瓜瓞绵绵储庆远——记定窑瓜瓞形执壶

Melons and Prosperity——Melon-Shaped Ewers of the Ding Kiln

文章对内蒙古察右前旗豪欠营六号墓出土的一对定窑瓜棱腹,有藤蔓形提梁执壶的造型、特点和胎釉特征进行了介绍,收集了相同类型的出土于辽中期、晚期和金代遗迹的执壶例证,分析了该类执壶从北宋中期至金代的器形变化规律,并根据窑址资料证明其为定窑产品。进而根据器物的造型特点和装饰,探讨了这类提梁壶是为了表达"瓜瓞绵绵"的寓意,表示祝颂子孙昌盛、绵延不绝的吉祥含义,应称为"瓜瓞形执壶",是唐宋时期少见的造型寓意吉祥含义的器具,其本身演变也经历了从写实、具象到示意、抽象的变化过程。

This paper introduced a pair of melon-shape bodied,vine-shape handle ewers of the Ding Kiln,unearthed from Tomb No.6 of Haoqianying,Chayouqianqi,Inner Mongolia.This paper also collects ewers of the same kind,unearthed from remains of the middle and late Liao Dynasty,and the Jin Dynasty,and analyzes the variation of shapes from the middle Northern Song Dynasty to the Jin Dynasty as well.Based on findings in the kiln sites,it can be proved that this kind of ewers mainly belongs to the Ding Kiln.According to the shape and motifs,this kind of ewers expresses the meaning of"the continual growth of melons",a symbol of prosperity of offspring,so it should be called"the small-melon-shaped ewer".Its shape contains auspicious meaning,which was rare in the Tang and Song Dynasties.Its own evolution has also undergone a process of change from realistic,concrete to schematic and abstract.