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Vessels of this type are extremely rare and only one other 此類八方供器甚為罕見，僅知一相似鈞窰作例，可資比
related example covered in a Junyao glaze appears to have 較，屬大維德爵士雅蓄，現貯於大英博物館，倫敦，出
been published, from the Sir Percival David Collection, now 版於 S. Yorke Hardy，《Illustrated Catalogue of Tung,
in the British Museum, London. It is illustrated in S. Yorke Ju, Kuan, Chün, Kuang-tung & Glazed I-hsing Wares》
Hardy, Illustrated Catalogue of Tung, Ju, Kuan, Chün, Kuang- ，倫敦，1953年，圖版A51，於此，編者亦提及一類例，
tung & Glazed I-hsing Wares, London, 1953, pl. A51, where the 為 Grandidier 舊藏，現存巴黎吉美國立亞洲藝術博物
author mentions another similar example from the Grandidier 館。
Collection in the Musée Guimet, Paris.
論器形、飾樣，本品揉合不同風尚，卻又別具一格。此器
In its form and decoration this vessel is a curious mixture 形最早見於唐代瓷硯，側壁鏤空開光內飾佛塔龕內常見塑
of influences: while its general form appears to derive from 像，應乃故時佛具。
ceramic inkstones made from as early as the Tang dynasty,
the shaped apertures that reveal eight Buddhist figures, are 此類器形最早燒造於宋代陝西耀州窰，參見一宋代類例，
reminiscent of the niches seen in Buddhist pagodas. The 錄於《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集：兩宋瓷器（上）》，
Buddhist character of this piece suggests that it was probably 香港，1996年，圖版96。銅川縣黃堡鎮耀州窰遺址出土另
used in a Buddhist context. 一相類供器，載於《耀州窰》，西安，1992年，頁60下。

Vessels of this form were made as early as the Song dynasty
at the Yaozhou kilns in Shaanxi province, such as a piece
attributed to the Song period, illustrated in The Complete
Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Porcelain of
the Song Dynasty (I), Hong Kong, 1996, pl. 96; and another
recovered from the Yaozhou kiln complex Huangbaozhen,
Tongchuan county, illustrated in Yaozhou yao/ Yaozhou Kiln,
Xi’an, 1992, p. 60 bottom.

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