北宋 鈞窰天藍釉紫斑盌

the gently rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to a slightly incurved rim, applied overall with a glossy bubble-suffused pale-blue glaze, with deep-lavender splashes, the glaze draining from the mouth rim from a mushroom tone and falling just short of the foot revealing the reddish-brown body

（傳）1930年代得自John Sparks Ltd.，倫敦
George Harwood Snr收藏，約翰內斯堡，南非
自此家族收藏

The bowl is in overall good condition with the expected burst bubbles to the surface and a circa 1cm., iron-spot glaze run to the interior and a similar circa 2cm., glaze run to the exterior.
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本盌器型乃北宋經典，釉色多富變幻，由青到紫，亦濃亦淡，雅韻幽現。色濃烈，釉光亮，器形豐圓，似皂泡，遂有「bubble bowl」之稱。柯玫瑰於書中記，鈞瓷紫斑器，取銅料，着筆幾抹入窰，火去時，青紫交融，現斑斕，五光十色，每窰絕無同者，見《Song Dynasty Ceramics》，倫敦，2004年，頁34。

可比一相類例，藏北京故宮博物院，錄《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集．兩宋瓷器（上）》， 香港，1996年，圖版225。另見一例，大維德爵士舊藏，現藏倫敦大英博物館，錄於 Margaret Medley，《The Chinese Potter》，牛津，1976年，圖83。亦見兩極精之例，仇焱之收藏，其一售於倫敦蘇富比1980年12月16日，編號264；繼售於香港蘇富比1987年5月19日，編號209，徐展堂故藏。其二售於倫敦蘇富比1980年12月16日，編號265；繼售於倫敦蘇富比2000年6月7日，編號93。再比一例，售於香港蘇富比2014年10月8日，編號3686。