明萬曆 錦地剔彩雕漆「賀壽」圖盤 《大明萬曆年製》款

of circular form, finely carved in varied levels of relief through the layers of rich cinnabar lacquer to the green and ochre yellow ground with a central medallion enclosing Shoulao riding on his companion deer surrounded by three attendants, one greeting his arrival, the other following the immortal while clutching a peach sprig and holding a pole suspending a double gourd, the third dressed in a long-sleeved robe dancing near a standing phoenix, all against a floral diaper foreground laden with jagged rocks, below a gnarled pine overhanging the roof of a pavilion emerging from thick billows of clouds, the ochre-yellow sky incised with leiwen, the cavetto encircled with four dragons striding in pursuit of a 'flaming pearl' among ruyi-shaped clouds, the reverse with a scroll of hibiscus borne on a continuous leafy stem against an ochre-yellow ground, the base lacquered in red and incised with a six-character gilt vertical reign mark

倫敦佳士得1970年6月29日，編號43
倫敦蘇富比1974年4月1/2日，編號120

There are several typical age cracks issuing from the rim. There are some chips with light touch up to the footring. Apart from this the dish is in overall very good condition.
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一件類同萬曆年製漆盤，亦署萬曆年款，飾賢者與三侍僕，現藏蘇格蘭國家博物館，刊錄於胡世昌及 Jane Wilkinson，《Chinese Lacquer》，愛丁堡，1998年，頁46，圖版21，此處作者提及萬曆御製漆器，共有三類描金刻款：此件拍品之底心六字竪款，屬早期漆作，作於萬曆十一年（1583）之前，遵循前朝嘉靖及隆慶時期風格，晚期年款，則作干支紀年八字款，見有直書，或更常見為橫書於器底上沿。

巧妙運用層疊色漆，雕作趣意橫生之景象圖紋，色彩多樣，屬萬曆初期雕漆特點，緊循嘉靖時期剔彩雕漆風格。參考一件嘉靖年製款漆盤，作貨郎圖，周繞八童在旁嬉戲，盤壁亦雕龍紋，五爪俱在，藏於北京故宮，載於王世襄，《中國古代漆器》，北京，1987年，圖版63。

此漆盤也展露漆藝與其他媒材之工藝間的緊密連繫。試比較一件尺寸略大之五彩瓷盤，繪相似山水壽星圖紋，周繞八仙，盤壁作如意雲頭托壽字紋，售於香港蘇富比1999年4月27日，編號414。