宋 青白釉人像一對

each bent over holding a basket of objects and possibly a marrow respectively, on a rounded base carved with diagonal fluting 

Eskenazi Ltd.，倫敦，1999年

Giuseppe Eskenazi 和 Hajni Elias，《A Dealer’s Hand. The Chinese Art World Through the Eyes of Giuseppe Eskenazi》，倫敦，2012年，圖版145

The figures are in good condition, but the one holding the marrow-shaped object has a chip to each end just above each hand and a chip to the reverse of it below the left hand. There are areas of degradation to the glaze most likely from being buried, especially to the head of the figure with the basket. There are two test drill holes to the underside of the base of one figure.
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本品造工精細，栩栩如生，籃中魚尾，人物神情等細節全皆刻劃入微。此類青白釉瓷像，曾出土於江西景德鎮湖田窰；參考一小兒人像例作，載於《柴窯與湖田窯：千年古窯解讀》，南寧，2004年，圖錄103；另一人物坐像，手捧壽桃，曾展於《景德鎮出土陶瓷展》，馮平山博物館，香港，1992年，圖版61。

參考數例，包括成對羅漢坐像，載於康蕊君，《玫茵堂中國陶瓷》，卷1，倫敦，1994年，圖版626及627；另見一觀音像，圖錄於Rose Kerr，《Song Through 21st Century Eyes. Yaozhou and Qingbai Ceramics》，德勒默爾，2009年, 圖錄 2-35；尚有一例，小兒捧桃人像，出自Ralph M. Chait及Evelyn Annenburg Hall收藏，售於紐約佳士得2006年3月29日，編號 89。