明弘治 綠彩刻雲龍紋盤 《大明弘治年製》款

the deep rounded sides rising from a tapered foot to a flared rim, finely carved in the biscuit and enamelled in bright translucent green, the interior with a sinuous five-clawed dragon writhing amid scrolling clouds within a line border repeated at the rim, the exterior decorated with two further dragons striding on a ground of finely incised foaming waves between line borders, the base inscribed with a six-character reign mark within a double circle, the green enamel on the fifth claw of each dragon effaced

John Sparks Ltd，倫敦，1928年
R.H.R. Palmer 伉儷收藏(編號173)，1928至1962年 (£10)
倫敦蘇富比1962年11月27日，編號19(£1700)
John Sparks Ltd，倫敦，1962年 (£ 1700)
羅傑琵金頓(1928-69年)收藏，自1962年(£1700)

《Polychrome Porcelain of the Ming Dynasty》，東方陶瓷學會，倫敦， 1950年，編號82

Soame Jenyns, 《Ming Pottery and Porcelain》，倫敦，1953年，圖版 79a

The dish is in very good condition except for some short typical original firing stains above the foot and along the mouthrim.
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御製綠彩雲龍紋盤，初見於成化年間，款識或有或無，至弘治與正德年間較為多見，皆有款，清康熙至光緒時期亦有燒製，可見此御用紋飾之重要，深為明清兩代宮廷所喜。盌、碟等器形亦見此紋樣。清代綠彩雲龍紋多屬釉上彩畫，而明代則先於胎上刻出輪廓，後覆綠彩經二次燒製而就，藉以增添立體視感。

弘治款綠彩龍紋盤較正德款更罕。見一相似盤例，錄於霍吉淑，《Catalogue of Late Yuan and Ming Ceramics in the British Museum》，倫敦，2011年，圖版7: 17。另有兩較大弘治款盤例，分別載《Porcelain of the National Palace Museum, Enamelled Ware of the Ming Dynasty》，香港，1966年，卷一，圖版5；及 Edgar E. Bluett，《Ming and Ch’ing Porcelain》，倫敦，1933年，圖版XV，編號46。亦可比較一弘治款盤例，見康蕊君，《玫茵堂中國陶瓷》，倫敦，1994至2010年，卷二，編號693。以及兩相若盤例，其一為 S. Moss 舊藏，售於倫敦蘇富比1960年3月11日，編號106，另一售於倫敦蘇富比1973年6月26日，編號224。再有一例，售於倫敦佳士得1982年6月14日，編號95，載 Anthony du Boulay，《Christie’s Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics》，倫敦，1984年，頁162。

此盤畫龍，原為五爪，後經磨改為四爪，或因與御瓷相區分，甚為罕見。另見一相類正德款盤例，亦將五爪變四爪，售於香港蘇富比1988年11月15日，編號159。