明萬曆 青花「瑞獸圖」盤 《大明萬曆年製》款

the shallow rounded sides supported on a straight foot, painted to the central medallion with mythical beasts amongst a river landscape, encircled by pacing dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls at the rim, the exterior with detached flowering and fruiting sprays, inscribed with a six-character Wanli mark within a double-circle

香港蘇富比1980年5月20日，編號48
東京佳士得1981年2月15日，編號340
倫敦蘇富比1982年6月16日，編號304

This dish is in good condition. There is some bubbling to the glaze at and below the rim. There is one crack and two small chips to the body under the glaze that are associated with the manufacture of this piece. There is some areas of crawling to the glaze to the exterior above the foot and two shallow firing cracks to the exterior base (1cm and 7cm).There is also some pin hole-sized burst bubbles to this area.
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本品屬一組稀有青花盤，均屬萬曆器並款，盤心之山水圖略異，內壁皆環飾趕珠游龍紋，外壁繪交替式花果紋。參見一尺寸較大之作例，盤心飾嬰戲圖，口沿內壁繪四條正面躍龍，先後為Clark及Palmer收藏，刊於Harry Garner爵士，《Oriental Blue and White》，倫敦，1973年，圖版53B。另一作例，盤心同飾嬰戲圖，售於香港蘇富比1989年11月14日，編號39。頌德堂收藏一相關作例，展於《爐火純青：嘉靖及萬曆官窯瓷器 》，香港大學美術博物館，香港，2010年，編號89。

此類青花盤亦見內壁繪龍鳳紋者，見於一作例，盤心繪漢代劉向《列仙傳》人物圖，外壁飾花果紋，如上述展覽編號90。另有二作例，其一售於香港佳士得2007年11月27日，編號1743，其二為靜觀堂故藏， 1998年9月16日售於紐約佳士得，編號366。