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126 Compare a Five Dynasties dated Yueyao bowl and stand, with similar
A rare small Yueyao ‘lotus-bud’ carved slender lotus-petal decoration, excavated from the pagoda in the Yunyan
baluster jar and cover Temple, Huqiu Hill, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, in the Suzhou Museum,
Five Dynasties illustrated in Zhongguo mei shu fen lei quan ji: The Complete Works of
The exterior finely decorated with overlapping lotus petals of varying Chinese Ceramics Vol.6, Shanghai, 2000, no.209. See also a Yueyao
sizes, rising to a flat shoulder with four small loop handles, the flat water pot with similar decoration in the Shangyu Museum, and another
round cover surmounted with a small branch handle, covered overall in the Yiwu Museum, both are illustrated by Zhang Bai, Zhongguo
with a thin pale green glaze. chutu ciqi quanji 9: Zhejiang, Beijing, 2008, pls.166, 175. This form
14.5cm high (2). of decoration was popular and used at various kilns, including at
Longquan. A Longquan funerary vessel with similar lotus petals and
HK$400,000 - 600,000 incised details, in the Victoria and Albert Museum, is illustrated by
US$52,000 - 77,000 Rose Kerr, Song Dynasty Ceramics, London, 2004, p.21, no.13.
五代 越窯青釉刻蓮瓣紋蓋罐 瓶直口，平肩，肩往下收窄，平底，蓋以蓮藕為鈕，肩上有四貫系，
瓶身以仰覆蓮瓣紋為飾，層層疊疊，釉色青中帶灰，別緻優雅。
隨著佛教的繁盛，以蓮瓣紋為飾的器具應運而生，其他使用仰覆蓮瓣
紋裝飾的例子，可見上虞市博物館藏一件越窯青釉刻花蓋盂，以及
義烏市博物館藏另一件越窯蓋罐，見張柏主編，《中國出土瓷器全集
9：浙江》，北京，2008年，圖166及175。另見一件出土自蘇州虎丘
山雲岩寺的越窯刻蓮花紋盌及座，刊登於《中國美術分類全集：陶瓷
全集（6）唐、五代》，上海，2000年，編號209。此類仰覆蓮瓣也在
浙江龍泉窯上出現，維多利亞及阿伯特博物館藏一例，見Rose Kerr，
《Song Dynasty Ceramics》倫敦，2004年，頁21，圖13。
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