拍賣筆記 vol.316 蘇富比倫敦2015:38.9萬英鎊售出,磁州窯白地剔黑花梅瓶,繭山龍泉堂 - Sotheby’s London 2015, Mayuyama Ryusendo, A ‘Cizhou’ Sgraffiato ‘Peony’ Meiping Northern Song Dynasty, Sold for 389,000 GBP
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Important Chinese Art
13 May 2015 • London
Sale Total: 10,367,125 GBP Sale Number: L15210
Lot 105
A RARE ‘CIZHOU’ SGRAFFIATO ‘PEONY’ MEIPING NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY
估價
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
已售出
389,000 GBP
描述
stoneware and Paulownia wood box
the well-potted tapered body rising to round shoulders, surmounted by a short waisted neck with galleried rim, freely carved through the layer of brown slip to the ivory-white layer beneath with two large peony blooms borne on a meandering scroll with trefoil leaves, each flower with combed and double-teardrop hearts within lobed petals, all between wavy overlapping lappets around the shoulder and the foot, applied overall with a transparent glaze, the grey base unglazed and fired to a buff-orange tone, Japanese wood box
來源
繭山龍泉堂,東京
展覽
《中國宋元美術展目錄》,東京國立博物館,東京,1961年,編號247
《中國名陶百選展》,高島屋,大阪,1961年,編號21
《唐宋名陶展》,日本橋白木屋,東京,1964年,編號156
出版
繭山龍泉堂,《龍泉集芳》,卷一,東京,1976年,編號534
Condition
This rare vase has restoration and over-painting to the upper body with six areas of over-painting to the lappets around the neck extending down and around the body to approximately 10cm., above the base suggesting that the vase has been broken into several pieces, minor glaze firing imperfections and light glaze scratches.
拍品資料及來源
本品飾牡丹綻放,鮮明奪目,剔花精巧,雕纖細線條,更添立體感。藝匠於褐色護胎土上剔刻花紋,露出白色護胎土層,營造白地褐彩效果。如此剔花梅瓶,出自北宋河南觀台窰,該窰遺址曾出土相類紋飾瓷器破片,見一梅瓶破片例,錄於《觀台磁州窰址》,北京,1997年,圖版 XXI,編號2(右上)。
倫敦大英博物館存有相類梅瓶,載於《東方陶瓷:世界重要收藏》,卷5,東京,1981年,圖版110;伍斯特Worcester Art Museum並藏一例,曾展於《Freedom of Clay and Brush through Seven Centuries in Northern China. Tz’u-chou Type Wares》,Indianapolis Museum of Art,印第安納波利斯,1980年,編號39;再有一例見於 ISE 基金會,曾展於《白と黒の競演 ―中国・磁州窯系陶器の世界》,大阪市立美術館,大阪,2002年,編號52;第四例錄於《世界陶磁全集》,卷10,東京,1955年,圖版92。另可參考數例,一件雕刻兩行牡丹,存於京都國立博物館,前述出處,圖版94;另一件近足處及瓶肩刻較大片花瓣,售於紐約蘇富比2000年9月20日,編號95;第三件牡丹飾紋較大,圖見《安宅コレクション東洋陶磁名品図錄》,東京,1980年,圖版15。
其他可供比較之磁州窰剔花梅瓶,包括波士頓美術館藏品,錄於吳同,《Earth Transformed Chinese Ceramics in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston》,波士頓,2001年,頁63;一件存於 John D. Rockefeller 三世收藏,圖見《Treasures of Asian Art: The Asia Society's Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection》,紐約,1994年,頁161,編號154;另一例載於康蕊君,《玫茵堂中國陶瓷》,倫敦,1994-2010年,卷3,編號1540;大都會藝術博物館現展出二例,載於 Suzanne G. Valenstein,《A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics》,紐約,1989年,彩圖14,編號88。再可參考一磁州梅瓶例,售於紐約蘇富比2015年3月17及18日,編號173。另一件由遼寧省出土破片修復而成,見《朝陽營州路出土瓷器》,北京,2011年,圖錄封面及圖74。
磁州窯白地題刻黑花梅瓶 FAQ
Q1|這件拍品是什麼?
A|這是一件 北宋 磁州窯系 白地剔黑花牡丹紋梅瓶,器形挺拔,胎體為石質胎(stoneware),以褐色化妝土覆蓋後剔刻花紋,露出下層象牙白胎土,通體施透明釉。梅瓶原為貯酒器,宋代逐漸轉化為高度審美化的陳設器形。
Q2|什麼是「白地剔黑花」?
A|「白地剔黑花」(sgraffiato)是一種北方民窯極具代表性的裝飾技法:先在胎體上施深色化妝土,再以刀具剔除紋樣,使白色胎土顯露,形成強烈黑白對比。其效果兼具書寫性、繪畫性與雕刻感,是磁州窯系最具識別度的語言之一。
Q3|牡丹紋有何意義?
A|牡丹在宋代象徵富貴、盛放與秩序中的華麗。此瓶所見牡丹枝蔓流轉、花瓣層疊,並以細線刻出花心與瓣脈,顯示出成熟而自信的圖像語彙,亦反映北宋時期民窯已具備高度審美自覺。
Q4|為何此瓶被認為極為罕見?
A|同類「磁州窯剔花牡丹紋梅瓶」完整器存世數量極少,且多藏於重要博物館或舊藏體系中。本器可對比之例包括:
大英博物館
伍斯特藝術博物館(Worcester Art Museum)
ISE 基金會
京都國立博物館
大都會藝術博物館(兩例)
完整度高、尺寸標準、紋飾成熟者尤為稀有。
Q5|這件作品的來源與展覽背景有何重要性?
A|本品來源為 繭山龍泉堂(Mayuyama Ryusendo),為日本最具學術聲望的中國古陶瓷商之一。其曾於 1961–1964 年間多次參與東京國立博物館、高島屋、大阪市等重要展覽,並收錄於《龍泉集芳》等核心出版物,顯示其學術地位早於市場熱度。
Q6|器物有修復,是否影響價值?
A|是的,器物上半部存在多處修復與補彩,顯示曾碎裂後重組。然而在博物館等級稀有器中,清楚披露、修復合理且不影響整體造型與裝飾判讀者,仍具高度研究與收藏價值。此次成交價,正反映市場對其「級別」的認可,而非單純狀態完美度。
Q7|為何成交價遠高於估價?
A|估價為 4–6 萬英鎊,最終以 38.9 萬英鎊 成交,主因包括:
器形與紋飾屬磁州窯體系中的高階範例
完整清晰的日本舊藏與展覽出版履歷
全球公私館藏對比清楚,學術定位穩固
2015 年前後,市場正重新評估北方民窯在宋代藝術史中的地位
Q8|這件拍品在市場史中的位置為何?
A|此成交被視為磁州窯剔花梅瓶的指標性價格之一,標誌市場已不再僅以「官窯/非官窯」二分,而是開始以造型完成度、圖像成熟度與學術可比性作為核心判準。
Cizhou Meiping FAQ
Q1|What is this lot?
A|This is a Northern Song dynasty Cizhou-type sgraffiato meiping, decorated with large peony scrolls carved through a brown slip to reveal the ivory-white body beneath, covered overall with a transparent glaze. Originally a wine vessel, the meiping evolved into a highly refined display form during the Song period.
Q2|What does “white-ground sgraffiato” mean?
A|Sgraffiato refers to carving through a dark slip layer to expose the lighter body beneath. In Cizhou wares, this technique creates a striking black-and-white contrast and allows for expressive, calligraphic carving—one of the defining features of northern Song folk kilns.
Q3|Why is the peony motif significant?
A|The peony symbolized wealth, prosperity, and cultivated elegance in Song China. The confident composition and finely articulated petals on this vase reflect a mature decorative language rather than spontaneous folk ornament.
Q4|How rare is this type of vase?
A|Complete sgraffiato peony meiping of this quality are extremely rare. Comparable examples are held in major institutions such as the British Museum, the Worcester Art Museum, the ISE Foundation, the Kyoto National Museum, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Q5|Why is the provenance important?
A|The vase comes from Mayuyama Ryusendo, one of Japan’s most respected dealers of Chinese art, and has an extensive exhibition and publication history dating back to the early 1960s—underscoring its long-established scholarly recognition.
Q6|Does restoration affect its value?
A|While the upper body has been restored and over-painted, such condition issues are not uncommon among museum-level rarities. When properly disclosed, they do not preclude strong market performance, as demonstrated by this result.
Q7|Why did it sell far above estimate?
A|Key factors include its exceptional artistic quality, solid comparative framework in public collections, prestigious Japanese provenance, and a broader market reassessment of Northern Song Cizhou wares around 2015.
Q8|What is its significance in the market?
A|This sale stands as a benchmark for Cizhou sgraffiato meiping, marking a moment when the market began to value northern folk kilns on their own artistic and historical merits, rather than as secondary to so-called “official” wares.
























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