拍賣筆記 vol.417 蘇富比香港2026：112.64萬港元售出，金代鈞窰天藍紫釉盃，壺中居，岡田博物館 - Sotheby’s 2026, Okada Sales Part 2, A Junyao Purple And Blue-Glazed Cup, Jin Dynasty
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SACA拍場（2026.09.04）：Rubie和Julien爭奪，julien電話落槌88萬。6600。
人類視覺之美，本源於對自然的摹仿與習得。宋代以崇尚自然著稱，對天地和萬物的敬畏傳承自對商周時代禮制的致敬。宋朝作為一個百花齊放的時代，極簡、素雅是最為人熟悉的一種宋式美學。
鈞窯以紫為貴，以天青為標籤，其所謂的級別應該是如何定奪呢？筆者認為，當以顏色分佈和自然界中的關聯為審核標準。晨曦晚霞中的紫，和雨過天晴的藍，是最核心的部分。另外，從1975年蘇富比克拉克夫人拍賣專場的鈞窯杯的顏色分佈可以了解到，這幾種顏色的有序堆疊，是罕見且有共識的鈞窯之美。參見王秋生財新專欄文章：《一場教科書式拍賣：1975年克拉克專場如何點石成金｜國際拍場》
本拍品的顏色分配外紫內青，較為罕見，特別是在紫色和藍色的過度上，紫色覆蓋入碗內，其比例與當時茶碗包口（覆輪）的比例相符。可以看待為，以釉色作為其金屬扣。雖然鈞窯水仙盆上也有類似的外紫內青的做法，但呈現在這件盈盈可握的渾圓小杯上，有一種自然的美感，或如一輪明月，或如即將沉入海中的夕陽。
金代鈞窰天藍紫釉盃
A Junyao purple and blue-glazed cup, Jin dynasty
Estimate
400,000 - 800,000 HKD
拍賣時間：2026年9月4日
Description
Japanese wood box
8.4 cm
來源
繭山龍泉堂，東京
本盃形制精巧，外壁施瑰麗紫釉，內壁呈瑩潤天藍，釉色對比鮮明，絢麗奪目，展現鈞窰瓷器最為引人入勝之典型特徵。盃口沿下方微斂，此一獨特器形乃受宋代福建建窰茶盞影響，後為大江南北各地窰口所廣泛仿效，足證其作為茶器之用。
參考一尺寸相近（8.3公分）之極似鈞窰紫釉茶盞，為寺崎英成（1900-1951年）舊藏，售於紐約邦瀚斯2018年3月19日，拍品編號8029。近年鈞窰遺址出土文物中，與本品器形完全一致之例屈指可數。然其紅紫與天藍交融之獨特釉色，可比較2004年河南鈞台窰遺址出土之一件鈞窰盤，該盤錄於故宮博物院展覽圖錄《鈞瓷雅集：故宮博物院珍藏及出土鈞窰瓷器薈萃》，北京，2013年，頁264-265，編號117；早前亦載於《中國出土瓷器全集：卷十二．河南》，北京，2008年，編號211。另可參考一件器形稍異之鈞窰紫釉茶盞，售於香港佳士得2014年11月26日，拍品編號2925。
Human visual beauty originates from the imitation and internalization of nature. The Song dynasty held nature in high regard, its reverence for heaven, earth, and all living things continuing an even more ancient tradition of homage. In an age of flourishing diversity, the aesthetics of minimalism and understated elegance represented only one current among many.
Jun ware prized purple above all, with sky-blue as its signature hue. How, then, should its grades of quality be determined? In the author’s view, the decisive criterion lies in the distribution of color and its resonance with natural phenomena. The purple of dawn and dusk, together with the blue of a sky washed clear after rain, form the essential core. The color arrangement of the Jun cup offered in the 1975 Sotheby’s sale of the Mrs. Alfred Clark Collection illustrates the point with particular clarity: the orderly layering of purple and blue is both rare and widely recognized as the supreme beauty of Jun ware. See the author’s Caixin column, “A Textbook Auction: How the 1975 Clark Sale Turned Stone into Gold.”
The present lot, with purple on the exterior and blue within, is especially uncommon. The purple flows gently over the rim into the interior, the transition so natural that its proportions closely echo the metal rims once fitted to contemporary tea bowls—almost as if the glaze itself were serving as the mounting. Although a similar outer-purple, inner-blue scheme appears on Jun narcissus basins, when realized on this small, palm-fitting rounded cup it acquires a distinctly natural poetry: like a full moon, or a setting sun about to sink into the sea.
Provenance
Mayuyama & Co., Ltd, Tokyo.
Catalogue Note
Exquisitely potted, the present cup is distinguished by the striking contrast between its vivid purple exterior and the luminous sky-blue glaze on the interior. This combination of colours is a hallmark of the finest Junyao ceramics. The function of this vessel as a tea bowl is indicated by the subtle indented groove just below the rim on the exterior. This distinctive feature originated at the Jian kilns in Fujian province during the Song dynasty and was subsequently widely adopted by kilns throughout both northern and southern China.
For a closely related example, compare a very similar rare Jun-type purple-glazed tea bowl of comparable size (8.3 cm) from the collection of Hidenari Terasaki (1900-1951), sold at Bonhams New York, 19 March 2018, lot 8029. While tea bowls of this precise form are exceptionally rare among recent Jun kiln excavations, the striking reddish-purple and sky-blue glaze combination can be compared to a dish discovered during the 2004 excavations at the Juntai kiln site in Henan province. That dish was included in the Palace Museum exhibition catalogue Jun ci ya ji: Gugong Bowuyuan zhencang ji chutu Junyao ciqi huicui [Selection of Jun Ware: The Palace Museum's Collection and Archaeological Excavation], Beijing, 2013, pp. 264-265, cat. no. 117; and was previously published in Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji [Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China], vol. 12: Henan, Beijing, 2008, cat. no. 211. See also another related Jun-type purple-glazed tea bowl of slightly different form, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 26 November 2014, lot 2925.
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