北宋至金 耀州青釉牡丹紋蓋罐

with a drum-form body rising from a flat base centred with a countersunk circular section, the exterior decorated around the foot with nine small 'floret' appliqués below a thin raised fillet, the cover similarly applied around the sides with nine small florets, the slightly domed top carved with a large peony bloom borne on a curling stem and wreathed by undulating foliage, the exterior applied overall save for the base with an unctuous sea-green celadon glaze pooling in the extremities and thinning along the raised edges

鴻禧美術館收藏，台北

史彬士（編纂），《中國歷代陶瓷選集》，鴻禧美術館，台北，1990年，編號37

The jar and cover are in outstanding condition, with just insignificant flakes to the biscuit of the inside of the rim.
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本品呈鼓形，或為圍棋盒。造形端正，花紋秀麗，釉色均勻，難得一見。耀州窰位於陝西省銅川市西南黃堡鎮；自五代起，耀州瓷以釉色淡青、刻花線條剛勁大氣著稱，其品質超卓，至北宋時盛極一時，成為中國一大窰系，產量甚豐。耀州瓷以批量燒製之盤、盌為大宗，偶見少量其它器形，世人識其罕稀，尤為惜賞。

蓋罐沿邊貼花仿鼓釘，相若例子主要見於出土殘片。其中一件出土蓋罐，品相頗佳，器形與紋飾與本品相近，惟器身加飾一圈卷草紋，刻花凹痕積釉處呈色較深，連同數顆棋子，載於《宋代耀州窰址》，北京，1998年，彩色圖版XI；同書錄有其它罐器殘片，與本品相類，或添刻花紋，圖版LXXXIX，圖1-3，及頁332，圖167: 1-12；另錄相似蓋例，或貼花、或刻花、或素紋，圖版XCIV，圖3-5，及頁346，圖172。

耀州窰遺址曾出土一罐，器身完好，列展於《耀州瓷精品》，大阪市立東洋陶瓷美術館，大阪，1997年，圖版76。同場展出一件小型版本，東京國立博物館藏，編號77，以及一件年代較晚作例，釉色偏黃，斷代金朝，出土自同一窰址，圖版89。

河南省禹州鈞台窰，以天藍釉鈞瓷見著，亦曾仿製此類蓋罐，或可解釋存世品質素不齊之由。可參考鈞台窰遺址出土一件小罐例，身飾錦紋，見《河南省博物館》，北京，1985年，圖版133。再有一件近例，刻卷草紋，刊於康蕊君，《玫茵堂藏中國陶瓷》，倫敦，1994-2010年，卷1，圖版422。養德堂也藏一例，釉色偏黃，刻花瓣圖案，售於紐約蘇富比2015年3月17日，編號62。