明弘治 青花雲龍紋盤 《大明弘治年製》款

with shallow rounded sides rising from a tapered foot to a flared rim, the interior deftly painted in vivid tones of cobalt blue with a central medallion enclosing a five-clawed dragon writhing amongst scrolling clouds, its sinuous scaly body with flame-like projections and muscular legs terminating in powerful sharp claws, the rim bordered by a classic-scroll band, similarly decorated to the exterior with five-clawed dragons striding amongst scrolling clouds in pursuit of flaming pearls, all within line borders, the base with a six-character reign mark within a double circle

倫敦蘇富比1963年12月3日，編號103(£550)
Bluett & Sons Ltd，倫敦，1963年 (£550)
羅傑琵金頓(1928-69年)收藏，自1963年(£550)

Adrian Joseph，《 Ming Porcelains: Their Origins and Development》， 倫敦， 1971年，圖版66

The dish is in overall good condition except for a 1 cm fine hairline to the mouthrim, probably an original firing hairline that has been extended at a later stage.
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雲龍紋盤釉面瑩潤，青花繪五爪雲龍，細膩描寫龍鱗明暗，更顯威武活現。此盤紋飾構圖創於成化一朝，即弘治帝之先父。

弘治年製官瓷存世鮮少，台北故宮博物院藏有一類同瓷盤，刊載於《明磁名器圖錄》，東京，1977年，卷2，圖版67；倫敦大英博物館亦有一盤，錄於霍吉淑，《Catalogue of Late Yuan and Ming Ceramics in the British Museum》，倫敦，2002年，圖版7:13，同錄一盤，直壁，原為 Harry Oppenheim 舊藏，圖版7:14；還有一例曾為 George Eumorfopoulos 珍藏，售於倫敦蘇富比，1940年5月29日，編號212。景德鎮珠山遺址出土此類瓷盤殘片，載於《景德鎮出土明代御窰瓷器》，北京，2009年，圖版103。

此類瓷盤之成化原型，可參考台北故宮博物院藏一例，刊於《成化瓷器特展圖錄》，台北，2003年，編號13。