元 鈞窰月白釉公道盃

well potted with rounded sides rising from a tapered foot to a gently incurved rim, the interior centred with a stylised dome modelled in the form of an inverted lotus blossom enclosing a small figure depicted clad in robes, the dome with four hemispherical openings on the sides to allow movement of the figurine when filled, applied overall save for the unglazed footring with an unctuous milky-blue glaze draining to a mushroom tone at the edges and extremities

安思遠，紐約，1994年以前入藏

The cup is in very good condition. The central figure with a very faint glaze line to the reverse, running horizontally along the base of his robes. There are minute nibbling along the extremities such as the tip of his hair. The central opening with some minute chips along the rim. There is general bubbling to the glaze with some minor inconsistencies.
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此類公道盃，盃內見拱形結構，並有孔隙供水流入，盃中注水，孔內小人便隨之浮現，精巧奇趣。

可比較一鈞窰類例，大維德爵士舊藏，現藏於倫敦大英博物館，曾錄於《Ru, Guan, Jun, Guangdong and Yixing Wares》，倫敦，1999年，圖版47。另見一元代作例，出土於蒙古赤峰市寧城縣，錄於《中國陶瓷全集》，上海，2000年，圖版215。此外，康蕊君編，《悅古堂：柏林藏中國陶瓷》中亦錄有一宋代白釉例，柏林，2000年，圖版216。