拍品專文
Vessels of this type are normally grouped into two categories, those modeled with a long, slender neck as geese and those with short, thick necks and larger heads as ducks, as in the present lot. While most of the goose-form vessels tend to be larger, large duck-form vessels are also known and also appear to be slightly more rare than their goose-form counterparts
A similar vessel in the shape of a mandarin duck, excavated from a tomb at Shilicun, Xin'anxian, Henan and dated to the first half of the 8th century (approx. 25cm. long), is illustrated in Wenwu, 1976, no. 10, col. pl. 1 and also illustrated by William Watson, Tang and Liao Ceramics, New York, 1984, p. 44, pl. 23. Compare, also, the duck-form vessel of larger size (30.5cm. long) illustrated in Zhongguo taoci quanji; Tang sancai (The Great Treasury of Chinese Ceramics, Tang Sancai), Shanghai, 1983, pl. 84
For vessels of goose form see the example illustrated by Rene-Yvon Lefebvre d'Argencé, Chinese Ceramics in the Avery Brundage Collection, San Francisco, 1967, pl. XXV(B); and another of the same size, but with a cover, in the form of a lily pad with a toad knop, was included in the exhibition, The Arts of the T'ang Dynasty, Los Angeles County Museum, January 8 - February 17, 1957, Catalogue, no. 66
Compare, also, two duck-form vessels sold in these rooms, one the example from the Jingguangtang Collection, Part I, sold in our Hong Kong rooms, November 3, 1996, lot 599, and one formerly in the collection of Stephen Junkunc III, sold in these rooms, March 28, 1996, lot 319
The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test no. 866b43 is consistent with the dating of this lot
A similar vessel in the shape of a mandarin duck, excavated from a tomb at Shilicun, Xin'anxian, Henan and dated to the first half of the 8th century (approx. 25cm. long), is illustrated in Wenwu, 1976, no. 10, col. pl. 1 and also illustrated by William Watson, Tang and Liao Ceramics, New York, 1984, p. 44, pl. 23. Compare, also, the duck-form vessel of larger size (30.5cm. long) illustrated in Zhongguo taoci quanji; Tang sancai (The Great Treasury of Chinese Ceramics, Tang Sancai), Shanghai, 1983, pl. 84
For vessels of goose form see the example illustrated by Rene-Yvon Lefebvre d'Argencé, Chinese Ceramics in the Avery Brundage Collection, San Francisco, 1967, pl. XXV(B); and another of the same size, but with a cover, in the form of a lily pad with a toad knop, was included in the exhibition, The Arts of the T'ang Dynasty, Los Angeles County Museum, January 8 - February 17, 1957, Catalogue, no. 66
Compare, also, two duck-form vessels sold in these rooms, one the example from the Jingguangtang Collection, Part I, sold in our Hong Kong rooms, November 3, 1996, lot 599, and one formerly in the collection of Stephen Junkunc III, sold in these rooms, March 28, 1996, lot 319
The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test no. 866b43 is consistent with the dating of this lot