北宋哥窯菊瓣盤 Northern Song Dynasty Ge Kiln Chrysanthemum Petal Plate

盤通體作14瓣菊花形，弧腹，圈足。內、外及圈足內均施灰青色釉，釉面被「金絲鐵線」般開片紋所分割。足底無釉，露出黑色胎骨。 中國古代藝術家和陶瓷工匠在設計陶瓷造型時，善於從大自然動、植物中獲得靈感，蛙形、虎形、葵花形、菊花形等造型屢見不鮮。這件菊瓣式盤造型規整，青灰色釉素裹，交織如網的開片紋妙趣天成，堪稱古陶瓷模仿花朵造型的典範。

The plate is shaped like a 14-petal chrysanthemum flower, with a curved belly and a ring foot. The interior, exterior, and inside of the ring foot are all glazed in a grayish-blue color, with the glaze surface divided by crackle patterns resembling “golden threads and iron wires.” The unglazed base reveals a black body.

Ancient Chinese artists and ceramic craftsmen were adept at drawing inspiration from nature’s flora and fauna when designing ceramic forms. Shapes such as frogs, tigers, sunflowers, and chrysanthemums were commonly seen. This chrysanthemum petal plate is a prime example of such inspiration, with its precise form, elegantly covered in grayish-blue glaze, and naturally interwoven crackle patterns, making it a quintessential example of ancient ceramics mimicking floral shapes.