明永樂 甜白釉暗花八吉祥紋高足盌 《永樂年製》款

胎體纖薄，弧壁撇口，高足外侈。內壁暗花飾蓮托八吉祥紋，盌心劃二行四字篆款，框以暗花蓮瓣一周。通體施甜白釉，潤澤柔和。

《Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection》，大英博物館，倫敦，1994年
《Evolution to Perfection. Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection》，Sporting d’Hiver，蒙地卡羅， 1996年，編號107

康蕊君，《玫茵堂中國陶瓷》，倫敦，1994-2010年，卷2，編號652

There is a 2.2 cm. hairline crack and minute flake at the rim, otherwise the stembowl is in good condition.
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永樂一朝，書有年款之瓷器極為珍稀。御器年款，始用於永樂年間，署於鎏金佛造像與佛教祭典用瓷之上，如甜白或祭紅高足盌、白釉僧帽壺。永樂瓷上年款多作四字篆體，劉新源溯篆款為倣書家沈度之風所作，據知永樂帝對他甚為景仰，詳見展覽圖錄《景德鎮珠山出土永樂宣德官窰瓷器展覽》，香港藝術館，香港，1989年，頁40f、74f。

明官窰遺址碎瓷堆永樂初及晚期地層，曾出土為數頗多署款甜白釉高足盌殘片。但見年款均寫於盌內器心或裏壁，有劃花或暗花方式書款。例見窰址明初地層出土高足盌殘器及破瓷三片，皆展於《景德鎮出土明初官窰瓷器》，鴻禧美術館，台北，1996年，編號110及158-160。

大英博物館藏一永樂甜白釉高足盌，年款書於盌壁內，刊錄於 Jessica Harrison-Hall，《Ming Ceramics in the British Museum》，倫敦，2001年，編號3:1。