清乾隆 白釉玲瓏透花蓮紋盌 《大清乾隆年製》款

薄胎，口微撇，弧壁，矮圈足。盌壁環飾蓮紋，見有盛放蓮花七朵，紋樣鏤空，以透明釉填充，成玲瓏透花之貌。釉面均淨乳白。足內署青花六字篆款。

《Evolution to Perfection. Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection》，Sporting d’Hiver，蒙地卡羅，1996年，編號160

康蕊君，《玫茵堂中國陶瓷》，倫敦，1994-2010 年，卷2，編號793

There are two small original body lines to the rim, a tiny pinhole near the foot, but overall the bowl is in very good condition. The actual colour of the bowl is much whiter comparing to the catalogue illustration.
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此類盌壁薄，飾以精工鏤雕穀粒紋，後填透明釉，燒製成蕾絲般高貴雅潔之質，西方稱為「grains-de-riz」工藝，意即米粒。Alfred F. Pillsbury 舊藏兩相似作例，現存明尼阿波利斯藝術學院，曾展於《Chinese Ceramics from the Prehistoric Period through Ch’ien Lung》，洛杉磯藝術博物館，洛杉磯，1952年，編號340。北京故宮博物院另藏有一同類白釉盌，圖飾更為簡約，錄於《故宮珍藏康雍乾瓷器圖錄》，香港，1989年，頁465，圖版147。台北國立故宮博物院也存一例，工藝相同，花紋略為簡潔，刊於 John Ayers 及佐藤雅彥編，《世界陶磁全集．卷15：清》，東京，1983 年，圖版280。台灣另藏相類瓷盌，卻只飾花頭，枝葉欠奉，展於《清代單色釉瓷器特展》，國立故宮博物院，台北，1981年，編號63。