拍賣筆記 vol.254 繭山龍泉堂：北宋耀州窯「油條罐」爆冷508萬港元成交 - Northern Song Yaozhou Carved Vessel for Chinese Donuts Sold for 5.08m HKD

造型獨特，被眾多藏家暱稱為耀州窯「油條罐」價格並不親民，這次2025年佳士得秋拍錄得508萬港元成交價。主要原因是傳承顯赫，來自繭山龍泉堂的背書，之後有出租車大王富田昌孝（臨宇山人）的傳承著錄。耀州窯的審美正在整理中，未來傳承顯赫的耀州窯將繼續創佳績。

With its distinctive form, this piece—affectionately nicknamed by collectors as the Yaozhou “Youtiao Jar” (literally “Fried-Dough Jar”)—fetched a robust HKD 5.08 million at Christie’s Autumn 2025 sale. Its strong result can be attributed to its distinguished provenance: formerly in the collection of the eminent dealer Mayuyama Ryusendo, and later owned and recorded by Tomita Masataka (known as Linyushanren), the “Taxi King” of Japan. As the connoisseurship and aesthetic appreciation of Yaozhou ware continue to evolve, pieces with such illustrious provenance are expected to achieve ever higher results in future sales.

抱樸山居珍藏

北宋 耀州窯刻牡丹紋花口尊

NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY

成交價

港元 5,080,000

估價

港元 2,800,000 – 港元 3,500,000

北宋 耀州窯刻牡丹紋花口尊

4 5⁄8 in. (11.8 cm.) high, Japanese wood box

來源

繭山龍泉堂，東京

香港佳士得，《古韻天成 – 臨宇山人珍藏(一)》，2015年12月2日，拍品2803號

出版

大阪市立東洋陶磁美術館編，《耀州窯 : 中国中原に華ひらいた名窯》，東京，1997年，30頁，編號32

佳士得，《古韻天成：臨宇山人宋瓷珍藏展覽》，香港，2012年，58-59頁，編號15

展覽

大阪市立東洋陶磁美術館，《耀州窯 : 中国中原に華ひらいた名窯》，山口，1997年10月25日至12月21日，大阪，1998年1月10日至2月22日，愛知縣，1998年4月4日至5月10日，圖錄編號32

佳士得，《古韻天成：臨宇山人宋瓷珍藏展覽》，香港，2012年11月22至27日；紐約，2013年3月15至20日；倫敦，2013年5月10至14日，圖錄編號15

尊鼓腹，長頸微束，六瓣荷葉形花口，與頸內六條凸線出筋對應，沿卷侈，高圈足外撇。頸刻蕉葉紋，腹部刻牡丹紋，圈足透雕如意紋。通體施青釉，發色青翠，勻淨光潤。

花口尊是耀州窯獨具特色的一種器形，其祖形可追溯至五代耀州窯一類口沿無翻折的五尖瓣菱花口尊，素身無紋，見大阪市立東洋陶磁美術館編，東京1997年出版，《耀州窯 : 中国中原に華ひらいた名窯》，101頁，編號133。另一類耀州窯花口尊為長頸外撇花口，口沿亦無翻折，飾纏枝牡丹紋，參見蓑豐，蒋人和著，印第安納波里斯美術館1986年出版《Ice and Green Clouds: Traditions of Chinese Celadon》，144-145頁，編號54。口沿卷邊的荷葉形花口尊是耀州窯花口尊中最成熟的一個類型，近似的殘片在陝西黃堡鎮耀州窯址的北宋晚期地層多有發現，見陝西省考古研究所編，北京1965年出版《陝西銅川耀州窯》，圖版19.3；以及陝西省考古研究所編及耀州窯博物館編，北京1998年出版，《宋代耀州窯址》，589頁。紐約大都會博物館藏有一件近相的耀州窯花口尊，載於S. Valenstein著，紐約1989年出版，《Handbook of Chinese Ceramics》，82頁，編號76。水牛城科學博物館亦藏有一件近似的耀州窯花口尊，載於N. Wood著，倫敦1999年出版《Chinese Glazes》，117頁左側插圖。陝西銅川市耀州窯博物館藏有一件近耀州窯的花口尊，其頸部和腹部皆刻牡丹紋，惟刻工草率，見《耀州窯 : 中国中原に華ひらいた名窯》，107頁，編號145。另可比一件較矮的耀州窯花口尊，為Robert E. Barron, III, M.D.舊藏， 載於 Lisa Rotondo-McCord著，新奧爾良2003年出版《Heaven and earth seen within: Song ceramics from the Robert Barron Collection》，50-51頁，編號10，是件花口尊後售於紐約佳士得，2005年3月30日，拍品272號。

The Property of a North American Collector

A VERY RARE CARVED YAOZHOU PETAL-RIM JAR

NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY

Price realised

HKD 5,080,000

Estimate

HKD 2,800,000 – HKD 3,500,000

A VERY RARE CARVED YAOZHOU PETAL-RIM JAR

NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY

4 5⁄8 in. (11.8 cm.) high, Japanese wood box

PROVENANCE

Mayuyama and Co., Ltd., Tokyo

Sold at Christie's Hong Kong, The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics - The Linyushanren Collection, Part I, 2 December 2015, lot 2803

LITERATURE

Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka (eds), The Masterpieces of Yaozhou Ware, Tokyo, 1997, p.30, p.32

Christie's, The Classical Age of Chinese Ceramics: An Exhibition of Song Treasures from the Linyushanren Collection, Hong Kong, 2012, pp. 58-59, no. 15

EXHIBITED

Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, The Masterpieces of Yaozhou Ware, Yamaguchi, 25 October to 21 December 1997; Osaka, 10 January to 22 February 1998; Aichi, 4 April to 10 May 1998, Catalogue, no.32

Christie's, The Classical Age of Chinese Ceramics: An Exhibition of Song Treasures from the Linyushanren Colletion, Hong Kong, 22 to 27 November 2012; New York, 15 to 20 March 2013; London, 10 to 14 May 2013, Catalogue, no.15

This distinctive Yaozhou vessel is an especially elegant version of a form that in China is usually called a zun. At the Yaozhou kilns it is possible that the form has a predecessor in a similar type of jar, but without an everted rim, that has been found among the Five Dynasties vessels at the Huangbao zhen kiln site. See Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka (eds), The Masterpieces of Yaozhou Ware, Tokyo, 1997, p. 101, no. 133. Another form similar to the current example, and with the same type of decoration, but without curled rim sections, was also made at the Yaozhou kilns. For an example in the Yale University Art Gallery see Y. Mino and K. Tsiang, Ice and Green Clouds, Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1986, pp. 144-5, no. 54. Several jars similar to the current example, with raised lines inside the mouth, curled lip, and carved decoration, have been found in the late Northern Song strata at the Yaozhou kiln at Huangbao zhen. See Shaanxi Tongchuan Yaozhou yao, Beijing, 1965, pl. 19, no. 3; and Shaanxi Provincial Archaeological Research Institute and Museum of Yaozhou Ware, Songdai Yaozhou Yaozhi, Beijing, 1998, p. 589. A very similar Yaozhou celadon jar but without the pierced ruyi head design on the foot is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum. See S. Valenstein, Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, rev. ed. 1989, p. 82, no. 76. A similar Yaozhou jar in the collection of the Buffalo Museum of Science is illustrated by N. Wood, Chinese Glazes, London, 1999, p. 117, left hand illustration. And another similar jar with somewhat sketchy carved floral motifs on both body and neck is in the collection of the Museum of Yaozhou Ware, Tongchuan city, Shaanxi province. See The Masterpieces of Yaozhou Ware, op. cit., p. 107, no. 145. Compare also a related vessel of compressed form from Robert E. Barron, III, M.D. collection, discussed and illustrated by Lisa Rotondo-McCord, Heaven and earth seen within: Song ceramics from the Robert Barron Collection, New Orleans, 2003, pp. 50-51, no. 10 and subsequently sold at Christie’s New York, 30 Mar 2005, lot 272.