元青花鬼谷子下山圖罐，元代青花瓷器，主體紋飾為“鬼谷子下山圖”，描述了孫臏的師傅鬼谷子在齊國使節蘇代的再三請求下，答應下山搭救被燕國陷陣的齊國名將孫臏和獨孤陳的故事。
yuan blue and white devil valley down the map pot, yuan dynasty blue and white porcelain, the main decoration for "devil valley down the map", describes the master sun bin in the qi envoy su dai repeated requests, promised to save the fall of yan general sun bin and dugu Chen's story.
此罐使用進口鈷料繪出的青花紋飾共分四層，第一層頸部：飾水波紋；第二層肩部：飾纏枝牡丹；第三層腹部：為“鬼谷子下山”主題紋飾；第四層下部：為變形蓮瓣紋內繪琛寶，俗稱“八大碼”。
The blue and white pattern painted with imported cobalt material is divided into four layers. Second layer shoulder: decorated branch peony; The third layer of abdomen: "guizi down the mountain" theme decoration; The lower part of the fourth layer: for the deformation of lotus petal grain painting treasure, commonly known as "eight yards".
鬼谷子端坐在一虎一豹拉的車中，身體微微前傾，神態自若，超凡如仙，表現出他運籌帷幄之中、決勝千里之外的神態。車前兩個步卒手持長矛開道，一位青年將軍英姿勃發，縱馬而行，手擎戰旗，上書“鬼谷”二字，蘇代騎馬殿后。一行人與山色樹石構成了一幅壯觀而又優美的山水人物畫卷。整個青花紋飾呈色濃艷，畫面飽滿，疏密有致，主次分明，渾然一體。人物刻畫流暢自然，神韻十足，山石皴染酣暢淋漓，筆筆精到，十分完美，
guizi sitting in a tiger and a leopard pull the car, the body slightly forward, demeanor poised, extraordinary as fairy, showing his masterful strategy, decisive thousands of miles away from the expression. In front of the vehicle, two soldiers holding a spear to open the way, a young general bearing a brave face, longitudinal horse and go, holding a battle flag, on the book "ghost valley" two words, su dai riding rear. A group of people and mountain tree stone constitute a spectacular and beautiful landscape picture. The whole blue and white decoration is rich and colorful color, full picture, density has sent, the primary and secondary clear, one integrated mass. The portrayal of the characters is smooth and natural, full of verve, and the rocks are textured with exquisite and perfect brushwork.
罐上圖案栩栩如生，畫工細膩，出自畫家而非工匠之手，這使得瓷罐非普通的青花瓷可比。該罐上所繪場景出自元代著名劇作家王仲文雜劇《孟月梅寫恨錦香亭》，表現了唐玄宗時期才子佳人陳圭與孟月梅曲折的愛情故事。元青花瓷器的裝飾紋飾大多為牡丹、竹梅，龍紋、蓮紋、花鳥等，因此，青花瓷器上歷史人物故事的出現，就顯得更為珍貴。
The lifelike design and exquisite painting, done by a painter rather than a craftsman, make the pot more than ordinary blue and white porcelain. The scene painted on the jar is from the drama meng yuemei wrote hate jin xiang pavilion by wang zhongwen, a famous playwright of the yuan dynasty. The decorative patterns of blue and white porcelain in yuan dynasty are mostly peony, bamboo plum, dragon pattern, lotus pattern, flower and bird, etc. Therefore, the appearance of historical figures in blue and white porcelain is more precious.
據悉，和此罐一樣繪以人物故事的同類青花古董傳世者僅有八件。罐頸上畫的波浪紋可以在其他六件上看到，都被大衛得基金會收藏。八件珍寶中有三件肩上畫有纏枝蓮紋，包括此件。波士頓博物館所藏罐肩上及足部均未加紋帶。此罐是八件古董中唯一一件足部蓮瓣內繪有吉祥紋的，和大衛得基金會收藏的青花瓶很相似，其余六件蓮瓣內均含下垂如意紋。
It is reported that there are only eight pieces of the same kind of blue and white antique painted with character stories. The wavy pattern on the neck of the pot can be seen on the other six pieces, all collected by the David's foundation. Three of the eight treasures, including this one, were painted with knotted lotus lines on their shoulders. The POTS in the Boston museum are unbanded on the shoulders and feet. The jar is the only one of the eight pieces with auspicious markings on the foot petal, similar to the blue and white vase in the David's foundation collection. The other six pieces all contain drooping ruyi marks.
罐上的裝飾很大程度上受到了版畫影響，而且還沒有任何其他瓷器上繪有同樣的場景。這樣，瓷罐具備了藏家看中的“所有品質”，燒造的青花花色漂亮，畫工精湛，在世界上數一數二，具有很高的收藏價值。
The decorations on the POTS are heavily influenced by prints, and no other piece of porcelain shows the same scene. In this way, the porcelain pot has a collector's eye "all quality", the blue and white design and color of the fire is beautiful, exquisite painting, in the world, with a high collection value.
