拍品 17
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元十四世紀初至中葉 青花模印「遊龍爭珠」圖高足盃

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8,500,000 - 10,000,000 HKD
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圓弧壁,侈口,高足外撇,有竹節凸棱。盃心繪青花折枝菊花,內壁模印四爪逐珠游龍成雙,一龍前方有「玉」字,口沿綴青花捲草紋一周。盃外另畫青花三爪行龍,張嘴欲噬火珠。圈足內無釉。

來源

山中商會(1940年1月, £ 38)
R.H.R. Palmer(1898-1970年)收藏(編號 539)
香港佳士得1989年1月17日,編號561
香港徐氏藝術館藏品(靜觀堂)
香港佳士得1996年11月3日,編號542

展覽

《歷代文物萃珍:敏求精舍三十週年紀念展》,香港,1990-91年,編號121

出版

Harry Garner 爵士,《Oriental Blue and White》,倫敦,1954年,圖版2A
E.E. Bluett,〈Chinese Works of Art in English Collections: The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. R.H.R. Palmer〉,第1部分,《Apollo》,1958年4月,頁160,圖VIII (c)
《徐氏藝術館》,香港,1991年,圖版57
康蕊君,《玫茵堂中國陶瓷》,倫敦,1994-2010年,卷4,編號1619

Condition

There is an old original minute 6 mm. flake in the glaze by the foot ring and another minute nick next to it. There are some pinholes and expected minor firing imperfections in the glaze, but overall the stemcup is in very good condition.
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拍品資料及來源

高足盃形,繪遊龍爭珠,龍體雄健,畫意率真,見於蒙元一代。類例罕見,相若瓷盃,有飾龍或鳳紋者,出土於內蒙古元代集寧路古城遺址,參考一龍紋高足盃,見陳永志編,《內蒙古集寧路古城遺址出土瓷器》,北京,2004年,圖版46,或三件鳳紋高足盃,見圖版42-4,亦有見數盃出土時整齊置於一甕罐內,參見頁12。前述之龍紋高足盃後入展於2009年北京首都博物館之《元青花》展覽,編號107,同展另一相類作例,則出土於安徽一處元代窖藏,見編號106。明洪武四年(1371)汪興祖墓出土物,也可資比對,該器現藏南京博物院,載於汪慶正,《青花釉裏紅》,香港,1993年,圖版33。

大英博物館另藏一例,錄於 Jessica Harrison-Hall,《Ming Ceramics in the British Museum》,倫敦,2001年,編號1:24。還有兩件相若器例,分別屬 O. Harriman 夫人及 Cunliffe 勛爵典藏,曾於1953-4年東方陶瓷學會假倫敦 The Arts Council Gallery 舉行之《Chinese Blue and White Porcelain: 14th to 19th Centuries》特展中展出,編號11及12。