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A WHITE-GLAZED MOULDED ‘BOYS’ BOWL

JIN DYNASTY (1115-1234)

The bowl has shallow rounded sides and is covered overall with a creamy-white glaze. The centre is
moulded with peonies below the cavetto which is crisply moulded with a broad band of floral sprays
interspersed with boys at play and a band of clouds to the mouth rim.

7 º in. (18.3 cm.) diam., box

HK$120,000-180,000 US$16,000-23,000

The moulded design on the current bowl is particularly crisp and elegant. Compare to a related (base 底部)
bowl of slightly deeper form and moulded with similar motifs in the same level of refinement,
illustrated in Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 3 (II), London, 2006, p. 451, pl.
1451, where it is dated to the Jin dynasty and described as possibly from the Jiexiu kilns, Shanxi
province. For further discussion on the Jiexiu kilns, see the exhibition catalogue Sanjin yaohuo:
Zhongguo gudai Shanxi taoci tezhan, Beijing, 2013.

金 白釉印花嬰戲牡丹圖盌

此盌上的印花裝飾工整素雅，刀法剛勁有力，盌上刻劃的的嬰戲花卉立體感強。由此亦可見該盌
白釉印花裝飾工藝水平之精。另有一類似印花之金代白釉盌，載於《中國陶瓷》，第3冊(下)，倫
敦，2006年，451頁，圖版1451號，作者將之定年為金代，並認為其或來自山西介休窯口。有關介
休窯的相關資料，可參考《三晉窯火：中國古代山西陶瓷特展》，北京，2013年。

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