明宣德 藍釉暗花雲龍紋撇口盤 《大明宣德年製》款

盤弧壁，撇口，圈足內斂，外壁及足壁施藍釉，近口沿處釉薄，微露胎白。盤心微陷，劃卷雲三朵，環添暗花游龍成雙逐珠。外底青花書二行六字雙圈楷款。

《Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection》，大英博物館， 倫敦，1994年

康蕊君，《玫茵堂中國陶瓷》，倫敦，1994-2010年，卷2，編號657

There is a stained firing crack of approx. 6 cm almost all covered with glaze inside the footring along the joint of the foot and the dish, with a short and much fainter associated body line which is only barely visible on the interior beneath the glaze. The base also has an original flaw to the double circles of the mark. Apart from a few tiny iron spots and some surface scratches, the overall condition of the dish is quite good. The actual colour of this is quite close to the catalogue illustration.
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以高溫燒成之藍釉盤，利用鈷料呈色，燒製難度雖不及銅紅，惟宣德一朝，類例甚罕。窰廠反而致力試燒利用吹釉法製成之低溫雪花藍器，然鮮有成功之例。

景德鎮官窰碎瓷堆出土一藍釉盤，載於《景德鎮出土明代御窰瓷器》，北京，2009年，圖版59，同書錄有一尺寸略大、直口之例，圖版60。

據錄，上海博物館藏二件類同祭藍釉盤，內作暗花雲紋，其中一盤圖見於陸明華，《上海博物館藏品研究大系：明代官窰瓷器》，上海，2007年，圖版3-46。一相似作例，盤內作暗花龍紋，署宣德劃款，存北京國家博物館，圖錄於《中國國家博物館館藏文物研究叢書：瓷器卷（明代）》，上海，2007年，圖版48。

一件宣德年製署款藍釉盤，尺寸略小，售於香港佳士得1993年12月2日，編號266；E.T. Hall 舊藏另有一例，則售於1996年11月3日，編號719。