明弘治 黄地青花「梔子花」圖盤 《大明弘治年製》款

the shallow rounded sides rising from a tapered foot to an everted rim, freely painted in shaded tones of cobalt reserved on a rich yellow ground, the interior with a slightly recessed medallion enclosing a leafy branch bearing two five-petalled gardenia blooms and a tightly closed bud, encircled on the cavetto by fruiting branches of pomegranate, grape, crab apple and a beribboned lotus bouquet, all between double-line borders, the underside with a continuous scroll of seven large blooming roses borne on a foliate stem, between double lines at the rim and foot, the convex base left white and inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character reign mark within double circles

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There is a 3 cm. hairline crack at 10 o'clock to the rim and another approx 2 cm. at 7 o'clock. There is another hairline crack on the cavetto across the grape nearby (approx 2.5 cm.), not reaching the rim but going through to the underside approx. 1 cm. There are some light scratches and wear to the surface glaze on the interior but otherwise the dish is in good condition.
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槴子花紋，以青花繪之，對比鮮明黃地，始作於宣德一朝，終至嘉靖，弘治年間尤盛。一近似弘治作例藏於北京故宮博物院，見《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集．青花釉裏紅（中）》，上海，2000年，圖版231；另一例為 Carl Kempe 珍藏，錄於《Oriental Ceramics: The World’s Great Collections》，東京、紐約、三藩市，1980-82年，卷8，圖版226；紐約大都會藝術博物館存一例，出處同上，卷11，彩圖16；大衛德爵士收藏還有一例，現存倫敦大英博物館，載於 Margaret Medley，《The Chinese Potter》，牛津，1976年，圖版168；玫茵堂典藏亦有一例，2011年4月7日售於香港蘇富比，編號57。

倫敦大英博物館藏有早期宣德、成化作例，參見 Jessica Harrison-Hall，《Ming Ceramics in the British Museum》，倫敦，2001年，圖版4:43、6:16。玫茵堂另有一正德及十分罕見之嘉靖作例，刊錄於康蕊君，《玫茵堂藏中國陶瓷》，倫敦，1994-2010年，卷2，圖版683及684，前者售於香港蘇富比2012年10月9日，編號43，後者見於《玫茵堂珍藏—重要中國御瓷選萃之五》專場，編號27。