明永樂 青花纏枝花卉紋菱口盤

very finely potted with shallow rounded sides divided into twelve bracket foliations, rising from a short tapered foot to a barbed everted rim, deftly and richly painted in shades of cobalt blue with a central lotus bloom to the interior, shown en face surrounded by blooms of camellia, lotus, chrysanthemum, mallow and pink, all wreathed by interlocked meandering stems within a barbed line border, further encircled around the sides by detached sprays of peony, chrysanthemum, pomegranate, hibiscus, morning glory and lotus, each repeated twice and paired across the dish, all framed by a border of cresting waves emitting white foam within double-lines at the rim, the exterior painted with similar detached floral sprays within double-line borders, the base and footring left unglazed

倫敦蘇富比1987年12月15日，編號144

In excellent general condition, with only some very light surface wear and firing imperfections. The blue of a slightly darker tone than as shown in catalogue illustration.
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本品青花纏枝花卉紋菱口盤，紋飾清朗，製工精細。此類盤，始創於元，多作出口，繼燒於永樂一朝，可見永樂皇帝對官瓷出口頗為鼓勵。故此，今此類青花器大多見於伊朗薩非王朝及土耳其鄂圖曼帝國御藏。然永樂一朝，朝廷對青花瓷出口管控甚嚴，其大多皆隨鄭和船隊出使海外。鄭和於永樂年間六下西洋，遠至東非，沿途賞賜諸國，並互通貿易，促使永樂青花瓷器傳播。相類青花盤瓷片，曾出土於景德鎮中華路永樂堆積層，臨近洪武堆積層，故此可斷，此類盤應製於永樂初期。

十四世紀青花器多飾纏枝花卉，紋飾連綿繁縟，至十五世紀初，匠工大膽創新，打破前朝紋飾繁重特點，以獨立花卉飾瓷，更添一分清雅。如見此盤，內壁飾十二折枝花卉，共兩組，相同花類，落角相對，遙相呼應，每枝花卉以捲葉環繞，清暢婉約，為永樂青花之經典。

見一相類盤例，藏伊斯坦堡托普卡比宮殿博物館，載於康蕊君，《Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul》，倫敦，1986年，卷II，圖版601；另一例屬大維德爵士收藏，現藏大英博物館，倫敦，錄《Oriental Ceramics. The World’s Great Collections》，東京，1982年，卷6，圖版76；一例藏台北國立故宮博物院，錄《明代早期瓷器特展》，國立故宮博物院，台北，1982年，編號38；第四例載《龍泉集芳：創業七十周年記念》，東京，1976年，卷1，圖版753。另見相類紋飾盤，兩例藏東亞博物館，斯德哥爾摩，載 Jan Wirgin，《Chinese Ceramics from the Axel and Nora Lundgren Bequest》，斯德哥爾摩，1978年，圖版27，編號25；另一例寶蓄 Mottahedeh 收藏，載 Michael Howard 及 John Ayers，《China for the West. Chinese Porcelain and Other Decorative Arts for Export》，紐約，1978年，卷1，頁12，售紐約蘇富比1976年3月20日，編號113，繼售2000年9月20日，編號105；第三例售香港蘇富比2013年4月8日，編號3018。