清乾隆 黃地青花九桃盤一對 《大清乾隆年製》款

each well potted with shallow sides rising from a tapered foot to a slightly everted rim, the exterior decorated in underglaze blue with a continuous band of of trefoil leaves and floral blooms issuing from intertwining stems, the interior centred with a medallion enclosing nine peaches borne in clusters on gnarled leafy branches, the base inscribed with a six-character seal mark, all against a vibrant lemon-yellow ground 

Thomas Fermor-Hesketh 男爵 (1881-1944) 收藏
香港佳士得2006年5月30日，編號1245

One dish has a few retouched rim flakes, with the largest measuring approx. 1.5 cm. The other has an enamel flake of approx. 0.8 by 0.2 cm to the outer rim, in addition to a small polished burst bubble to the interior. The pair also has some areas of slight discolouration, typical minor crackles to the enamel and expected surface scratches.
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同類盤，可見世界各大博物館及私人收藏。可比一例，藏台北國立故宮博物院，錄於《故宮藏瓷‧清青花瓷》，卷2，香港，1968年，圖版29。另見一例，藏南京博物院，錄於《中國清代官窰瓷器》，上海，2003年，圖版221。亦可參考一例，橫河收藏，《東京國立博物館圖版目錄‧中國古陶磁篇2》，東京，1965年，圖版625。再見一對盤例，趙從衍收藏，展於《華光艸堂珍藏清代瓷器》，香港中文大學文物館，香港，1974年，圖版45；曾售於香港蘇富比1987年5月19日，編號316。

此紋原型，可參考一雍正盤例，繪青花八桃紋，大維德爵士收藏，現藏倫敦大英博物館，錄於《Oriental Ceramics. The World’s Great Collections》，卷6，東京，1987年，圖版247。