明十五世紀中葉 龍泉青瓷劃花「山水人物」圖蓮花盌

盌厚壁，八瓣蓮花口，深弧腹，圈足。外沿劃通景人物山水圖，樹下崖邊，一人獨坐垂釣，遠望重山環水。盌心飾折枝牡丹，見於隨形蓮式框內。裏壁則劃八瓣開光，滿綴海水紋。口沿內外分別飾以捲草及幾何紋。通體施青釉，色如柳綠。

康蕊君，《玫茵堂中國陶瓷》，倫敦，1994-2010年，卷4，編號1610

The bowl is in good condition with only some light scratches, an iron spot and a few minor pinholes on the inside. The actual colour is less tinged with yellow comparing to the catalogue illustration.
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明初龍泉青瓷開始出現刻劃揮灑寫意之圖樣，多以當朝景德鎮青花為範本依據。繪山水畫者卻非常罕有，亦未見有飾相同圖樣之青花原例。類似的自然寫意風格，於空白期的青花瓷器上得見，唯多繪戶外風光，罕有山水景色。

大衛德爵士舊藏中有一件相似瓷盌，現存倫敦大英博物館，錄於《Oriental Ceramics. The World’s Great Collections》，東京、紐約、三藩市，1980-82 年，卷6，編號66。另一件藏北京故宮博物院，載於《龍泉青瓷》，北京，1966年，圖版59。尚有同器形繪山水畫之盌，盌內劃折枝花卉紋，現藏伊斯坦堡托普卡比宮殿博物館，錄於康蕊君，《Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum》，伊斯坦堡，John Ayers編，倫敦，1986年，卷 1，編號492。也可參考一件飾纏枝蓮花如意紋之器，售於紐約蘇富比1981年11月6日，編號243。