拍品信息
拍品名称
隋 洪州窯青釉象首淨水瓶 | A VERY RARE LARGE HONGZHOU CELADON-GLAZED 'ELEPHANT' ALTAR VESSEL
年代
Sui Dynasty
起拍价
HKD 300,000
估值区间
HKD 300000 - 500000
尺寸
未知
品相
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Sui Dynasty
The globular body supported on a low, flat base, rising to a long, slender neck encircled by a raised fillet, terminating in a wide flange beneath a bulbous mouth, emulating a lotus bud, applied with a realistically modelled elephant head forming the spout, its trunk raised and curled upward to act as the water channel, covered overall in an olive-green to pale celadon glaze with areas of earthen encrustation and subtle crazing, pooling gracefully in the recesses, fitted box.
45.8cm (18in) high. (2).
Footnotes
隋 洪州窯青釉象首淨水瓶
Provenance:
Acquired in San Francisco in 1970s, and thence by descent within the family
來源：
1970年代購於三藩市，此後家族傳承
This vessel is a rare and exceptional example of a (water sprinkler), a ritual form deeply tied to Buddhist practices transmitted along the Silk Road. The vessel is meticulously designed with a lotus-bud mouth at the summit for filling, paired with an imaginative zoomorphic spout modelled as a lively elephant head on the shoulder.
The elephant (), revered in Buddhism as a sacred protector and associated in secular contexts with strength and peaceful governance (), was a potent symbol in Court and religious art. The combination of a globular body, slender neck with a horizontal flange, and a sculptural zoomorphic head demonstrates the close stylistic interplay between contemporary metalwork. See a smaller bronze , Sui dynasty, from the collection of Edith and Stuart Cary, which was sold at Sotheby's London, 25 October 2023, lot 33.
Compare a smaller Hongzhou celadon-glazed similarly modelled with an elephant spout, Sui dynasty, excavated from Xinjian county, Jiangxi province, and now in the Jiangxi Provincial Museum, illustrated in , Nanchang, 1994, p.85. See also a pair of similar Hongzhou celadon-glazed , Sui dynasty, included in the , Museum of History, Taipei, 1996, cat.no.103.
此件青瓷象首流淨瓶器形勻稱，比例得宜，雕刻靈動，象首與蓮蕾之細節纖巧寫實，明晦分明，極富立體感，傳世可比者屈指可數。
隋代象首淨瓶之造型，兼具宗教儀軌與異域美學。大象在佛教中尊為神聖護法，在世俗意涵中則象徵力量與清平盛世（「太平有象」），為宮廷及宗教藝術中極具力量之吉祥符號。其圓腹、帶有弦紋與寬平盤口之細長頸，以及頂端含苞待放之蓮蕾形口，完美融合了印度佛教法器造型與中土成熟之青瓷燒造工藝，充分反映了唐代中外文化交流之繁盛。參考一件Edith and Stuart Cary舊藏、尺寸較小之隋代銅淨瓶，售於倫敦蘇富比，2023年10月25日，拍品編號33。
另可比較一件江西新建縣出土、現藏於江西省博物館之隋代洪州窯青瓷象首淨瓶，然尺寸較小，著錄於《南方文物》，南昌，1994年，頁85；以及一對隋代洪州窯青釉淨瓶，尺寸相似，曾展出於《千峯翠色-越窯特展》，歷史博物館，台北，1996年，圖版103。
The globular body supported on a low, flat base, rising to a long, slender neck encircled by a raised fillet, terminating in a wide flange beneath a bulbous mouth, emulating a lotus bud, applied with a realistically modelled elephant head forming the spout, its trunk raised and curled upward to act as the water channel, covered overall in an olive-green to pale celadon glaze with areas of earthen encrustation and subtle crazing, pooling gracefully in the recesses, fitted box.
45.8cm (18in) high. (2).
Footnotes
隋 洪州窯青釉象首淨水瓶
Provenance:
Acquired in San Francisco in 1970s, and thence by descent within the family
來源：
1970年代購於三藩市，此後家族傳承
This vessel is a rare and exceptional example of a (water sprinkler), a ritual form deeply tied to Buddhist practices transmitted along the Silk Road. The vessel is meticulously designed with a lotus-bud mouth at the summit for filling, paired with an imaginative zoomorphic spout modelled as a lively elephant head on the shoulder.
The elephant (), revered in Buddhism as a sacred protector and associated in secular contexts with strength and peaceful governance (), was a potent symbol in Court and religious art. The combination of a globular body, slender neck with a horizontal flange, and a sculptural zoomorphic head demonstrates the close stylistic interplay between contemporary metalwork. See a smaller bronze , Sui dynasty, from the collection of Edith and Stuart Cary, which was sold at Sotheby's London, 25 October 2023, lot 33.
Compare a smaller Hongzhou celadon-glazed similarly modelled with an elephant spout, Sui dynasty, excavated from Xinjian county, Jiangxi province, and now in the Jiangxi Provincial Museum, illustrated in , Nanchang, 1994, p.85. See also a pair of similar Hongzhou celadon-glazed , Sui dynasty, included in the , Museum of History, Taipei, 1996, cat.no.103.
此件青瓷象首流淨瓶器形勻稱，比例得宜，雕刻靈動，象首與蓮蕾之細節纖巧寫實，明晦分明，極富立體感，傳世可比者屈指可數。
隋代象首淨瓶之造型，兼具宗教儀軌與異域美學。大象在佛教中尊為神聖護法，在世俗意涵中則象徵力量與清平盛世（「太平有象」），為宮廷及宗教藝術中極具力量之吉祥符號。其圓腹、帶有弦紋與寬平盤口之細長頸，以及頂端含苞待放之蓮蕾形口，完美融合了印度佛教法器造型與中土成熟之青瓷燒造工藝，充分反映了唐代中外文化交流之繁盛。參考一件Edith and Stuart Cary舊藏、尺寸較小之隋代銅淨瓶，售於倫敦蘇富比，2023年10月25日，拍品編號33。
另可比較一件江西新建縣出土、現藏於江西省博物館之隋代洪州窯青瓷象首淨瓶，然尺寸較小，著錄於《南方文物》，南昌，1994年，頁85；以及一對隋代洪州窯青釉淨瓶，尺寸相似，曾展出於《千峯翠色-越窯特展》，歷史博物館，台北，1996年，圖版103。
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