元 龍泉青瓷折枝花果紋六棱梅瓶

robustly potted with an ovoid body rising to elegantly curved shoulders and a short straight neck, the body divided into six vertical registers, each register framing a different leafy flowering branch, including chrysanthemum, hibiscus, peony, save for one with a loquat sprig, all between two stylised bands of pendent and upright stylised lappets encircling the shoulders and base respectively, all beneath an even unctuous celadon glaze

日本舊藏，約江戶時代（1603-1868年，木盒）
奈良東大寺

The overall condition is very good, with the exception of typical glaze pull especially to the bottom. There is an underglaze dent to the body of the footring. The base also has some kiln grits. The catalogue illustration is slightly too yellowish.
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本品梅瓶，厚重大氣，滿飾折枝花果，猶見元風。宋之龍泉，多見素器，重釉色，輕紋飾。入元以來，龍泉器飾，漸繁漸縟。常見貼花、刻花等技，層次突出，立體感甚強。各式元瓷，刻開光花卉紋者，時常可見，然上下飾變形蓮瓣紋者，相較略罕。本品脛部蓮瓣，似家具紋風；肩部所飾，元代青花偶見有之。相類脛飾，可參考一罐例，刻開光花果紋，售於倫敦佳士得1973年11月29日，編號1。

本瓶釉色光潤，下刀處積釉深沉，凸起處呈色青透，二者對比強烈，遙相呼應。相類作例，可見一梅瓶，刻開光穿花孔雀紋，肩飾纏枝花卉，脛刻如意邊飾，見東方陶瓷學會展覽《Celadon Wares》，倫敦，1947年，圖版164，後售於倫敦蘇富比1960年7月12日，編號151。再見一例，刻開光花果紋，飾鋪首耳，原屬 Lindberg 收藏，售於倫敦蘇富比1978年12月12日，編號181。另見一六方梅瓶例，肩足分別綴折枝花卉及葉紋，中間飾花果紋，藏神奈川縣博物館，錄於《龍泉集芳》，卷1，東京，1976年，圖版510。

本品刻工，粗曠豪放。另可比較兩石榴尊例，飾開光折枝花果紋，其一藏北京故宮博物院，載《元代瓷器》，北京，1998年，圖版446；其二為 H.M. Knight 收藏，售於倫敦蘇富比1970年5月12日，編號37。