清雍正 青花礬紅水波雲龍紋折沿大盤 《大清雍正年製》款

sturdily potted with curved sides rising from a tapered foot to a wide everted rim, the interior painted with a central medallion enclosing an iron-red five-clawed frontal dragon curled around a flaming pearl amidst a turbulent sea of underglaze-blue waves, the cavetto on both the interior and exterior with four rampant red dragons in different lively attitudes, two of them five-clawed and two three-clawed and one of the latter with wings and a fish tail and only one eye visible, all pacing among blue clouds, the rim encircled by a band of crashing waves, inscribed to the base with a six-character reign mark within a double-circle

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The dish was broken into five pieces. It has now been repaired with the cracks still visible under the naked eye. There are large areas of overspray, possibly also concealing associated rim chips. The base is oversprayed, with the mark painted over. There are some chips to the foot, the largest measuring 0.7x0.4cm. The central interior has a 0.2x0.1cm area of paint loss (under the glaze) to the lower left of the dragon tail. Minor glaze firing imperfections such as iron spots and burst glaze bubbles.
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此盤尺寸碩巨，圖案雄偉，氣勢恢弘。相類器常用於宮廷御宴及特定皇室慶典，如著名的「千叟宴」，帝王廣邀皇親國戚、前朝老臣、及自民間奉詔進京老人，數以千計，出席盛宴，場面浩大空前，恩隆禮洽，萬古未有。滿族宴請風俗承襲蒙藏饗食傳統，淵源可溯。

一件紋飾、大小相若之清雍正青花礬紅水波雲龍紋盤例，藏於北京故宮博物院，刊於《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集．青花釉裏紅》，卷三，香港，2000年，圖版223。另見一例，為東京靜嘉堂文庫所藏，載於《靜嘉堂藏清朝陶磁‧景德鎮官窯の美》，靜嘉堂文庫，東京，2006年，編號53。相類器亦見於玫茵堂收藏，錄於康蕊君，《玫茵堂中國陶瓷》，倫敦，1994-2010年，卷4，編號1723。同可比較一雍正盤例，三度現身蘇富比拍賣場，先售於倫敦1995年，後兩度於香港蘇富比易手，分別為2005年及2012年10月9日，編號125，出自張永珍博士典藏。另一例售於倫敦蘇富比1994年12月6日，編號179。尚有一例，略有磨口，售於倫敦佳士得1978年4月10日，編號49。

此盤紋飾仿摹明初樣式，雍正皇帝嘗遣送清宮所藏古董瓷珍至景德鎮以資效仿。本品所繪龍紋，原型為明宣德年製龍紋盤，器心繪側面五爪龍，升騰於波濤之上，盤壁飾三龍游弋雲中。一件明宣德青花鬧潮龍紋窩盤例，於珠山明御器廠遺址出土，可資比對，錄於《景德鎮出土明宣德官窰瓷器》，鴻禧美術館，台北，1998年，編號87。

雍正一朝藝匠，製器嫻熟精準，巧手創思，成功將小器樣式轉用於大器之上。此盤所飾新穎元素，兼容相合，整體和諧天成，全然不覺稀疏空蕩或擁塞逼簇，天真率意，展現紋樣精髓。其盤心龍紋由側身變為正向，翻騰巨浪不再遮掩龍體，凸顯其矯健霸氣。施彩礬紅，藉以增強游龍與鈷藍海水捲雲之視覺反差，且更顯祥瑞。藝匠技藝精卓，盤沿巧飾波濤海水紋帶一道，使不同飾紋元素之間更具凝聚力；對比明代小盤佈局構圖，如斯安排與碩大體型較為相稱。

此類雍正盤例亦受乾隆皇帝鍾愛，遂命燒造相類瓷品。雍乾兩朝樣例，皆見於《明清の美術》，東京，1982年，圖版154及172。另一乾隆盤例，屬南京博物院藏品，刊於展覽目錄《清瓷萃珍：清代康雍乾官窰瓷器》，香港中文大學文物館，香港，1995年，編號81，並印於該圖錄護封。