THE LARRY LUCAS COLLECTION OF ASIAN WORKS OF ARTLARRY LUCAS 亞洲藝術收藏Lots 20 to 76Mr Larry Lucas, a British-born businessman, started collecting Asian Art as a university student in the late 1960s in Cambridge. As the co-founder of the Asian Art Institute of Australia, Larry has organised various exhibitions and lectures since 2008, providing platforms for collectors, artists, researchers and scholars, and promoting knowledge and appreciation of Asian art.Larry Lucas 先生出生於英國，早於上世紀六十年代劍橋求學時，即熱衷收藏，至今近半世紀。2008年在悉尼於三五志趣相投的好友成立澳大利亞亞洲藝術協會，多年來舉辦講座、展覽，為當地乃至世界收藏同好、藝術家及學者提供交流平台。






A Yue proto-porcelain celadon-glaze stoneware vessel


Western Zhou dynasty16.2cm diam.
|Provenance:Walter Hochstadter collectionMossgreen, Melbourne, 14 June 2011, lot 244Proto-porcelain was not fully understood or clearly defined until the 1950s, when large quantities were unearthed from Erligang, at Zhengzhou, Henan province. Throughout the production and firing process, wood ash was intentionally applied, resulting in the formation of lime-rich glazes. The firing temperature is around the maturing temperature for the later lime glazes, demonstrating that the potters during the later bronze age were already able to attain sufficiently high temperature in their kilns.For a similar vessel with a lid, see Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyingtang Collection Volume Three, Part I, London, 1994, p. 110, pl. 1126Walter Hochstadter (1914 - 2007) was a collector, dealer and scholar of Chinese art, particularly of ceramics. Pieces from his collection are found in numerous major institutions including the Freer Gallery and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.西周 越窯原始青釉盂傳承：Walter Hochstadter 私藏慕仕格拍賣行，墨爾本，2011年6月14日，拍品號244學界對原始青瓷直到上世紀五十年代經由二里崗的考古發現才逐漸成熟。其釉為石灰釉，著色以鐵，以窯內進養量控制成色，多呈黃綠。燒造火候與後世石灰釉青瓷相去無幾，可見青銅時期後期的工匠對窯內溫度的掌控已經相當成熟。比較一相似蓋盂，見康蕊君，玫茵堂藏中國陶瓷：第三輯，第一部分，倫敦，1994，頁110，圖版1126Walter Hochstadter (1914 - 2007) 是一位中國藝術特別是瓷器的收藏者、古董商及學者。其舊藏而今星散於各大博物館、藝術機構及重要私藏，其中包括華盛頓弗瑞爾藝廊及堪薩斯納爾遜-阿特金斯藝術博物館。