拍賣筆記 vol.482 佳士得紐約2026：33.28萬美元售出，清康熙豇豆紅釉萊菔尊，芝加哥藝術博物館 - Christie’s New York, A Peachbloom-Glazed 'Three-String' Vase, Laifu Zun, Qing Dynasty, Sold For US$332,800
芝加哥藝術博物館舊藏，約262萬港元售出。豇豆紅為康熙御窯高溫銅紅之變體，以吹釉罩透明釉成粉紅至莓紅，間現苔綠。器類不出案頭，舊稱「八大碼」：四瓶、三水丞、一印泥盒。萊菔尊（三弦尊）居四瓶之一，頸下三道凸弦，自豐肩下收到足，形近萊菔。傳世以小件為限，無大器。
本品高 19.5 厘米，外底青花「大清康熙年製」六字款。口沿後鑲 Tiffany 18K 金，並配 Tiffany 925 銀座，為二十世紀初美國收藏之裝幀，非窯場原配。1926 年前屬芝加哥 Kate Sturges Buckingham，是年以 Lucy Maud Buckingham 之名入藏芝加哥藝術博物館，本場自館藏釋出。
同式可據者八件。館藏未出者：大都會 14.40.377（Altman，1913，高 19.7 厘米）；沃爾斯特 49.154、49.155（Walters 1886 年購自 Mary J. Morgan 專場，高 19.6、20.2 厘米）；故宮萊菔尊故 00147093（高 19.9 厘米）、萊菔瓶（高 19.8 厘米）。已入市場者：大都會 Harkness 舊藏（高 20.6 厘米，佳士得紐約 2016 年 9 月 15 日 lot 916）；徐展堂靜觀堂八大碼套中之三弦尊（高 19.7 厘米，口磕復原，佳士得香港 1996 年 11 月 3 日 lot 557，成套成交 HK$7,170,000）；區百齡舊藏（高 20.5 厘米，佳士得香港 The Au Bak Ling Collection Volume II lot 926，成交 HK$12,446,000）。
本品尺寸與故宮、大都會 Altman、沃爾斯特 49.154 最近。來源為北美博物館舊藏，與 Harkness 釋出一例同型；釉色、口沿在金鑲之下的狀況，以及後配座，為與區百齡、靜觀堂兩例比價時須分開衡量之條件。成套成交不得逕行折算單件。（SACA觀察，2026.10.1）
芝加哥藝術博物館珍藏，拍賣收益用於拓展及維護亞洲藝術館藏
清康熙 豇豆紅釉萊菔尊 六字楷書款
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
成交價：美元 332,800
估價：美元 100,000 – 美元 150,000
拍品終止拍賣:
2026年9月18日
同類對比：
同款
大都會藝術博物館 Benjamin Altman 遺贈，1913
館藏號 14.40.377。高 19.7 厘米。頸下三弦。
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/42229
大都會藝術博物館舊藏 Mary Stillman Harkness，1950 入藏
高 20.6 厘米。佳士得紐約 2016 年 9 月 15 日 Collected in America lot 916。
https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6017697
沃爾斯特美術館 William T. Walters，1886 年購自 Mary J. Morgan 專場
館藏號 49.154。高 19.6 厘米。三弦尊。
https://art.thewalters.org/object/49.154/
沃爾斯特美術館 同上來源
館藏號 49.155。高 20.2 厘米。三弦尊。
https://art.thewalters.org/object/49.155/
故宮博物院
豇豆紅釉萊菔尊，故 00147093。清康熙。高 19.9 厘米，口徑 3.2 厘米，足徑 3.9 厘米。頸下凸弦三道。外底「大清康熙年製」六字三行款。
https://www.dpm.org.cn/collection/ceramic/227357.html
故宮博物院
豇豆紅釉萊菔瓶。清康熙。高 19.8 厘米，口徑 3.2 厘米，足徑 4 厘米。頸部凸弦。外底「大清康熙年製」六字三行款。
https://www.dpm.org.cn/collection/ceramic/227156.html
徐展堂靜觀堂 豇豆紅八大碼成套
佳士得香港 1996 年 11 月 3 日 lot 557。估 HK$4,500,000–5,500,000，成交 HK$7,170,000。套中三弦尊高 19.7 厘米，口磕復原。
https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-1135465
區百齡（Au Bak Ling）
高 20.5 厘米。蘇富比香港 1979 年 5 月 21 日 lot 95；倫敦皇家藝術學院 100 Masterpieces from the Au Bak Ling Collection，1998。佳士得香港 The Au Bak Ling Collection Volume II lot 926，成交 HK$12,446,000。
https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6550296
SACA Observation
Peachbloom is a Kangxi imperial copper-red, produced by blowing the pigment beneath a clear glaze. The resulting surface runs from dusty pink to crushed strawberry, often with moss-green specks. The glaze was reserved for a closed group of scholar’s-desk wares, the ba da ma: four vase types, three water vessels, and a seal-paste box. The laifu zun, or three-string vase (sanxian zun), is one of the four bottles. Three raised rings encircle the base of the neck; the body tapers from high shoulders to a narrow foot. Surviving examples are small; no large vessels are known.
The present vase is 19.5 cm high, with a six-character Kangxi mark in underglaze blue. The mouth rim is bound in Tiffany 18-karat gold and the vase stands on a Tiffany sterling mount—American display fittings of the early twentieth century, not kiln original. It belonged to Kate Sturges Buckingham of Chicago before 1926 and entered the Art Institute of Chicago that year under the name of Lucy Maud Buckingham. It is now released from the museum.
Eight comparable examples can be cited with certainty. Still in public collections: Metropolitan Museum 14.40.377 (Altman Bequest, 1913; 19.7 cm); Walters Art Museum 49.154 and 49.155 (purchased by William T. Walters at the Mary J. Morgan sale, 1886; 19.6 and 20.2 cm); Palace Museum, Beijing, laifu zun 故00147093 (19.9 cm) and laifu ping (19.8 cm). Returned to the market: the Harkness vase from the Metropolitan Museum (20.6 cm; Christie’s New York, 15 September 2016, lot 916); the three-string vase in T. T. Tsui’s Jingguantang set of eight (19.7 cm, rim chip restuck; Christie’s Hong Kong, 3 November 1996, lot 557, the set HK$7,170,000); and the Au Bak Ling vase (20.5 cm; Christie’s Hong Kong, The Au Bak Ling Collection Volume II, lot 926, HK$12,446,000).
In height the Chicago vase stands closest to the Palace Museum pair, the Altman example, and Walters 49.154. Its museum provenance aligns it with the Harkness deaccession. Glaze quality, the condition of the rim beneath the gold band, and the later mounts are the variables that separate it from the Au Bak Ling and Jingguantang prices. A set result cannot be divided to value a single vase.
Property from The Art Institute of Chicago, Sold to Enhance the Asian Art Collection and Care
A PEACHBLOOM-GLAZED 'THREE-STRING' VASE, LAIFU ZUN
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
Price realised
USD 332,800
Estimate
USD 100,000 – USD 150,000
Closed:
18 Sep 2026
The rim is bound in gold and stamped 'TIFFANY & CO. MAKERS 18KT.'
7 11⁄16 in. (19.5 cm.) high, gilt-silver stand stamped 'TIFFANY & CO MAKERS, STERLING SILVER 925-1000C.'
PROVENANCE
Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858-1937) Collection, Chicago, before 1926.
The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned as the Collection of Lucy Maud Buckingham (1870-1920) in 1926.
Condition:
-As seen in the catalogue illustration, the top of the mouth has been reduced and replaced with a gold rim with Tiffany stamp-There is a clean break at the base of the neck and some fritting to the glaze on the three raised ‘strings’-One minute tiny burst glaze bubble on the body
This elegant form is sometimes referred to as sanxuan zun, or “three-string vase,” a name derived from the three raised bands encircling the neck, which evoke the strings of Chinese musical instruments. It is also known as laifu zun, or “turnip-shaped vase,” following the Chinese tradition of naming certain porcelain forms after fruits and vegetables.
Similar examples of this form are recorded in important museum and private collections. One in the Metropolitan Museum of Art is illustrated by S. Valenstein in A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, New York, 1989, no. 231, and again in Sekai Toji Zenshu, Tokyo, 1983, vol. 15, pp. 34-35, fig. 27. An example in the Freer Gallery of Art is illustrated by R. M. Chait, “The Eight Prescribed Peachbloom Shapes Bearing the K’ang Hsi Marks,” Oriental Art, 1957, vol. 3, no. 4, p. 132. Another, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in Kangxi Yongzheng Qianlong, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 137, col. pl. 120. A further example was included in the Min Chiu Society exhibition, Monochrome Ceramics, Hong Kong, 1977, no. 10.
The current vase can also be compared to an example formerly in the collection of Mrs. Yale Kneeland, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 7 July 2003, lot 564, and one from the celebrated set of eight peachbloom-glazed vessels in the Jingguantang Collection, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 3 November 1996, lot 557. Another, formerly in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, was sold at Collected in America: Chinese Ceramics from the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Christie's New York, 15 September 2016, lot 916.
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