三彩筆記 vol.63 西雅圖藝術博物館：唐三彩褐釉豬 - Seattle Art Museum, Chestnut / Amber Glaze Pottery Figure of A Boar, Tang Dynasty

本品屬尤金·富勒紀念收藏（Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection）。該收藏以泌尿科名醫Dr. Eugene Fuller（1858–1930）命名，實際由夫人Margaret MacTavish Fuller與兒子Dr. Richard E. Fuller（1897–1976）共同建立。Richard Fuller為西雅圖藝術博物館創館館長，任職長達四十年（1933–1973），以家族財富持續購藏並捐贈大量亞洲藝術品，奠定該館中國陶瓷、玉器與雕塑收藏的基礎。此野豬即為1933年館方早期入藏的代表作之一（編號33.37）。

這件西雅圖藝術博物館的三彩野豬藏品屬於中型，館藏還有另外一件迷你尺寸的三彩野豬。唐三彩野豬存世數量本就稀少，就其尺寸而言，大致可歸納為三種規格：其一為長度約5公分之迷你型野豬（即為西雅圖藝術博物館另一迷你野豬藏品之尺寸規格）；其二為長度約10公分之小型野豬（可參照繭山龍泉堂線上展覽所見一例，原屬Wilfrid Fleisher（1897–1976）舊藏）；其三則為尺寸逾20公分之大型唐三彩野豬，此類體量較大者可參照：東京國立博物館、埃斯肯納齊（Eskenazi），以及浦上蒼穹堂所藏之同型器例。

唐三彩褐釉野豬，尺寸13.5cm，西雅圖藝術博物館

西雅圖藝術博物館，唐三彩袖珍野豬

唐三彩袖珍褐釉豬，尺寸：12.6cm，繭山龍泉堂

唐三彩褐釉野豬，尺寸22cm，東京浦上蒼穹堂，浦上滿舊藏

唐三彩褐釉陶豬，尺寸：21cm，埃斯肯納齊，2020年佳士得香港18.75萬港元售出

唐三彩褐釉豬，尺寸：20.8cm，東京國立博物館

This piece belongs to the Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection. Named in honor of the distinguished urologist Dr. Eugene Fuller (1858–1930), the collection was in fact formed by his wife Margaret MacTavish Fuller and their son Dr. Richard E. Fuller (1897–1976). Richard Fuller served as founding director of the Seattle Art Museum for forty years (1933–1973). Using the family’s resources, he systematically acquired and donated large numbers of Asian works of art, establishing the foundation of the museum’s holdings in Chinese ceramics, jades, and sculpture. This boar is one of the early acquisitions of 1933 (accession no. 33.37).

Tang sancai figures of wild boars are inherently rare. In terms of size, known examples can be broadly classified into three categories:

The first comprises miniature examples measuring approximately 5 cm in length (the Seattle Art Museum piece belongs to this size category); the second consists of small examples measuring around 10 cm in length (an example may be seen in the online exhibition of Kōzan Ryūsendō, formerly in the collection of Wilfrid Fleisher, 1897–1976); the third comprises large examples exceeding 20 cm in length. Comparable large-scale pieces are held by the Tokyo National Museum, Eskenazi, and Uragami Sōkyūdō.

Boar

China

Ceramic with brown glaze 5 ⅜ × 2 ⅞ in. (13.65 × 7.3 cm); Length: 8 ⅛ in.

Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection, 33.37

Exhibition History

Victoria, British Columbia, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Chinese Tomb Figures, 6 February – 4 April 1988. Circuit: Vancouver Museum, 10 May – 30 June 1988; 

New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, 1 August – 20 September 1988; Winnipeg Art Gallery, 15 October – 10 December 1988.