拍賣筆記 vol.373 佳士得香港2026：977.9万港元售出，隋代白釉罐带盖 - Christie’s HK, A Large White-Glazed Jar And A Cover, Sui Dynasty, Sold for 9.779m HKD

隋白蓋罐以977.9萬港元落槌。

A Sui Dynasty white-glazed covered jar sold for HK$9.779 million, managing to defend the HK$10 million threshold.

隋 白釉罐帶蓋

SUI DYNASTY (581-618)

成交價

港元 9,779,000

估價

港元 5,500,000 – 港元 8,000,000

13 1⁄8 in. (33.3 cm.) high

來源

於1988年購自日本

白釉罐體型碩大，釉色與器形兼美，殊為罕見。此類作品見證中國陶瓷史之重要成就，屬最早一批高溫燒製之白胎透明釉炻器，傳世例極其稀少。

炻器燒造技術於六世紀有重大突破。據北京故宮博物院研究，隋大業四年（608）李靜訓墓出土之白釉器，相較北齊武平六年（575）范粹墓出土者，釉質已有極大提升。隋代燒製工藝更臻成熟，方能成就此類白釉器。本品器形碩大規整，釉色瑩潤，技藝精湛，足證隋代製瓷工藝之飛躍發展。

比較一例造型與本品相近但尺寸較小（高19.2公分）之白釉罐，缺蓋，現藏於北京故宮博物院（館藏編號：新-39093），錄於故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集《晉唐瓷器》，香港，1996年，圖版58（圖一）。另見一件尺寸略小，器形相似之白釉罐，缺蓋，原為葉義醫生舊藏，後拍賣於香港蘇富比，1984年11月19日，拍品131號。

A LARGE WHITE-GLAZED JAR AND A COVER

SUI DYNASTY (581-618)

Price realised

HKD 9,779,000

Estimate

HKD 5,500,000 – HKD 8,000,000

A RARE AND IMPRESSIVE LARGE WHITE-GLAZED JAR AND A COVER

SUI DYNASTY (581-618)

13 1⁄8 in. (33.3 cm.) high

PROVENANCE

Acquired in Japan in 1988

Large white-glazed jars from the Sui dynasty, as beautifully glazed and shaped as this piece, are rare. Wares of this type are testament to an important achievement in the history of Chinese ceramics and they belong to some of the earliest high-fired stonewares with a white body and transparent glaze, examples of which are extremely rare.

While the emergence of stonewares can be traced back to earlier dynasties, it was around 6th century that the firing technique made a major step forward. According to the Palace Museum, Beijing, the white wares excavated from the tomb of Li Jingxun of the fourth year of Daye in the Sui dynasty (608), demonstrate a huge improvement in glaze quality compared to the white wares unearthed from the tomb of General Fan Cui of the sixth year of Wuping in the Northern Qi dynasty (575). The firing technique in the Sui dynasty was much more mature so that a whiter colour could be achieved. The present jar, with its white glaze and large body skilfully executed, represents the technical advances made during the Sui period.

Compare a white-glazed jar of closely related form to the present jar, but of smaller size, measuring 19.2 cm in height, and lacking a cover, preserved in the Palace Museum, Beijing, accession no. xin-39093, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Porcelain of the Jin and Tang Dynasties, Hong Kong, 1996, pl. 58 (fig. 1). Another slightly smaller jar, also of beehive shape, without a cover, was formerly in the collection of Dr. Ip Yee, later sold at Hong Kong Sotheby’s, 19 November 1984, lot 131.