南宋 龍泉窰青釉蓮紋盌

the deep rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot , carved around the exterior with overlapping lotus leaves and covered ovarall with a soft even bluish-green glaze

Francisco Capelo收藏

Francisco Capelo等，《Forms of Pleasure. Chinese Ceramics from Burial to Daily Life》，倫敦，2009年，圖版64

This bowl is in good condition, but does have a 2mm diameter glaze crawl to the interior with associated glaze crackle. There is also other areas of glaze crackle to the interior and the exterior. There is also a small 1mm diameter glaze crawl to the exterior.
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一較大盌例，圖見康蕊君，《Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum》，卷1，倫敦，1994年，圖版539。作者論述，蓮紋盌製於宋元兩朝，為早期盌例製作從拉坯、刻花、施釉、窰燒均更為嚴謹細緻，本品即為其中佳例（見頁290），蓮紋刻畫較深，刀法利落，後期瓷器則視設計如簡單凸棱，於外層匆匆修飾完成。

倫敦蘇富比2004年6月9日，編號178曾售一較小作例；波士頓美術博物館現藏一例，出自George Debatz收藏，售於紐約佳士得1983年11月30日，編號337；尚有一例，Eugene Bernat 收藏，售於紐約蘇富比，1980年11月7日，編號145。再比兩例，其一載於《龍泉窰青瓷》，台北，1998年，另一例載於《龍泉青瓷》，北京，1966年，圖版28。