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18th century
Of archaic bronze ovoid form, the pear-shaped body rising from a gently spreading foot to a waisted neck with lipped rim, the shoulder encircled with two raised fillets, flanked by a pair of elephant handles, all covered in an opaque turquoise-blue glaze suffused with mottled deep violet colour, Japanese wood box.
30.2cm (11 7/8in) high. (2).
Footnotes
清十八世紀 爐鈞釉象耳壺
Provenance:
Gallery Kochukyo, Tokyo, acquired in 1962
Sotheby's London, 6 November 2013, lot 319
來源:
壺中居,東京,得於1962年
倫敦蘇富比,2013年11月6日,拍品編號319
The form of the vase, also known as 'ox-head' form, is inspired by archaic bronzes of the Warring States period; see an example published by Ding Meng, , Beijing, 2007, pp.236-237, pl.156. The zoomorphic elephant handles were inspired by archaic bronzes of the early and late Western Zhou dynasty; for two related examples in the Shanghai Museum, see Chen Peifen, , London, 1995, pp.64 and 69, pls.37 and 42. This trend of archaism can be interpreted as the attempt of the rulers of the foreign Manchu Qing dynasty to demonstrate continuity from ancient times, symbolising their legitimacy and Mandate from Heaven to rule. Such archaism also embodied the emperor's wish for inspiration from the perceived morality and virtues of ancient days.
'Robin's egg' glaze was popular from the Yongzheng period until the 19th century and inspired by the celebrated Jun glazes of the Song Dynasty. To achieve the marbled glaze effect it was fired in a furnace at a lower temperature after the firing of the porcelain. Compare a Robin's egg vase, Qianlong, from Mayuyama & Co., Ltd, Tokyo and Marchant & Sons, London, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 29 April 2022, lot 3519.
本品尊之造型又稱「牛頭尊」,其靈感源自戰國時期之青銅壺;參見丁孟著,《故宮博物院藏文物珍品大系:青銅器》,北京,2007年,頁236-237,圖版156。其象首耳之設計則取材自西周早晚期之青銅器;相關例可參見陳佩芬著,《上海博物館:中國古代青銅器》,倫敦,1995年,頁64及69,圖版37與42。此種慕古之風,可視為身為異族之滿清統治者意欲展現繼承萬世道統之舉,藉此彰顯其奉天承運、統治天下之合法性。同時,此類復古設計亦寄托了皇帝冀望從古代賢明之德政與美德中汲取治國靈感之宏願。
「爐鈞釉」自雍正時期興起並盛行至十九世紀,其靈感源自宋代聲名遠播之鈞窯釉。為達成如大理石般斑駁流淌之釉面效果,瓷器需先經高溫燒成,再入窯經低溫二次燒製。比較一件極為相似之尊,由著名古董商繭山龍泉堂與馬錢特遞藏,售於香港蘇富比,2022年4月29日,拍品編號3519。