拍賣筆記 vol.328 蘇富比紐約2026：唐三彩綠釉弦紋奩，戶栗美術館 - Sotheby’s NY 2026, A Green-Glazed Ribbed Tripod Vessel (Lian), Tang dynasty, Toguri Museum of Art

唐三彩中的單色釉系列都是較為罕見的品種，綠釉被學者認為是三彩顏色中最先誕生的顏色，可以追溯到北齊時代的瓢彩。奩是來自商周青銅器的造型，弦紋奩更是奩中的經典品種。漢代時，三足多以熊足裝飾，到了唐代受到西域的影響，三足逐漸變成獸足。戶栗美術館是東京一個重要的私人美術館，創立人是戶栗亨。

戶栗美術館（戸栗美術館）是東京澀谷區松濤的陶磁專門館，1987年由戶栗亨（1926-2007）創立，他戰後從事建築業，目睹傳統文化流失而蒐集逾7000件東洋瓷器（含大量中國唐宋明清名品），目的在永久保存並公開傳承；2004年6月9日曾透過倫敦蘇富比售出「100件精選中韓陶瓷專場」。

戶栗美術館（戸栗美術館 / Toguri Museum of Art）位於東京澀谷區松濤1-11-3（舊鍋島藩屋敷跡），是日本少數專門以東洋陶磁器為主題的私人公益財團法人美術館，1987年11月開館，現藏品約7000件，以伊萬里燒、鍋島燒等肥前磁器為主，同時包含大量中國與朝鮮半島陶磁。創設者戶栗亨（とぐり・とおる / Toru Toguri，1926年生於山梨縣南部町－2007年逝世）出身土木建築世家，19歲迎戰後協助家業並從木材業起步，1952年上京後擔任「富士工務店」（殖產住宅指定業者）代表，曾輔佐同鄉實業家小佐野賢治。他目睹戰後日本歐美文化大量湧入、傳統民具迅速消失，深感「要把祖先留下的美好事物傳給後代」，從1960年代起先蒐集古民具十餘年，後受古美術商指導轉向觀賞陶磁，特別鍾愛中國唐宋至明清瓷器及朝鮮陶瓷，歷經40餘年精心蒐集才建立此館，目的是「永久保存並公開展示，以傳承文化遺產」。

戶栗美術館2004年6月9日倫敦蘇富比「100 Selected Chinese & Korean Ceramics from the Toguri Collection」專場（拍賣編號 L04212，共100件精選品）。此專場明確標註來源為東京戶栗美術館藏品，多件拍品附有《戶栗美術館中國陶瓷名品圖錄》（1988年）圖版證明，涵蓋明清青花、鬥彩、五彩、龍泉窯等中國名品及朝鮮瓷，成交後這些拍品常在後續蘇富比、佳士得等拍賣中以「前戶栗美術館舊藏、2004倫敦蘇富比XX號」為重要來源標註（如多件宣德、乾隆、宋磁州窯等）。

唐三彩 綠釉弦紋奩

現場拍賣開始：

March 25, 09:30 PM HKT

估價

20,000 - 30,000 USD

描述

Height 7½ in., 19.1 cm

狀況報告

口沿處見三處淺磕經修補，連帶噴釉，一處連帶一細冲。口沿另見一細冲及少許微細剝釉及淺磕。整體見少許釉面經加固，包括一足上方。整體見正常表面磨損及少許微細窯燒瑕疵。

出處

倫敦蘇富比1974年4月1日，編號23

戸栗美術館，東京

倫敦蘇富比2004年6月9日，編號65

著錄

《中国陶磁名品圖錄》，東京，1988年，圖版29

THE POETRY OF GLAZE - EARLY CERAMICS FROM AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTION

A rare green-glazed ribbed tripod vessel (Lian), Tang dynasty

Live auction begins on:

2026 March 25, 09:30 PM HKT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 USD

Description

Height 7½ in., 19.1 cm

Condition Report

The rim with three restored chips with associated overspray, one with an associated hairline crack. There is another hairline and minute glaze flakes and flake chips to the rim. Overall with scattered minor glaze consolidation, including to one of the feet. Overall with age-consistent surface wear and minor firing imperfections, including a potting flaw to the rim.

Provenance

Sotheby's London, 1st April 1974, lot 23.

Toguri Museum of Art, Tokyo.

Sotheby's London, 9th June 2004, lot 65.

Literature

Chinese Ceramics in the Toguri Collection, Tokyo, 1988, pl. 29.

The monochrome-glazed series within Tang Sancai are relatively rare varieties. Scholars generally regard green glaze as the earliest color developed among the three-color palette, traceable back to the "dripped glaze" (瓢彩) wares of the Northern Qi dynasty. The lian vessel derives its form from Shang and Zhou bronze prototypes, with the string-patterned lian (弦紋奩) representing a classic subtype among lian forms. In the Han dynasty, three-legged vessels were most commonly decorated with bear-shaped feet; by the Tang dynasty, under Western Regions (Xiyu) influence, these gradually evolved into beast-shaped feet.

The Toguri Museum of Art is an important private museum in Tokyo, founded by Toru Toguri.

The Toguri Museum of Art (戸栗美術館 / Toguri Museum of Art) is a specialized ceramics museum located in Shoto, Shibuya Ward, Tokyo (at 1-11-3 Shoto, on the former site of the Nabeshima domain residence). Established in November 1987 as a public interest incorporated foundation, it is one of the few institutions in Japan dedicated exclusively to East Asian ceramics. Its holdings number approximately 7,000 pieces, with a primary focus on Hizen porcelain such as Imari and Nabeshima wares, alongside substantial collections of Chinese and Korean ceramics. The founder, Toru Toguri (とぐり・とおる / Toru Toguri, 1926–2007, born in Minami-cho, Yamanashi Prefecture), came from a family in civil engineering and construction. After the war, at age 19 he assisted the family business in the timber industry before moving to Tokyo in 1952 to serve as representative of Fuji Construction (a designated contractor for colonized housing projects), where he also supported fellow Yamanashi native and businessman Kenji Kosano. Witnessing the postwar influx of Western (primarily American) culture and the rapid disappearance of traditional Japanese folk artifacts, he resolved to "pass on the beautiful things left by our ancestors to future generations." Starting in the 1960s, he spent over a decade collecting ancient folk implements before shifting—under guidance from antique dealers—to connoisseurship of decorative ceramics. He developed a particular passion for Chinese wares from the Tang through Song to Ming-Qing periods, as well as Korean ceramics, amassing the collection over more than 40 years to establish the museum. Its purpose is "to permanently preserve and publicly exhibit these cultural heritages for transmission to posterity."

On June 9, 2004, the Toguri Museum of Art consigned a special auction through Sotheby's London: "100 Selected Chinese & Korean Ceramics from the Toguri Collection" (sale code L04212, comprising 100 carefully selected lots). The lots were explicitly identified as coming from the Tokyo Toguri Museum of Art's holdings, with many bearing provenance references to the 1988 publication Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Ceramics in the Toguri Museum of Art (《戶栗美術館中國陶瓷名品圖錄》). The selection included renowned Chinese pieces such as Ming-Qing blue-and-white, doucai, wucai, and Longquan celadon, alongside Korean ceramics. Following the sale, these items frequently appear in subsequent Sotheby's and Christie's auctions with provenance notations such as "ex-Toguri Museum of Art collection, Sotheby's London 2004, lot XX" (e.g., examples from the Xuande, Qianlong, and Song Cizhou kiln periods).