漢 綠釉如意蓮瓣紋圓蓋盒

of circular form, the stepped domed cover set with a loop final and three raised struts, the raised central medallion incised with a stylised ruyi floral medallion, all encircled by incised overlapping lappets, the exterior unevenly applied with a glassy green glaze eroded to a rust-brown tone and revealing the buff-grey body in parts

繭山龍泉堂，東京

《中國美術5000年展》，大阪市立美術館，大阪，1966年，編號4-13
《中國美術展：漢代の美術》，大阪市立美術館，大阪，1974年，卷一，編號1-54
《特別展示 盒－東アジアのふたもの－》，和泉市久保惣記念美術館，大阪，1984年，編號7

小山冨士夫等，《世界陶磁全集：中國上代篇》，卷八，東京，1961年，編號15
繭山龍泉堂，《龍泉集芳》，卷一，東京，1976年，圖版47
佐藤雅彥，《中國陶磁史》，東京，1978年，圖版27

The box has two circa 4cm., wide crescent-shaped sections of repair to the rim, the cover is in good condition with the exception of some encrusted grit to the rim characteristic with burial.
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本盒出自成組綠釉瓷器，同綴幾何紋飾；北京故宮博物院收藏兩罐例及一三足爐例，同飾蓮瓣紋，載於《故宮博物院藏品大系 ： 陶瓷編 1 ： 新石器時代至漢代》，北京，2013年，圖版178、180及185；紐約大都會博物館收藏一瓶例，圖錄於Suzanne G. Valenstein，《 A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics》，紐約， 1989年， 圖版37，作者論述，此組瓷器製於中國最南端地區（見頁 4 3）。

本品盒蓋上飾花瓣紋，相近紋飾可見於漢墓出土漆及玉盒多例，包括安徽天長遺址出土一漆盒例，現藏安徽省博物館，圖見《中國漆器全集（3）：漢代》，福州，1998年，圖版232；另可參比一玉盒例，廣東象崗山出土，現為西漢南越王博物館藏，曾展於《The Search for Immortality. Song Treasures of Han China》，Fitzwilliam Museum，劍橋，2012年，編號165。