南宋 吉州窰剪紙貼花梅花紋盌

the deep gently curved sides rising from a short tapering foot to a slightly incurved rim, modelled with a ridge to the interior, resist-decorated with plum blossom florets reserved in dark brown against a yellowish-brown ground, the exterior with a dark brown glaze stopping short of the unglazed foot, revealing the light buff body

購於香港，1984年

There are several small repaired chips around the rim, together with a 3 cm wide glaze gap at the rim. There is a 1.3 cm kiln grit to the interior. There are scattered minute nicks around the foot rim. Overall with expected minor firing imperfections, consistent with age.
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