Lot 167
CHINESE JIZHOU PAPER-CUT RESIST-DECORATED TEA BOWL
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY
Auction: 15 May 2026 from 10:00 BST
Description
南宋 吉州內剪紙貼花外玳瑁斑茶盞
the interior decorated in resist technique with paper-cut decoration of three flower heads reserved in brown against the variegated, milky buff ground, the exterior covered in a ‘tortoiseshell’ glaze of dark brown colour mottled in beige falling short of a knife-cut edge above the low, narrow ring foot
Dimensions
11cm diameter
Provenance
Private Taiwanese collection
台灣私人收藏
Footnote
The technique of using paper cut-outs as stencils to create resist designs was one of the innovative decorative techniques employed at the Jizhou kilns in Jiangxi province. For a discussion of the processes involved in producing these designs, see R. D. Mowry, Hare’s Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers: Chinese Brown-and Black Glazed Ceramics, 400-1400, Cambridge, 1996, pp. 36-8. Mowry illustrates, ibid., pp. 248-9, no. 100, a related Jizhou bowl with three quatrefoil floral medallions on the interior, from the collection of R. Hatfield Ellsworth, which subsequently sold at Christie’s New York, 20 March 2015, lot 851. Another closely comparable tea bowl with similar design, was in the Linyushanren Collection (formerly acquired from the Sen Shu Tey, Tokyo), sold at Christie's New York, 15 Sep 2016, lot 108.
使用剪紙進行留白裝飾的技法，是江西吉州窯所採用的創新裝飾技術之一。關於此類紋樣製作工藝的討論，參見莫維（R. D. Mowry）所著《兔毫、玳瑁與鵪鶉：中國褐釉與黑釉陶瓷，400–1400年》，劍橋，1996年，36–38頁。同書第248–249頁，編號100，莫維展示了一件相關的吉州窯碗，碗內飾有三組四瓣花形開光，出自安思遠（R. Hatfield Ellsworth）收藏，後於紐約佳士得2015年3月20日拍賣，拍品851。另一件紋樣極為相似的茶盞，曾為臨宇山人收藏（早年購自東京千秋庭），後售於紐約佳士得2016年9月15日，拍品108。