明初 龍泉青瓷折枝花卉紋棱口折沿大盤

the stoutly potted body with lobed rounded sides rising from a short tapered foot to a broad everted barbed rim, finely carved on the interior with a double-line medallion enclosing a large leafy blossoming tree peony, encircled in the lobed cavetto by panels of alternating floral sprigs, the wide barbed rim further incised with a floral band, the exterior carved with lingzhi sprays, applied overall with an attractive even olive-green glaze save for an unglazed ring under the base left in the biscuit and burnt orange during firing

（傳）自1657年始印度蒙兀兒帝國皇家收藏
Dr. Bellerby 收藏
倫敦蘇富比2002年11月13日，編號112

Apart from expected surface wear on the interior and a few scattered typical iron spots, the dish is in overall very good condition.
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十五世紀早期，龍泉窰為滿足中亞市場需求，大量製造青瓷，而此盤即為當時佳作。本品之尺寸及圖紋，與明初景德鎮製青花瓷相近。此類盤器大為盛行，以其厚實胎身及大器尺寸著稱。況復若盛以含有毒性之食物，據說其青釉會隨之變色，因而得名。

土耳其奧斯曼帝國蘇丹珍藏曾有一例，刊錄於康蕊君，《Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul》，卷1，倫敦，1986年，圖版235。另一例出自 J. Pierpont Morgan珍藏，1995年10月31日於香港蘇富比售出，編號348。也可參考盤心繪牡丹之例，如倫敦蘇富比2005年7月13日（編號195）售出之盤，其尺寸稍大。另一例原為 Mathias Komor 收藏，2001年9月20日售於紐約佳士得，編號122。

盤底波斯文款識，釋義此盤原為餽贈蒙兀兒帝國（1527-1707年）皇家之器，並指1657年11至12月間曾收錄皇家檔案。當時蒙兀兒帝國由醉心藝術之沙賈漢大帝（1628-1657年間在位）統治，他以興建泰姬瑪哈陵而聞名於世。