北宋 磁州窰白地剔黑彩牡丹紋盤口瓶

the rounded sides rising from a spreading foot to a tall cylindrical neck and everted rim, freely carved through the layer of brown slip to the ivory layer beneath with three large peony blooms borne on a meandering leafy scroll, all above a lappet band at the base, covered in a transparent glaze

Joseph Homberg 收藏
倫敦蘇富比1949年7月19日，編號16

There is a ca. 12cm long area of repair to the rim where it has broken in to two pieces. There is also a small chip and associated crack near to this area and a ca. 26cm crack running down the body below this which is filled from the shoulders downwards. There is also a faint crack running through the foot rim and crazing to the glaze in various areas of the body.
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縱觀中國北方磁州窰出品，以此類黑白二色雙層化妝土剔花器見著。磁州窰白地剔黑彩製法獨特，素胎先敷化妝土，再以黑彩勾勒紋飾，剔去黑彩，展現白淨化妝土，再施透明釉燒成。磁州窰剔花線條奔放，配以黑白色調，彷如書畫逸品，如此精美瓷器，備受文人墨客青睞。

比較三款同造型稍小例，纏枝牡丹紋相似，售於倫敦蘇富比，其一出自William C. Alexander 收藏及艾弗瑞 · 克拉克收藏，1975年3月25日，編號14，現藏於東京松岡美術館，其二售於1956年7月3日，編號17，其三售於1992年6月9日，編號135。