元 吉州仿剔犀如意雲紋梅瓶

the rounded shoulders tapering gently to the foot, surmounted by a slightly waisted neck with lipped rim, covered overall in a rich dark brown glaze forming the ground for the 'guri lacquer' style motif picked out in a speckled buff tone, the design formed from upright ruyi heads enclosing tight scrolls above corresponding pendent ones

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Francisco Capelo等，《Forms of Pleasure. Chinese Ceramics from Burial to Daily Life》，倫敦，2009年，圖版54

This vase is in good condition except for a triangular area cut into the footrim (most likely for testing) and other minor chips to the footrim. There are three areas of inconsistency (concave areas) to the body to the centre to one side and smaller ones to the shoulder and middle of the other side. There is a light crackle and light scratches throughout.
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本品如意雲紋飾取材剔犀漆器，罩施光滑褐釉，以仿漆器觸感。相近紋飾，亦見於銀器作例，包括一蓋瓶例出土自四川省德陽縣孝泉鎮宋窖藏 ，現藏於四川省博物館，圖見《中國美術全集：工藝美術編，金銀玻璃琺瑯器》，卷10，北京，1987年，圖版99。

仿剔犀如意雲紋，常見於吉州盌例或較小型器例，例見一盌，圖見R. L. Hobson，《The George Eumorfopoulos Collection Catalogue of Chinese, Corean and Persian Pottery and Porcelain》，卷6，倫敦，1928年，圖版XV，編號F77；紐約大都藝術博物館亦收藏一例，載於Suzanne G. Valenstein，《A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics》，紐約，1989年，圖版113，唯此類紋飾鮮見於如本品之瓷瓶或較大瓷器。 可參考一較小梅瓶例，上作仿剔犀雲紋，江西清江（永和鎮吉州窰遺址附近）出土，現藏江西漳州市博物館，圖見葉佩蘭，《元代瓷器》，北京，1998年，圖版534，及《中國陶瓷全集》，卷10，上海， 2000年，圖版163。比較一梅瓶，曾展於《Song Chinese Ceramics. 10^th to 13^th Century》，卷三，Eskenazi，倫敦，2007年，編號20；紐約蘇富比亦曾售一例，2006年3月30日，編號33。

此外尚可參考四例，尺寸較小，載於Jan Wirgi，，《Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities》，編號34，斯德哥爾摩，1962年。波士頓美術博物館藏一執壺例，圖版5a、英國布里斯托City Art Gallery亦藏一盌例，圖版5b、倫敦大英博物館藏一罐例，圖版5c、以及中國藏一瓶例，圖版5d 。