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PROPERTY FROM AN OLD ASIAN FAMILY COLLECTION 北宋
A RARE CARVED DINGYAO ‘PEONY’ WASHER 定窰白釉劃花折枝牡丹弦紋直口洗
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY
來源：
with flared sides rising from a flat base to a five-lobed rim,
carved on the interior with a leafy peony spray, the exterior John Sparks Ltd，倫敦
decorated with two raised bowstring bands, applied overall 埃斯卡納齊，倫敦，編號C1364（標籤）
with a transparent ivory-tinged glaze, metal-bound rim 定窰弦紋洗器形極為少見，平底，器壁平直，幾與底
18.1 cm, 7⅛ in.
部垂直相交。尺寸亦大，更是難能可貴。
PROVENANCE
北京故宮博物院藏一近例，出自清宮舊藏，尺寸較
John Sparks Ltd, London.
Eskenazi Ltd, London, ref. C1364 . 小，口沿亦為五瓣葵口，外壁綴二弦紋，劃花紋飾與
本品類同，刊於《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集．兩宋
HK$ 280,000-380,000 瓷器（上）》，香港，1996年，圖版84，此處並論此
US$ 35,700-48,500 造形、紋飾得景德鎮影青（青白）窰摹仿。故宮藏品
紋飾與本品極為相似，雖歸為芙蓉，觀其枝葉、花形
特徵，亦似傳統牡丹紋。
It is most unusual to find a washer of this shape, with flat
bottom and straight, almost vertical sides in Ding ware, and
the present piece is particularly remarkable for its large size. 上述定洗與另一件團龍紋弦紋洗，亦為北京故宮藏
品，同錄於《定瓷雅集：故宮博物院珍藏及出土定
A close comparison, however, from the Qing Court collection, 窰磁器薈萃》，故宮博物院，北京，2012年，圖版
is in the Palace Museum, Beijing, a smaller washer also of this 45、46。
five-lobed prunus shape, with two raised ribs on the outside
and with very similar incised decoration, illustrated in The
Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum:
Porcelain of the Song Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1996, vol. 1, pl. 84,
where it is noted that this shape and design were imitated by
the Jingdezhen kilns in yingqing (qingbai) ware. The flower
on the Beijing washer is described as hibiscus, but its bloom
and leaves, like those on the present piece, seem closer to
traditional depictions of the tree peony.
The Beijing washer is illustrated again, together with a second
washer of similar form in the Palace Museum, also smaller
size, without raised ribs and decorated with an incised dragon
medallion and key-fret borders; see Ding ci ya ji. Gugong
Bowuyuan zhencang ji chutu Dingyao ciqi huicui/Selection of
Ding Ware. The Palace Museum’s Collection and Archaeological
Excavation, Palace Museum, Beijing, 2012, pls 45 and 46.

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