明正德 黃地青花槴子花紋盤 《大明正德年製》款

the shallow rounded sides rising from a slightly tapered foot, freely painted on the interior in shaded tones of cobalt with a leafy branch bearing two five-petalled gardenia blooms and a tightly closed bud, encircled on the cavetto by fruiting branches of pomegranate, grape, peach and a beribboned lotus bouquet, all between double-line borders, the underside with a continuous floral scroll of large blooming roses borne on a foliate stem, between double lines at the rim and foot, all reserved on a deep yellow-enamel ground, save for a white base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character reign mark within double circles

倫敦蘇富比1963年5月7日，編號53
戶栗美術館藏品，東京
倫敦蘇富比2004年6月9日，編號40

《染付の美》，戶栗美術館，東京，1988年，編號14

藤岡了一、長谷部樂爾，《世界陶磁全集》，卷14，東京，1976年，彩圖171
《中国陶磁名品圖錄》，東京，1988年，編號93

The mouth has a 1.3 cm hairline crack above the grapes. The rim has a four other hairline cracks (max. 1.5 cm), which are only visible on the interior and do not pass through to the exterior. Apart from some surface scratches and minor wear to the enamel, the overall condition is quite good.
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飾此紋樣之正德瓷盤，有四或六字年款作例。大英博物館藏品中，各有一例，皆錄於 Jessica Harrison-Hall，《Ming Ceramics in the British Museum》，倫敦，2001年，圖版8:23及24。另一相似署六字款識之盤，為上海博物館所藏，載於陸明華，《上海博物館藏品研究大系：明代官窰瓷器》，上海，2007 年，圖版1-41。尚有四字落款作例，現藏北京故宮博物院，錄於《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集．青花釉裏紅（中）》，上海，2000年，圖版233，亦有成化及弘治雛本，見圖版230及231。此類梔子紋盤圖樣雖大同小異，但從正德之作可見，盌內壁折枝花果紋之分布可有不同變化。