明嘉靖 青花雲龍紋盤 《大明嘉靖年製》

the shallow rounded sides supported on a tapered foot, vividly painted to the interior in cobalt-blue with a central medallion enclosing a five-clawed dragon writhing amongst stylised cloud scrolls, its sinuous scaly body with muscular legs terminating in sharp claws, encircled by a pair of five-clawed dragons striding amongst cloud scrolls in pursuit of flaming pearls, the exterior similarly decorated with a further pair of dragons, all divided by double-line borders, the base inscribed with a six-character reign mark within a double circle

R.H.R. Palmer 伉儷收藏，至1968年
倫敦蘇富比1968年5月28日，編號94(£450)
Bluett & Sons Ltd，倫敦，1968年 (£450)
羅傑琵金頓(1928-69年)收藏，自1968年

Adrian Joseph，《Ming Porcelains: Their Origins and Development》，倫敦， 1971年，圖版48

There is a 1 cm natural firing flaw at the inner footring, as shown on p. 159 of the catalogue, and typical glaze fritting to the mouthrim.
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此盤以明艷鈷青繪趕珠遊龍，所畫五爪鱗龍，後腿高抬，恣意靈動。青花分佈得宜，設計嚴謹，構圖平衡對稱，營造和諧美感。

可比一極近盤例，藏於北京故宮博物院，錄《故宮博物院藏文物珍品大系·青花釉裏紅》（中），上海，2000年，圖版116；另見一較小例，售於倫敦佳士得1984年6月20/21日，編號240。繪相類龍紋盤，亦見無盤心圖案者，且體量更大，如一件 Holger Lauritzen 藏例，現存斯德哥爾摩東亞博物館， 載《Oriental Ceramics. The World’s Great Collections》，卷8，東京，1982年，圖版235；另有一例，售於倫敦蘇富比1981年7月14日，編號88。