北宋 青白釉刻牡丹紋帶蓋子母粉盒

of circular form, the gently domed cover carved with a leafy spray of peony, the interior opened to two flowerheads borne on curved leafy stems interspersed with three miniature cups and saucers, covered overall in a transparent greyish-bluish glaze, Japanese wood box

繭山龍泉堂，東京

《唐宋名品展》，日本陶磁協會（日本橋白木屋），東京，1964年，編號149

繭山龍泉堂，《龍泉集芳》，卷一，東京，1976年，圖版448

The cover has a 5cm., wide shallow chip to the rim with an associated 4cm., long hairline rim crack, a repaired 2.5cm., rim chip with an associated 3cm., hairline rim crack, the box has three repaired flange chips 2, 6 and 9cm., wide, two repairs, 5 and 7mm., wide to the rim of the smaller cylindrical vessel in the interior and loss to approximately 5cm., of one end of the flower branch and a small loss to the other end of the branch, a 12mm., wide shallow rim chip and light glaze scratching to box and cover.
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比較一盒例，器型相近，盒內同飾荷葉形小碗及花蕾，出土自江西德安縣劉氏墓（紀年1038），圖見於彭適凡，《宋元紀年青白瓷》，香港，1998年，圖版7；另一例見Captain and Mrs V. Bulkeley-Johnson收藏，曾展於東方陶瓷學會《The Arts of the Sung Dynasty》，1960年，編號217；另比一例，售於紐約佳士得1998年3月25日，編號161。