Auction on June 28, 2025, for USD 20,320 (approximately HKD 160,000).Delightfully petite and charming in form, the ewer exhibits the classic characteristics of Tang dynasty white wares from the Xing kiln tradition. The glaze, however, appears somewhat thin, possibly due to surface accumulation or long-term storage. With careful cleaning, the vessel’s true white-glaze brilliance may be more fully revealed.

此類白釉執壺製於10世紀，尺寸多樣，其設計靈感來自中亞金屬器物中常見的獅形耳把，經中國北方高嶺土產地的工匠轉化再創，風格更為洗練純粹。

可比較一例近似的獅形耳白釉執壺，推定產自河北邢窯，原為歐摩福波羅斯（George Eumorfopoulos）舊藏，今藏於倫敦維多利亞與亞伯特博物館，著錄於 R.L. Hobson，《The Catalogue of the George Eumorfopoulos Collection of Chinese, Corean, and Persian Pottery and Porcelain》，第一卷，倫敦，1925年，圖版LXXIV，編號503。

另見一件同類小型壺，於2018年11月9日蘇富比倫敦拍賣，拍品編號249；以及來自 Emmanuel Christofides（1928–2020）收藏者一例，於2025年5月15日邦瀚斯倫敦拍出，拍品編號19。

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唐代 小型邢窯系白釉執壺

拍賣資訊

• 拍賣結束時間：2025年6月27日 香港時間晚間11:40

• 預估價格：3,000 - 5,000 美元

• 成交價格：20,320 美元

  
  

尺寸

高 9.7 公分（約 3¾ 英吋）

來源說明

• 卡爾・坎普（Dr. Carl Kempe，1884–1967）舊藏

• 蘇富比倫敦，2008年11月5日，拍品編號439（部分拍品）

• 羅伯特・麥克弗森（Robert McPherson）舊藏，倫敦

出版著錄

Bo Gyllensvärd，《Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection》，斯德哥爾摩，1964年，圖版287

展覽記錄

倫敦東方陶瓷學會，1955年，展品編號203

PROPERTY FROM A PHILADELPHIA PRIVATE COLLECTION

A small 'Xing' white-glazed ewer, Tang dynasty

Lot Closed

June 27, 11:40 PM HKT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 USD

Lot Sold

20,320 USD

Description

Height 3¾ in., 9.7 cm

Provenance

Collection of Dr Carl Kempe (1884-1967).

Sotheby's London, 5th November 2008, lot 439 (part lot).

Robert McPherson, London.

Literature

Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl. 287.

Exhibited

Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1955, cat. no. 203.

Catalogue Note

White-glazed ewers of this type were produced in the 10th century in a variety of different sizes, taking inspiration from the intricate lion handles found in Central Asian metalwork but reworked and perfected in the kaolin-rich hills of Northern China.

Compare a closely related lion-handled ewer, likely produced at the Xing kilns of Hebei, formerly in the Eumorfopoulos Collection, now preserved in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, in R. L. Hobson, The Catalogue of the George Eumorfopoulos Collection of Chinese, Corean, and Persian Pottery and Porcelain, vol. I, London, 1925, pl. LXXIV, cat. no. 503; another of this miniature size sold in our London rooms, 9th November 2018, lot 249; and another from the collection of Emmanuel Christofides (1928-2020), sold at Bonhams London, 15th May 2025, lot 19.