明弘治 白地素胎劃三龍盤 《大明弘治年製》款

with shallow rounded sides rising from a short tapered foot, applied overall with a rich transparent glaze slightly tinged to bluish-green, save for a five-clawed dragon deftly incised on the interior writhing among clouds within a central medallion, its sinuous scaly body and three clouds reserved in the biscuit and fired to a pale orange, the claws and tongues of flame issuing from the dragon's flank incised beneath the glaze, the underside decorated with two further dragons similarly incised and reserved in the biscuit on a ground of lightly incised waves breaking on low pointed rocks, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character reign mark within a double circle

倫敦蘇富比1963年2月19日，編號26(£920)，載於內頁封面
Bluett & Sons Ltd，倫敦，1963年 (£920)
羅傑琵金頓(1928-69年)收藏，自1963年(£920)

The dish is in very good condition with just a minute area of polishing at the rim, at the 5-7 o'clock positions.
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此素胎雲龍紋盤亦可經上彩及二次燒製而成綠彩雲龍盤（如第30號拍品）。弘治款綠彩雲龍紋盤少有，而素胎者更罕。然素胎作法，並非未上彩前之雛態，實屬特意為之。見一明御窰廠遺址出土弘治款素胎雲龍紋盤破片，載《景德鎮出土明代御窰瓷器》，北京，2009年，圖版102。另比兩正德款盤例，一素胎、一綠彩，錄康蕊君，《玫茵堂中國陶瓷》，倫敦，1994至2010年，卷二，編號692及694。