清乾隆 青花一把蓮紋大盤 《大清乾隆年製》款

the rounded sides rising from a tapered foot to a wide everted rim, the interior boldly painted to the central medallion with a ribboned bouquet of lotus flowers, pods and arrowheads encircled by three concentric rings, encircled by a composite floral scroll below a stylised foliate meander, the exterior similarly painted with a composite floral scroll, inscribed to the base with a six-character seal mark

阿姆斯特丹佳士得1992年11月4日，編號231

There is a restored rim chip to 5 o'clock position of the dish. This area is covered by large amounts of overspray spanning from 4 to 6 o'clock positions. Minor glaze firing imperfections.
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此品彰顯清代創新巧藝， 集當朝新法，合古雅風格。器身雅致，釉色柔潤，乾隆一朝之典範。蓮紋啟發自明初青花名作，藝匠以積釉點染，仿繪藍黑斑點，增添立體層次。

雍正帝好雅博古，追慕高古中華盛世之情，一把蓮紋由此復現。雍正嘗送宮藏古瓷至景德鎮官窰，藝匠以其美質款式為準，加以仿摹。乾隆時期，此紋飾更趨制式化，比例與畫風皆略異，本品為其中最大型之例。

參考一近例，售於紐約蘇富比2014年9月16/17日，編號185；亦見一例，盤沿繪三多紋，售於香港佳士得1999年4月26日，編號546；另比一類同較小之《大清乾隆年製》款，藏於北京故宮博物院，見耿寶昌編著，《故宮博物院藏明初青花瓷》，北京，2002年，第2冊，圖版203；亦見一例屬R.I.C. Herridge收藏，兩度售於香港蘇富比1980年11月26日，編號274及1984年5月21日，編號105；再有一例，售於紐約蘇富比1980年5月8日，編號283；另見一盤，售於倫敦佳士得1980年7月14日，編號271。

此盤有一雍正先例，藏於北京故宮博物院，見耿寶昌編著，前引書，圖版195。五件明永樂蓮紋樣例，藏於伊朗阿德比爾神殿，載於John Alexander Pope，《Chinese Porcelains from the Ardebil Shrine》，華盛頓，1956年，圖版30及31。