金 定窰白釉印穿花祥鳳紋盤

the shallow rounded sides supported on a short neatly cut foot, crisply moulded to the interior with a central medallion enclosing two stylised floral blooms borne on meandering foliate scrolls, all encircled by a pair of phoenix in flight amongst similar floral scrolls, the details of the plumage meticulously picked out, encircled by a key-fret band just below the rim, covered overall in an ivory glaze pooling to characteristic teardrops on the exterior, the rim bound with silver

內藤，日本，1965年3月14日
Bluett & Sons Ltd，倫敦，1965年 (£225)
羅傑琵金頓(1928-69年)收藏， 自1965 (£350)

There is a 0.3 cm flake to the underside below the silver rim. As visible in the catalogue photo, there are typical firing imperfections and general surface wear to the dish.
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一相若盤例，藏於牛津阿什莫林博物館，錄於 Jan Wirgin 著，《Sung Ceramic Designs》，斯德哥爾摩，1970年，圖版85a；另一類例，無花卉紋飾，屬 Axel 及 Nora Lundgren 舊藏，現藏東亞博物館，斯德哥爾摩，載於Basil Gray著，《Sung Porcelain and Stoneware》，倫敦，1984年，圖版54。亦見兩類例。尺寸略大，售於倫敦佳士得，其一售於1982年12月13日，編號417，其二售於1986年12月8日，編號230。另有河北省曲陽縣出土一紋樣相似盌例，經修，錄《中國古瓷窰大系．中國定窰》，北京，2012年，圖版156。