明嘉靖 剔彩麒麟紋盤 《大明嘉靖年製》款

of circular form with shallow everted sides supported on a ribbed tapered foot, finely carved in varied levels of relief revealing multiple layers of red, yellow, black and green lacquer, the interior with a qilin galloping above cragged rocks, bamboo shoots and a cluster of yellow lingzhi set between a large gnarled pine and a lush plantain, and a among three scattered auspicious items, its dragon head turned sharply to the left and its powerful scaly body issuing flames, all enclosed within a barbed frame reserved on a yellow and green border, the cavetto further decorated with two green and two ochre-yellow dragons striding among ruyi-shaped clouds within barbed panels alternating with ‘flaming pearl’, all reserved on a neatly carved yellow and red floral diaper ground below a thick ribbed rim, the underside with eight flowers, including hibiscus, chrysanthemum, peony and camellia arranged in pairs across the dish, each supporting one of the babao (‘Eight Treasures’) and wreathed in multi-coloured foliage, the base and the interior of the footring lacquered in black and inscribed in the centre with a six-character incised vertical reign mark with traces of gilt

《中國漆藝二千年》，香港東方陶瓷學會，香港中文大學文物館，香港，1993年，編號60
《疊彩：抱一齋藏中國漆器》，香港中文大學文物館，香港，2010年，編號50

There are a few expected age cracks around the dish, the longest approx 4 cm. across the cavetto (showing in the catalogue illustration) as well as vertical age cracks on the brown lacquered underside (all stabilized). There are some occasional dents or very minor touch up to the lacquer on the rim, but overall the dish is in very good condition.
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北京故宮博物院藏有相同的剔彩麒麟圓盤，見《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集‧元明漆器》，香港，2006年，頁173，圖131（圖一）。故宮例並沒有刻款，但雕琢同一麒麟及配襯紋飾。

剔彩工藝發展至嘉靖朝已有相當的成就。在器胎上髹不同顏色的彩漆至一定的厚度，工匠根據圖案色彩設計，將不用的色漆剔掉，露出所需要的漆色。此盤工匠用紅、黃、綠三色重複髹到一定的厚度，再剔紋飾，令紋飾充滿立體感。盤心菱形開光內剔奔騰的麒麟，盤內壁四組龍紋，顏色層次的配搭令紋飾更為突出逼真，具嘉靖雕漆的獨特風格。此盤無疑是私人收藏中最精美的作例之一。