A large blue and white 'dragon' bowl, Mark and period of Jiajing | 明嘉靖 青花雲龍趕珠紋大盌 《大明嘉靖年製》款

Collection of Nancy (1915-2005) and Ira M. (1912-2004) Koger.

Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York.

Sotheby’s New York, 20th March 2019, lot 504

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Nancy (1915-2005) 及 Ira M. (1912-2004) Koger 收藏

Ralph M. Chait Galleries，紐約

紐約蘇富比，2019年3月20日，編號504

John Ayers, Chinese Ceramics. The Koger Collection, London, 1985, pl. 57.

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John Ayers，《Chinese Ceramics. The Koger Collection》，倫敦，1985年，圖版57

Inaugural Exhibition of the Robert F. Reiff Gallery of Asian Art, Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury, Vermont, September 2005.

Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury, Vermont, February 2008.

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《Inaugural Exhibition of the Robert F. Reiff Gallery of Asian Art》，明德大學藝術博物館，米德爾堡，佛蒙特州，2005年9月

明德大學藝術博物館，米德爾堡，佛蒙特州，2008年2月

Bowls of this size and imperial design are exceedingly rare. Compare a closely related bowl from the collection of Ichiro Hayashibara, sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 9th October 2012, lot 3063; another decorated with a similar motif but of smaller proportions and Wanli mark and period, in the Shanghai Museum, included in Mingdai guanyao ciqi, Shanghai, 2007, pl. 1-84; another related Jiajing dragon bowl of comparable size and form, decorated with dragons among lotus scrolls above a ruyi band sold four times at Christie’s, most recently in London, 11th July 2006, lot 117; and another slightly smaller example with dragons and lotuses above a band of formal lappets, sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 4th April 2012, lot 3161.

Bowls of this voluptuous form and size are also attested decorated with other auspicious imperial designs. Compare another blue-and-white Jiajing example of this form and size decorated with phoenixes and flower scrolls above a ruyi band, preserved in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red, vol. II, Hong Kong, 2000, pl. 142.

此件青花盌尺寸宏碩，御用設計，十分罕見。可參考一例風格相近之器，原為林原一郎舊藏，後於2012年10月9日售於香港蘇富比，編號3063。另見一件萬曆款青花雲龍趕珠紋盌，雖尺寸略小，現藏於上海博物館，著錄於《明代官窯瓷器》，上海，2007年，圖版1-84。

亦可比較一件形式與尺寸相近之嘉靖朝龍紋盌，器身飾龍穿纏枝蓮花，下緣飾以如意頭邊飾，曾數度於佳士得拍場出現，最近一次為2006年7月11日倫敦佳士得，編號117。另見一例略小之嘉靖青花盌，飾龍穿蓮紋，足部下飾變形蓮瓣紋，售於香港蘇富比，2012年4月4日，編號3161。

此外，亦可參考一例相同器形與尺寸，惟飾其他吉祥紋飾之嘉靖青花大盌，其盌壁繪鳳穿花卉纏枝紋，足下飾如意頭邊飾，現藏北京故宮博物院，著錄於《故宮博物院藏文物珍品大系．青花釉裡紅（下）》，香港，2000年，圖版142。