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Combining rare form, delicate decoration, and most importantly guan 盤花口，斜直腹，平底，內壁瀝粉作十二瓣花形，內底中心淺浮雕飾柿蒂紋
(official) marks, this pair of square dishes represents the finest Ding wares 接四角之花葉紋。裏外施白釉，足底無釉，刻「官」字款。
produced in the 10th century and appears to be unique. During the late
Tang to Five Dynasties period, Ding replaced Xing ware as the producer
of the finest white ceramics. It was during this period that Ding wares 此對定窯花口方盤造型別致，紋飾秀麗，是五代至北宋初年間定窯極精之
began receiving the long-lasting patronage from the imperial court. 作，兩盤俱署「官」字款，成對保存更是鳳毛麟角，似為孤例。晚唐五代時
According to the ceramic scholar Quan Kuishan, the character guan on 期，定窯取代邢窯成為首屈一指的白瓷窯口，相應而來的是宮廷對定窯長達
Ding wares refers to the Taiguanshu under the Guanglusi, which was 三百餘年的青睞。據陶瓷史學者權奎山研究，定窯瓷器上的「官」字刻款指
the Ministry of Imperial Household responsible for dietary and beverage
supplies at court, see Quan Kuishan, ‘Tang Wudai shiqi dingyao chutan’, 代官府機構光祿寺下屬的太官署，「官」字款瓷器為太官署的定燒瓷，見權
Palace Museum Journal, 2008, no. 4, p. 50. Lu Minghua from the Shanghai 奎山〈唐五代時期定窯初探〉，《故宮博物院院刊》，第四期，2008年，頁50
Museum found in the Quyang xianzhi (Gazette of Quyang County) a 。另據上海博物館陸明華介紹，《曲陽縣志》中記載後周顯德四年的一通碑
record of Feng Ao, one of the donors of a stele erected in the 4th year of 記上有「使押衙銀青光祿大夫檢校太子賓客殿中使御史充龍泉鎮使鈐轄瓷
Xiande era of the Later Zhou dynasty (AD 957). Among Feng Ao’s various
titles, there is one requiring him to supervise the taxations of ceramics. 窯商稅務使馮翱」之內容。由這位從三品高階官員充任的瓷窯商稅務使一
Lu Minghua argued that given the rank of Feng Ao, he was probably 職當兼有為官方督陶之使命，見陸明華，〈邢窯「盈」字及定窯「易定」考〉，
also responsible for supervising ceramic production for the court, see Lu 《上海博物館集刊》，第四期，1987年，頁261。因而本對定窯「官」字款花
Minghua, ‘Identification of Characters “盈” (ying) on the Xing Ware and “昜 口方盤是由官方定燒並督造的貢瓷。
定” (yiding) on the Ding Ware’, The Bulletin of the Shanghai Museum, vol. 4,
1987, p. 261. As such, it is possible that the guan-marked Ding wares were
commissioned by the Taiguanshu and produced under the supervision of 花口方盤的器形源於金銀器，其採用的瀝粉裝飾亦忠實地模仿了金銀器上
court officials. 錘碟浮雕紋飾效果。河北曲陽縣定窯遺址出土有一件定窯花口方盤的殘片，
內底飾對蝶紋，無款，載於故宮博物院編，《定瓷雅集-故宮博物院珍藏及
The form of the present dishes is made to imitate gold and silver wares 出土定窯瓷器薈萃》，北京，2012，頁68-9，編號20（圖一）。河北文物研究
and the slip decorations are also reminiscent of high relief repoussé
decoration on gold and silver wares. A shard of Ding square dish of similar 所藏有一對同類的花口方盤，內底飾牡丹紋，無款，載於《中國出土瓷器全
form but decorated with a pair of confronted butterflies and without a 集：天津、遼寧、吉林、黑龍江》，第二冊，北京，2008年，編號11。帶「官」
mark was found in Ding kiln sites and included in Selection of Ding Ware- 字款的定窯器物多為圓形盌、盤，例如國立故宮博物院藏一件「官」款雙脊
the Palace Museum’s Collection and Archaeological Excavation, Beijing, 瓣花式盌，載於蔡玫芬，《定州花瓷-院藏定窯系白瓷特展》，台北，2014
2012, pp.68-9, no. 20. (fig. 1) A pair of Ding foliate-rim square dishes 年，頁37，編號I-18（圖二），浙江省博物館藏一件「官」款雙脊瓣花口盤，
decorated with peony motif is in the Hebei Institute of Cultural Relics,
illustrated in Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji (Complete Collection of Ceramic 載於《中國出土瓷器全集：浙江》，第9冊，北京，2008年，編號106，以及
Art Unearthed in China): Tianjin, Liaoning, vol. 2, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Beijing, 遼寧省博物館藏一件「官」款盌，載於《中國陶瓷全集：定窯》，第9冊，京
2008, no. 11. The majority of guan-marked Ding wares are rounded 都，1981年，編號17。
bowls or dishes, such as a guan-marked foliate bowl in the National
Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated by Tsai Meifen, Decorated Porcelains
of Dingzhou: White Ding Wares from the Collection of the National Palace
Museum, Taipei, 2014, p. 37, no. I-18 (fig. 2), a guan-marked foliate-rim
dish in the Zhejiang Provincial Museum, illustrated in Zhongguo chutu ciqi
quanji (Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China): Zhejiang,
vol. 9, Beijing, 2008, no. 106, and a guan-marked bowl in the Liaoning
Provincial Museum, illustrated in Zhongguo taoci quanji, Dingyao, vol. 9,
Kyoto, 1981, no. 17.

fig. 1 Collection of the Hebei Institute of Cultural Relics fig. 2 Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing
圖一 河北省文物研究所藏品 圖二 北京故宮博物院藏品

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