拍賣筆記 vol.432 蘇富比香港2026：初唐白釉塑貼蟠螭紋燭台，岡田博物館 - Sotheby’s Hong Kong 2026, A White-Glazed 'Chilong' Candle Holder, Early Tang Dynasty
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近期「隋代白瓷」概念炒作過熱，令歐美及日本藏家大為震驚。此類近乎龐氏騙局式的價值傳遞，背後是否有強大支撐，目前尚難斷言。隋唐白瓷——尤其是被鼓吹最甚的梅瓶一系——除反覆強調線條之外，並無其他真正賣點，亦缺乏深刻的精神性。理性回看本件燭台，倒可從其雕塑性出發，並以戰國至漢代青銅燈為參照，找出其造型借鑑的根源。未來趨勢，當以具備高古精神性與雕塑性的器物為週期贏家；小圈子的圍標炒作行為，終將慢慢被合法性、合規化進程修正。
初唐 白釉塑貼蟠螭紋燭台
A rare white-glazed 'chilong' candle holder, Early Tang dynasty
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2026 September 4, 10:00 AM HKT
Estimate
100,000 - 200,000 HKD
Description
Japanese wood box
22.1 cm
Condition Report
Minor restorations (repaired breaks and chips) to sections of the rims of the upper and lower trays, with the repaired break on the upper tray measuring approx. 16 cm, and two repaired sections on the lower tray measuring approx. 15 cm and 18 cm. Otherwise in good overall condition, including the main cylindrical body and dragons, with expected minor glaze wear and occasional tiny flakes.
上下托盤口沿見修，包括上托盤一處約16公分，以及下托盤兩處約15及18公分。除此以外，整體品相良好，見正常釉面磨痕及小剝釉。
來源
壺中居，東京
展覽
《秋季支部大会》，日本陶磁協会新潟支部，1977年（沒載圖）
Provenance
Kochukyo Co., Ltd, Tokyo.
Exhibited
Shuki sibu taikai [Exhibition in Autumn], Japan Ceramic Society, Niigata branch, 1977 (unillustrated).
The recent over-hyping of the “Sui white porcelain” concept has rather startled collectors across Europe, America, and Japan. Whether this Ponzi-like transmission of value rests on any real institutional backing remains difficult to say. Sui–Tang white wares—especially the meiping series that has been promoted most aggressively—offer little beyond the endlessly touted silhouette and lack any distinctive spiritual dimension. Looking rationally at this lampstand, however, one can recover its sources of inspiration in its sculptural quality and in Warring States to Han bronze lamps. The coming cycle is likely to favor objects that possess the spirituality and sculptural presence of high antiquity; small-circle collusive bidding and speculation will gradually be corrected by the market’s institutions.
Catalogue Note
The wealth and sophistication of the Tang elite fostered the production of a wide range of luxury wares, among which finely crafted and elegant lamps were particularly notable. While oil lamps had long been in use, contemporary sources also record the use of beeswax candles, which would likely have been inserted into the present stand. A closely comparable candle holder, attributed to the Tang dynasty, is preserved in the Palace Museum, Beijing, acc. no. xin-39074. See also a related incense burner with a lotus-petal-form bowl, attributed to the Sui to early Tang dynasty, from the Charles B. Hoyt Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, acc. no. 50.1957.
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