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拍品專文
Faceted forms appeared with greater frequency in both blue and white porcelains and Longquan celadon wares in the Yuan dynasty. This fashion for faceted forms may be seen either as a reflection of a contemporary interest in metalwork from west of China's borders-Iran, Syria and Mamluk Egypt, as is often suggested (see M. Medley, Metalwork and Chinese Ceramics, Percival David Foundation Monograph Series No. 2, London, 1972, p. 14), or a revival of an interest in Tang-dynasty metalwork. A number of Tang silver and metal vessels were made in faceted form, probably as a result of cultural contact with Western and Central Asia. While faceted forms were occasionally made in the Song period, they were made in a greater variety of faceted ceramic vessels during the Yuan dynasty.
Yuan faceted yuhuchunping, such as the current vase, can be found decorated in underglaze blue with a variety of designs within the panels on the body and on the neck. The present vase exhibits a number of very rare motifs. The flaming pearls in the panels on the shoulders and above the foot appear on other yuhuchunping vases of the period, but are generally shown alternating with other motifs, not in consistent bands of repeated emblems. A rare large Yuan-dynasty faceted blue and white double gourd vase exhibits such bands of repeated stylized flaming pearls and is illustrated by R. Krahl and J. Ayers in Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, II, London, 1986, p. 499, no. 577. See, also, a gilt-metal-mounted, faceted Yuan-dynasty blue and white ewer, with a band of flaming pearls above the mid-section, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 May 2013, lot 2245.
Floral panels such as the ones shown on the body of the present vase also appear on related Yuan-dynasty vases; however, it is very rare to see them alternating with such a variety of geometric designs. Amongst the more usual geometric patterns such as the lozenge and cash ground, there is a very unusual panel with radiating star-like motifs, possibly meant to represent a faux-bois ground. For other faceted blue and white examples of yuhuchunping form with more common design combinations of floral panels between lappet borders see the example from the Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung, sold at Sotheby’s London, 8 December 2022, lot 280, and an example with floral panels on the body beneath a band of flaming pearls on the neck alternating with spiral motifs, sold at Christie’s New York, 19 September 2013, lot 1302. Another example with flame-like motifs in the band above the body was sold at Sotheby’s London, 15 June 1982, lot 276.
Yuan faceted yuhuchunping, such as the current vase, can be found decorated in underglaze blue with a variety of designs within the panels on the body and on the neck. The present vase exhibits a number of very rare motifs. The flaming pearls in the panels on the shoulders and above the foot appear on other yuhuchunping vases of the period, but are generally shown alternating with other motifs, not in consistent bands of repeated emblems. A rare large Yuan-dynasty faceted blue and white double gourd vase exhibits such bands of repeated stylized flaming pearls and is illustrated by R. Krahl and J. Ayers in Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, II, London, 1986, p. 499, no. 577. See, also, a gilt-metal-mounted, faceted Yuan-dynasty blue and white ewer, with a band of flaming pearls above the mid-section, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 May 2013, lot 2245.
Floral panels such as the ones shown on the body of the present vase also appear on related Yuan-dynasty vases; however, it is very rare to see them alternating with such a variety of geometric designs. Amongst the more usual geometric patterns such as the lozenge and cash ground, there is a very unusual panel with radiating star-like motifs, possibly meant to represent a faux-bois ground. For other faceted blue and white examples of yuhuchunping form with more common design combinations of floral panels between lappet borders see the example from the Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung, sold at Sotheby’s London, 8 December 2022, lot 280, and an example with floral panels on the body beneath a band of flaming pearls on the neck alternating with spiral motifs, sold at Christie’s New York, 19 September 2013, lot 1302. Another example with flame-like motifs in the band above the body was sold at Sotheby’s London, 15 June 1982, lot 276.