明十四世紀 龍泉青瓷八方開光露胎「嬰戲圖」盌及鏤空托

盌呈八角形，作喇叭式大撇口，弧壁漸瘦，折腰，圈足內歛。裏心模印雙魚，伴以蓮花荷葉。內壁八海棠式開光，其內模印荷塘鷺鷥，姿態各異；近口處添飾如意雲頭紋。外壁有露胎開光八面，同屬海棠式，內印嬰戲圖，共十六子，三兩成群，耍樂於庭園。折腰下環飾花瓣一周，圈足外另劃回紋。除露胎開光及足內，表面滿施青釉，釉層厚潤。托呈六方，作二層階式，同施青釉。寬口內圓，隨形出唇。束腰飾露胎開光，皆為鏤空折技菊花。下接十二如意雲頭，底承托泥。

Eskenazi Ltd，倫敦

康蕊君，《玫茵堂中國陶瓷》，倫敦，1994-2010年，卷4，編號1606

There are three long hairline cracks to the rim, two running along the joints between the sides and extending onto the bottom of the bowl, likely to be original to firing, another approx 8 cm. transversal and running down in a diagonal from the rim, a few minor imperfections and kiln grits in the glaze. The base is in good condition with only some expected minor imperfections and grits. The actual colours are quite close to the catalogue illustration.
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此類印花紋飾為龍泉窰青釉八角瓶的著名風格，印花圖樣多為神祇或花朵。飾此類印花紋之盌例十分罕見，童子嬉戲的圖樣亦然。

有幾乎一致唯尺寸略小作例，現藏廣州廣東省博物館，錄於朱伯謙，《陶瓷文物叢書．龍泉窰青瓷》，台北，1998年，編號195及《中國陶瓷全集》，上海，1999-2000年，卷10，圖版78。有一風格相仿之八角高足盌，露胎開光呈秋海棠狀，模印池鷺戲蓮圖，可見《Mostra d’Arte Cinese》，道奇宮，威尼斯，1954年，編號445。另有一件Eumorfopoulos珍藏八角梅瓶，開光露胎印飾八仙圖樣，現藏倫敦大英博物館，錄於 R.L. Hobson，《中國陶瓷簡史》，倫敦，1915年（再版紐約，1976年），圖版21，圖2。一件相仿台座售於洛杉磯蘇富比1980年6月5日，編號1352。