A BROWN-GLAZED FOLIATE-RIMMED DISH, LIAO TO EARLY SONG DYNASTY
China, 11th-12th century. Finely potted with flaring sides neatly divided into ten lobes supported on a short tapered circular foot, covered overall with a thin black-brown glaze, pooling at the edges and recesses, and stopping unevenly at the base to reveal the grayish-buff body.


Provenance
: R&G McPherson Antiques, London, United Kingdom, 2014. The private collection of Grahame Clarke, acquired from the above and thence by descent. Copies of the original description and invoice from R&G McPherson Antiques, each confirming the dating above, accompany this lot. Robert McPherson is an English dealer and highly regarded expert in Chinese ceramics, a committee member of the Oriental Ceramic Society, and on the board of ‘Asian Art in London’. Grahame Clarke (1940-2014) was a noted ceramic artist, influenced by pioneers of small-scale studio pottery such as Harry Davis, Bernard Leach, and Shoji Hamada. In 1974 he founded Highland Stoneware in Lochinver, Scotland. Driven by the historic and natural environment, his work combined the durable porcelain body, modeled on ancient century Chinese pottery, with a free hand-painted style inspired by Delftware blue-and-white decorations of the 16th and 17th centuries. His passion for ceramics led him to collect artifacts from all over the globe, but especially from China. Inspired by historic porcelain, Clarke’s work itself ended up in museums like the Victoria & Albert, exemplifying the modern movement of micro-kiln ceramic arts.

Condition
: Good condition, commensurate with age. Wear and firing flaws, including small firing cracks, spur marks, and glaze recesses. Few smoothened chips to the rim, one small chip to the foot. The rim with minor glaze touchups.

Weight: 148.2 g
Dimensions: Diameter 12 cm


Literature comparison:

Compare a closely related lobed dish in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, accession no. C29-2007. Also compare another closely related lobed dish in the Art Institute of Chicago, reference number 1964.1221. And another related dish illustrated in R. Krahl, Yuegutang, A Collection of Chinese Ceramics in Berlin, G+H Verlag, Berlin, 2000, p. 227, pl. 181.




遼至宋初蓮瓣口褐釉盤


中國，十一至十二世紀。十瓣蓮瓣口，淺圈足，薄黑褐色釉，邊緣和凹陷處有積釉，底部不平，露出灰黃色的胎。


來源：
英國倫敦R&G McPherson Antiques藝廊，2014年；Grahame Clarke私人收藏, 購於上述藝廊，保存至今。該拍品附有 R&G McPherson Antiques 的原始描述和發票副本，每份都確認了上述日期。 Robert McPherson 是一位英國經銷商、備受推崇的中國陶瓷專家、東方陶瓷學會的毫米級成員以及“倫敦亞洲藝術”的董事會成員。Grahame Clarke（1940-2014）是一位著名的陶瓷藝術家，受到 Harry Davis、Bernard Leach 和 Shoji Hamada 等陶藝風格的影響。1974 年，他在蘇格蘭洛欽弗創立了 Highland Stoneware。 在歷史和自然環境的推動下，他的作品將仿照中國古代陶器的耐用瓷體與受十六世紀和十七世紀代爾夫特青花裝飾啟發的自由手繪風格結合起來。他對陶瓷的熱情促使他收集來自世界各地的陶瓷，尤其是來自中國的文物。受到古物的啟發，Clarke的作品本身最終被收藏在維多利亞和阿爾伯特博物館等博物館。

品相：
品相良好，磨損和燒製缺陷，包括小的燒製裂紋、毛刺痕跡和釉面凹陷。邊緣局部有已經平滑的缺口，腳部有一小塊缺口。邊緣有輕微的釉面修飾。

重量：148.2 克
尺寸：直徑12 厘米


文獻比較：

比較一件非常相近的葵口盤，收藏於Fitzwilliam博物館，劍橋，館藏編號C29-2007。另一件非常相近的葵口盤， 收藏於芝加哥藝術館，館藏編號1964.1221。另一件相近的葵口盤， 見R. Krahl，Yuegutang，《A Collection of Chinese Ceramics in Berlin》，G+H Verlag，柏林，2000年，頁227，圖181。