明弘治 黃釉盤 《大明弘治年製》款

with rounded sides resting on a tapered foot, applied overall with an even pale yellow glaze stopping neatly at the foot, the base glazed white and inscribed with a six-character reign mark in underglaze blue within a double circle

Eustace Benyon Hoare (1899-1961)收藏（其一）
Bluett & Sons Ltd，倫敦
Ashley Cowan收藏，至 1958 (£37:10，其一)
Bluett & Sons Ltd，倫敦，1958年 (£90)
羅傑琵金頓(1928-69年)收藏，自1958年(£125)

There are two hairline cracks to the rim between 9 and 10 o'clock positions, measuring 2.3 cm and 1 cm respectively, and other minor wear to the glaze.
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此類明弘治盤仍可見於北京清宮舊藏，參考《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集‧顏色釉》，香港，1999年，圖版39；另有一例，藏於台北國立故宮博物院，刊《明瓷名器圖錄》，東京，1977年，卷2，圖版78；第三例可見於康蕊君編《Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul》，倫敦，1989年，卷2，圖版774；亦有一例，屬Hall家族收藏，後售於香港蘇富比2000年5月2日，編號503。