唐代筆記 vol.39 藍理捷：初唐滑石豹斑石薰香爐 - J.J.Lally, A Polished Baoban Stone Censer, Tang Dynasty
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此件滑石薰爐以豹斑石材製作，較陶製同形者更為稀有。其精緻打磨的表面及實用與審美兼備之設計，反映初唐貴族對香文化的講究與生活器用的雅化，亦為研究唐代香具演變與貴族日常儀式行為提供重要實物依據。
參考一件同款豹斑石香爐：拍賣筆記 Vol.41 坂本五郎：42万成交滑石香薰 - Sakamoto Gorō, A Sui-Tang Dynasty Polished Stone Openwork Incense Burner
參考一件唐三彩薰爐：唐代筆記 Vol.17 認識唐三彩，以德馨書屋唐三彩香薰為例 - Collecting Guide: Tang-dynasty Sancai, Dexinshuwu Censer.
參考一件春秋戰國青銅鏤空薰爐：青銅筆記 vol.17 藍理捷：戰國透雕龍雲紋薰 - J.J.Lally, An Archaic Bronze Openwork Tripod Incense Burner Or Perfumer
參考另一間春秋戰國時期的鏤空薰香爐：青銅筆記 vol.24 吉賽爾：春秋戰國錯銀透雕龍雲紋薰，藍理捷同款 - Gisèle Croës, An Archaic Bronze Openwork Tripod Incense Burner Or Perfumer
初唐 滑石薰香爐 高12.7公分
A POLISHED STONE CENSER
Early Tang Dynasty, 7th Century
圓穹形，器壁厚實，通體圓潤起伏，自底部緩緩上收至無唇圓口。肩部斜坡上對稱設置四組縱列小槽，每組三道，應為通氣之用。通體以滑石雕成，石色呈橄欖褐與黑色交雜斑駁，外表經細緻拋光，光澤瑩潤。
此類薰爐的器形可參考美國舊金山亞洲藝術博物館布倫戴奇收藏中的一件唐代草白釉陶薰爐，著錄於何慕文（He Li）著《Chinese Ceramics: A New Standard Guide》（倫敦，1996年），編號127。書中指出，類此造型的薰爐曾為唐代貴族用於衣物薰香之器，或源自更早期的祭祀用途。另參見同館收藏之一件隋至初唐時期的陶俑，為宮廷婦人抱持一件相同形制的薰爐，著錄同書編號129。
此外，可比之例尚有河北省安陽地區漁北沙場張盛墓（公元595年）出土之一件隋代陶俑，俑像雙手捧持此類形制之薰爐，見錄於 Tregear 所編《Arts of China: Neolithic Cultures to the T’ang Dynasty - Recent Discoveries》（東京，1968年），圖版352（5）。
A POLISHED STONE CENSER
Early Tang Dynasty, 7th Century
of domed shape, the thick sides rounded up to a rimless circular aperture on top encircled by four clusters of three vertical slots high on the sloping shoulders, the stone attractively mottled in olive-brown and black, polished to a high gloss on the exterior.
Height 5 inches (12.7 cm)
Compare the Tang straw-glazed pottery incense burner of closely related form in the Avery Brundage Collection at the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, illustrated by He in Chinese Ceramics: The New Standard Guide, London, 1996, no. 127, where the author notes the aristocratic practice of fumigating clothing using this type of incense burner, perhaps inspired by earlier ritual practices. A Sui or early Tang straw-glazed pottery figure of a court lady holding a censer of this same form, also in the Brundage Collection, is illustrated by He, ibid., no. 129. Compare also the Sui pottery tomb figure holding a censer of this form discovered near Shachang, Yubei, Anyang District, Hebei province, in the tomb of Zhang Sheng, dated to A.D. 595, illustrated by Tregear, Arts of China: Neolithic Cultures to the T’ang Dynasty - Recent Discoveries, Tokyo, 1968, fig. 352 (5).
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