明永樂 青花四季花卉紋棱式折沿盤

the shallow rounded sides supported on a short tapered foot and subtly divided into twelve bracket foliations, rising to a barbed everted rim of conforming form, the interior painted to the gently sunken barbed medallion with a central lotus bloom wreathed by flowering chrysanthemum, mallow, pink, camellia and lotus blooms borne on freely meandering leafy stems, all surrounded by twelve detached floral sprays decorated on the cavetto, including morning glory, lotus and chrysanthemum blossoms, each encircled by a leafy scroll, all surrounded by a floral border between double-line bands at the everted rim, the exterior decorated with further detached floral sprays, including pink and chrysanthemum blooms, the smooth unglazed base and footring burnt orange in the firing

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The dish is in overall good condition with only some expected surface wear and light scratches. The dish has also some firing imperfections, including minor fritting with related minute glaze losses to the rim and insignificant kiln specks. There is a tiny polished kiln grit to the centre of the well.
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此永樂青花盤雅致流麗，乃明初瓷匠技術發展成就之佳證。永樂造瓷以其濃豔鈷藍著稱，發色濃淡相宜，變化微妙。鈷藍積處呈現銀黑結晶之斑點，濃深色澤對比瓷胎之潔白細緻，更顯奪目。

明初青花大盤，上承蒙元之風，然整體構圖去繁化簡，與元代的密舖滿飾大相逕庭 。如洪武之時，前朝常有之藍地白花已再不復見，多飾花卉庭院小景等。十四世紀風行一時的花繁枝盛之牡丹或蓮紋，至十五世紀初，改由細膩多姿的折枝花卉代之，此乃瓷藝紋飾發展史上的一大創新。如此盤內壁所飾折技花卉，圈以捲延枝草，騰出更多白地，每六種花卉為一組，重複一回共繪兩組，是以相同的花卉落在對角兩端，遙相呼應。這類永樂大盤，雖有不同紋飾搭配，但如此盤折沿以簡約線條勾勒，寥寥數筆便描出纏枝蓮花，瓣葉分明卻不形繁褥，充分體現永樂一朝強調疏朗之風。

伊斯坦堡托普卡比宮殿博物館收藏中，有與此器形、紋飾均十分接近之大盤，圖載於康蕊君，《Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul》，卷2，倫敦，1986年，圖版602。阿德比爾聖廟舊藏也有一例，現存德黑蘭伊朗國家博物館，收錄於《Oriental Ceramics. The World's Great Collections》，卷4，東京，1981年，圖版189。日本五島美術館藏盤，則可見於《龍泉集芳：創業七十周年記念》，卷1，東京，1976年，圖版758。底特律藝術學院也有類例，曾展於《The Arts of the Ming Dynasty》，底特律藝術學院，底特律，1952年，編號99。香港蘇富比也曾售出兩例相類大盤，分別為1996年4月30日，編號325，以及1988年5月17日，編號25。香港佳士得2003年7月7日也拍出一盤，編號649。還有一盤，屬 L.A. Basmadjieff 及 Reach 家族舊藏，曾展出於《Chinese Art from the Reach Family Collection》，Eskenazi，倫敦，1989年，編號35，又曾四次在蘇富比售出，最近一次在香港，2009年4月8日，編號1670。

尚有其他永樂年間所製青花大盤，其紋飾配搭、器形與此稍有不同，可作參考，如是次拍賣另一菱式大盤，紋飾與此極為接近，然其折沿密飾海水，與盤內疏朗之感對比強烈，拍品編號3630。拍賣還有一永樂青花葡萄紋圓形大盤，拍品編號3638。更多關於這類大盤的燒造及用途的討論，請閱上述品號之文章。

如欲追源溯流，則可參考元代器形相類之青花大盤，本場拍賣巧有一例，盤心畫秀石蕉葉等，繁飾滿綴，內壁以青花漩渦烘托白色模印纏枝牡丹，折沿添繪海水，微波細浪，見拍品編號3636，與本品風格相比，立見元明兩朝繁簡之別。