北朝筆記 vol.30 哈佛大學博物館：北齊四系蓮花尊 - Harvard Museum, Northern Qi Lotus Jar with Four Knobs

北齊四系蓮花尊

帶蓋圓形罐，短頸，罐身飾有雕刻的下垂蓮瓣紋樣，蓮瓣尖端在器物中腹處向外翻展。圈足短平，肩部四周安置四個方形穿孔耳。蓋略呈圓頂狀，蓋鈕作蓮苞形。胚體為淺黃色陶土，表面施淡黃綠色含鉛釉，覆蓋雕刻與刻劃的紋飾；底部大部分素胎無釉，但局部有釉汁漫流。製作地點不明，可能位於中國北方。本器為一組四件北齊器（編號 2006.170.255–258）之一。

參考對比：

1968 年在河北省平山縣北齊（550–577）崔昂墓（566 年）出土的一件青釉帶蓋罐，形制與本器非常相似。可參見《文物》1973 年第 11 期，頁 27–33，圖版 5.2。

常盤山文庫，浦上蒼穹堂經手的《北齊的陶瓷》一書中也有同類例子。

絕版威尼斯1954中國藝術大展圖錄：MOSTRA D'ARTE CINESE 1954

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尺寸：高 18.6 × 直徑 15.2 厘米（7 5/16 × 6 英寸）

來源：2000 年 4 月由紐約 The Chinese Porcelain Company 出售；

加州伍德賽德 Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation（2000–2006）部分捐贈；2006 年入藏哈佛大學藝術博物館。

資金：哈佛藝術博物館／亞瑟·M·賽克勒博物館，承蒙 Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation 部分捐贈，並部分購得自 Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art。

館藏編號2006.170.257.A-B

北齊蓮花罐作為北齊時期佛教盛行背景下的珍稀器物，不僅展現出極高的工藝技術，更以其精緻雕刻的下垂蓮瓣紋飾體現了佛教核心的象徵意涵。蓮花自古便被賦予「出淤泥而不染」的聖潔寓意，在佛教中更被視為心靈淨化、覺悟與超脫輪迴之理想化象徵。北齊時期，國家倡導佛法、寺院林立，這類器物往往用於佛教，期望藉由蓮花意象的神聖力量，淨化心靈。

The Northern Qi lotus jar is a rare and significant artifact emerging from an era when Buddhism flourished in northern China. Its globular shape, short neck, and intricately carved descending lotus petal decoration reflect not only highly developed techniques, but also a profound religious symbolism.

In Buddhist iconography, the lotus is celebrated for its purity and its ability to rise unsullied from murky waters, symbolizing spiritual awakening and liberation from the cycle of samsara. Under the auspices of a Buddhist state, such vessels were incorporated into burial practices to serve as ritual objects that could safeguard and purify the soul.

宋磁 小山富士夫

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Northern Qi Lotus Jar with Four Knobs

Covered globular jar with short neck, carved decoration of descending lotus petals with flared tips projecting outward at midpoint of body, short, flat circular foot, and four pierced square lug handles encircling the shoulder; the slightly domed cover with knob in the form of a lotus bud; buff earthenware with pale yellowish-green lead-fluxed glaze over carved and incised decoration; base mostly unglazed, with some glaze overflow. Place of manufacture uncertain, probably northern China. One of a set of four burial vessels (2006.170.255-258).

Compare to:

Celadon covered jar of very similar form excavated in 1968 from the Northern Qi (550-577) tomb of Cui Ang (dated to 566) in Pingshan, Hebei province. See Wenwu [Cultural Relics] 11 (1973): 27-33, pl. 5.2.

Dimensions

H. 18.6 x Diam. 15.2 cm (7 5/16 x 6 in.)

Provenance

The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, April 2000 sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2000-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Partial gift of the Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation and partial purchase through the Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art

Object Number

2006.170.257.A-B