A rare Kinrande red-ground underglaze-blue 'dragon' bowl, Mark and period of Jiajing 明嘉靖 金襴手紅地青花螭龍紋盌 《大明嘉靖年製》款

The present bowl belongs to a group of colour-ground kinrande wares made for export to the Japanese market for use in their tea ceremonies. Jiajing-marked bowls of this design are very rare. A related example decorated with peaches is illustrated in Mayuyama, Seventy Years, Volume One, Mayuyama & Co. Ltd., Tokyo, 1976, p. 280, no. 839. Compare also another example from the Percival David Foundation collection, now in the British Museum, London, decorated with underglaze-blue cartouches of cranes against a red ground, collection no. PDF.770 (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_PDF-770).


明代嘉靖年間，見大量金襴手瓷器燒造以供日本市場茶席之用，本品當屬一例。參見一桃紋例，錄於《龍泉集芳》，卷1，繭山龍泉堂，東京，1976年，第71頁，編號839。同可比較大維德基金收藏一例，現存倫敦大英博物館，飾紅地開光青花鶴紋，藏品編號 PDF.770（https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_PDF-770）。