明正德 黄地青花梔子花盤 《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 six 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 four-character reign mark within double circles

John Sparks Ltd，倫敦，至1942年
Bluett & Sons Ltd，倫敦，1942年（£16:10）
R.H.R. Palmer 伉儷收藏，自1943年始（£35）
倫敦蘇富比1964年11月27日，編號62（£1,800）
羅傑琵金頓（1928-69年）收藏
茉琳琵金頓（1928-2011年）收藏

《Polychrome Porcelain of the Ming and Manchu Dynasties》，東方陶瓷學會，倫敦，1950年，編號109

Soame Jenyns，《Ming Pottery and Porcelain》，倫敦，1953年，圖版57A (ii)

It is in overall good condition except for scratches and light wear to the glaze, especially to the mouth rim and the interior well. Other general surface wear and characteristic firing imperfections such as stained pinholes to the mouth rim.
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梔子花紋樣，始作於宣德一朝，及至嘉靖而終，有黃地青花、青花、白地褐彩各飾。正德年間，瓷匠推陳出新，此類紋飾風格邃變。正德梔子花紋盤，尺寸較前朝小，盤心紋飾團簇緊密，內壁折枝花果也有改動，梔子花紋正上方綴以折枝蓮紋而非石榴，而海棠花則以壽桃紋代之。有別於前朝六字款，正德年款一般減為四字。試比較專場中一件弘治黃地青花梔子花紋盤（拍品編號2），同出自琵金頓伉儷收藏，兩朝造瓷風格差異，明顯可見。

北京故宮博物院藏一件正德年盤例，尺寸相近，可與本品成對，錄於《故宮博物院藏文物珍品大系．青花釉裏紅（中）》，上海，2000年，圖版233，同錄成化及弘治類例，圖版230及231。大英博物館藏兩例，紋飾相同，其中一件尺寸相近，另一件稍小，見 Jessica Harrison-Hall，《Ming Ceramics in the British Museum》，倫敦，2001年，圖版8:23及8:24。另見大英博物館大維德爵士舊藏一件較小盤例，載於 Soame Jenyns，《Ming Pottery and Porcelain》，修訂版，倫敦，1988年，彩圖版H，另載三件前朝黃地青花梔子花紋盤，圖版102-104。上海博物館又存一件正德類例，尺寸略小，紋飾相同，參考陸明華，《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。東京戶栗美術館也有藏例，圖見藤岡了一、長谷部樂爾編，《世界陶瓷全集》，卷14：明，東京，1976年，彩圖版171，售於香港蘇富比2013年10月8日，編號213。

一件於北京出土的梔子花紋盤，尺寸罕有地碩大，書六字正德年款，現藏北京首都博物館，錄於《中國陶瓷全集》，上海，1999-2000年， 卷13，圖版147。