宋 磁州窰剔蓮花紋枕

of bean shape, the concave top carved through the layer of creamy-white slip to the buff ground with a ribbon-tied bouquet of lotus flowers and leaves, all enclosed within a double-line border, covered overall with a transparent glaze stopping short of the unglazed base, the front pierced with an air hole

萬野美術館，大阪
巴黎佳士得2003年11月19日，編號224

An approximately 14.5 cm diagonal body crack across the outer edge of the top right corner of the upper surface with two areas of associated chips, and a second faint diagonal crack measuring approximately 11.5 cm to right section of lotus leaf and flower. The glaze thinning at the rims and with two short rim cracks. Minor firing imperfections and surface wear.
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