犀角 雕仿青铜器饕餮梅花如意纹爵杯(明)

明 仿青铜器饕餮梅花如意纹 雕犀牛角爵杯

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明 仿青铜器饕餮梅花如意纹 雕犀牛角爵杯

参考:佳士得
29 5月 2012 | 現場拍賣 2915
重要中國瓷器及工藝精品
拍品 4161
A FINELY CARVED ARCHAISTIC RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 
明末 犀角雕九龍雙鳳紋盃
MING DYNASTY, EARLY 17TH CENTURY

明末 犀角雕九龍雙鳳紋盃
明末 犀角雕九龍雙鳳紋盃

成交價 HKD 2,780,000
估價 HKD 1,200,000 – HKD 1,800,000

明末 犀角雕九龍雙鳳紋盃
MING DYNASTY, EARLY 17TH CENTURY

盃撇口,斂腹,八方形高圈足。折沿處刻回紋一周。外壁雕五層紋飾,以弦紋相間。第一、二層以淺雕雙勾線刻雙龍紋,第三層刻雙鳳紋,足牆刻纏枝蓮紋,上飾回紋一周。杯鋬以鏤雕五條螭龍組成,姿態多變,曲線玲瓏,相互糾纏。

此器以雙勾技法雕琢紋飾,工藝高超,細緻嚴謹,頗有明朝宮廷作品的風格,實為難得的佳作。

此器於香港藝術館2002至2005年間舉辦《金木水火土:香港文物收藏精品展》中展出。

來源
Acquired in Hong Kong, 1978

出版
T. Fok, Connoisseurship of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 56, no. 9

展覽
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth: Gems of Antiquities Collections in Hong Kong, 2002-2005

注意事項
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory, tortoiseshell and crocodile. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

狀況報告
– There are some repairs to the upper left chilong on the handle.
– There are some further minor repairs to the extremities of the carving as can be expected.
– There is a small loss to the foot which has been repaired, approx. 1 x 0.4 cm.
– There are fine age cracks to the mouth rim as can be expected.
– Otherwise in good overall condition.

拍品專文
The combination of archaistic decoration and numerous high relief chilong appears to have been popular with carvers of rhinoceros horn cups. It is the contrast of the sinuous bodies and muscular movement of the dragons to the underlying formalised design of the archaistic bands that provides an attractive overall design most suited to complement the elegant shape of the cup.

Several cups of this type of decoration are illustrated by T. Fok, Connoisseurship of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, 1999, nos. 4, 9, 15, 19, 20, 22, 26 and 41. A similar archaistic cup, also with a raised base, from the Songzhutang Collection, was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, Important Chinese Rhinoceros Horn Carvings from the Songzhutang Collection, 27 May 2008, lot 1723.

参考:
29 5月 2012| 現場拍賣 2915
重要中國瓷器及工藝精品
拍品 4164
A FINELY CARVED ‘MYTHICAL BEAST’ RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 
明末 犀角雕龍鳳紋盃
MING DYNASTY, EARLY 17TH CENTURY

明末 犀角雕龍鳳紋盃
明末 犀角雕龍鳳紋盃

成交價 HKD 3,140,000
估價 HKD 1,500,000 – HKD 2,500,000

明末 犀角雕龍鳳紋盃
MING DYNASTY, EARLY 17TH CENTURY

細節
明末 犀角雕龍鳳紋盃

仿古青銅器形,盃敞口,橢圓形圈足。折沿處刻回紋。外壁四面出戟,口沿下刻夔鳳拐子紋一周,腹部及足牆飾夔龍紋。盃側鏤雕六條形態靈活、頭尾相纏的螭龍為盃鋬。盃下承高足圈,牆外刻夔鳳紋,足圈內刻「胡星岳作」篆書款。

此器為仿古青銅器而作,其龍頭鳥嘴的夔龍造型獨特,見於春秋戰國的青銅器上。此器雕刻技術高超,刀法細膩而見渾樸,反映出工匠深厚的文化底蘊,以及宮廷對精緻藝術品的追求。

胡星岳為晚明犀角雕刻名家,以雕刻夔龍、仿古題材著稱,傳世作品稀如鳳毛麟角。北京故宮博物院藏一件定年晚明的犀角雕蟠螭紋盃,其風格及款識與此盃如出一轍,見2002年香港出版故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集《竹木牙角雕刻》,圖版134號。

此器1966年7月11日於倫敦佳士得拍賣,拍品15號;再1998年11月16日於倫敦佳士得拍賣,拍品112號。曾於香港藝術館2002至2005年間舉辦《金木水火土:香港文物收藏精品展》中展出。

來源
Sold at Christie’s London, 11 July 1966, lot 15; Christie’s London, 16 November 1988, lot 112

出版
T. Fok, Connoisseurship of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 74, no. 27

展覽
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth: Gems of Antiquities Collections in Hong Kong, 2002-2005

注意事項
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory, tortoiseshell and crocodile. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

狀況報告
– This is in overall very good condition.
– There is a small shallow repair to the edge of the foot rim approx. 1 cm. wide.
– There are a number of shallow nicks and minor repairs to the openwork handle.
– There are minute nicks to the inner mouth rim.
– One or two age cracks have been in-filled.

拍品專文
The carver Hu Xingyue is discussed by J. Chapman, The Art of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, 1999, p. 129; where the author attributes an 18th century dating to the artist. Among Hu’s signed work, the marks are rendered into a square four-character seal below the foot of his cups, as with the present lot, and all of Hu’s carvings are decorated in the archaistic style. It has been recorded that only eight cups with his seal appear to exist: two are in the Aberdeen Art Gallery; one in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts; one in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; one in the Museum voor Volkerkunde, Rotterdam, no. 29344; the others are in private collections, is illustrated ibid., p. 129.

It is interesting to note that a similar archaistic cup carved with a more pronounced lip forming a pouring vessel and inscribed with the same four-character mark of Hu Xingyue is in the Qing Court collection. The Palace example is illustrated in Bamboo, Wood, Ivory and Rhinoceros Horn Carvings, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, vol. 44, Hong Kong, 2002, p. 152, no. 134, where it is dated to the late Ming dynasty. As Palace archives were well-kept and highly regulated during the Qing period, it is possible to deduce that the artist, Hu Xingyue, must already have been active before the Qing dynasty.

The unusual mythical animal in this instance was an adaptation of mythical birds with hooked beaks and animal bodies that first appeared on early bronzes of the Zhou dynasty (1100-256 BC). By the late Ming period, this type of bird motif was revived specifically on rhinoceros horn carvings. The later Ming rendition, however, re-ermerged with an exaggerated crest and attached to a sinuous chi dragon body. A related vessel with a similar striding mythical beast carved on the exterior, in the Edward and Franklin Chow Collections, is illustrated ibid., p. 154, no. 189.

参考:佳士得
31 5月 2011 | 現場拍賣 2862
重要中國瓷器及工藝精品
拍品 3759
A LARGE AND SUPERBLY CARVED ARCHAISTIC ‘CHILONG’ LIBATION CUP
THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
明末 犀角雕螭龍盃 《秘閣珍藏》篆書款

明末 犀角雕螭龍盃 《秘閣珍藏》篆書款
明末 犀角雕螭龍盃 《秘閣珍藏》篆書款

明末 犀角雕螭龍盃 《秘閣珍藏》篆書款
明末 犀角雕螭龍盃 《秘閣珍藏》篆書款

明末 犀角雕螭龍盃 《秘閣珍藏》篆書款
明末 犀角雕螭龍盃 《秘閣珍藏》篆書款
明末 犀角雕螭龍盃 《秘閣珍藏》篆書款
明末 犀角雕螭龍盃 《秘閣珍藏》篆書款

明末 犀角雕螭龍盃 《秘閣珍藏》篆書款
明末 犀角雕螭龍盃 《秘閣珍藏》篆書款

成交價 HKD 4,580,000
估價 HKD 4,000,000 – HKD 5,000,000

明末
犀角雕螭龍盃  《秘閣珍藏》篆書款

盃大寬口,深腹,內挖淺圈足。腹刻仿古饕餮獸面雷紋帶,上下環纏枝蓮紋、蕉葉紋,近足雕龍紋一周。一側鏤雕雙螭龍構成盃柄,雙龍上下相反爬行,上爬螭龍攀口沿欲窺盃內鏤雕小龍;另一側出戟。外壁另高浮雕十四小螭龍嬉戲,口沿飾回紋。角料呈琥珀黃漸變栗褐色。

據Jan Chapman論述,犀角雕器中有十分之一帶刻款,此種仿古紋犀角盃尤其多刻款;「秘閣珍藏」應是雕匠本人之齋號或訂製此盃主顧的稱號(同下書,132-134頁)。

此器曾錄於1999年倫敦出版Jan Chapman著《中國的犀牛角雕刻藝術》,134頁,圖143(印款)。

出版
Francois Leroy, Connaissance Des Arts, ‘Les coupes en corne de rhinoceros’, July 1978, no. 7
Jan Chapman, The Art of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, London, 1999, p. 134, no. 143 (mark)

注意事項
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory, tortoiseshell and crocodile. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

狀況報告
-The left arm of the large chilong grasping the rim has been off and replaced with wood with a small associated area of repair to the rim
-There appears to be a small loss to one side which has been polished
-Minor losses to the extremities of the carving
– A few characteristic fine age cracks running down from the rim.
– Weight – 375 g.

拍品專文
The sealmark on the present cup is illustrated and discussed by Jan Chapman, The Art of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, London, 1999, p. 132-134, no. 143 where the author suggests that the mark is likely to be an unrecorded studio name or the name of the person who commissioned the cup. The author notes that approximately one in ten rhinoceros horn carving carry some sort of inscription and that archaistic cups such as the present example, invariably have the inscription or mark, incised to the base.

参考:佳士得
29 11月 2011 | 現場拍賣 2891
重要中國瓷器及工藝精品 I 及 II
拍品 3045
AN EXQUISITELY CARVED ARCHAISTIC ‘CHILONG’ RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 
犀角雕九龍盃 明末

犀角雕九龍盃 明末
犀角雕九龍盃 明末

犀角雕九龍盃 明末
犀角雕九龍盃 明末
犀角雕九龍盃 明末
犀角雕九龍盃 明末
犀角雕九龍盃 明末
犀角雕九龍盃 明末
犀角雕九龍盃 明末
犀角雕九龍盃 明末

成交價 HKD 5,060,000
估價 HKD 3,500,000 – HKD 4,500,000

細明
拍品專文
仿古青銅器形,盃敞口,有流,足微撇。口沿內刻回紋一周。外壁腹部凸雕裝飾紋帶一周,紋帶上刻龍紋;一條小螭龍攀附於紋帶上,像是在努力的向上爬,與流下的另一條小螭龍遙遙對望;盃鋬上七條螭龍,肢體相纏,像是在爭先爬入盃內;足圈內刻「叔禮」印章款。

此器色如蒸栗,光澤瑩潤,造型雄渾古樸,刻工高超,刀法精絕,為犀角雕刻中之精品。

此器原為美國加州福勒博物館之舊藏;後為松竹堂珍藏。2002-2005年間於香港藝術館《金木水火土:香港文物收藏精品展》中展出。

來源
The Fowler Museum Collection, California
The Songzhutang Collection

出版
T. Fok, Connoisseurship of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 80, no. 33
Lu Jianchuan, Ivory and Rhinoceros Horn Carvings, Shanghai shuchan chubanshe, 2005, fig. 121

展覽
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth: Gems of Antiquities Collections in Hong Kong, 2002-2005

注意事項
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory, tortoiseshell and crocodile. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

狀況報告
– There is a repair to the bottom of the S-shaped handle, approx. 1.5 x 0.4 cm.
– There are a few small repairs to the chilong on the right side of the handle.
– There are several age cracks and minor nicks to the extremities that have been filled in.
– Otherwise in good overall condition.
– Weight: 14.7 oz. (417 gm.)

拍品專文
The two characters Shuli probably refer to the name of an, as yet, unidentified carver or collector.

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