明嘉靖 黃釉盤 《大明嘉靖年製》款

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

I.A. Beattie 夫人收藏，至1965年
倫敦蘇富比1965年6月21日，編號11(£620)
Bluett & Sons Ltd，倫敦，1965年 (£620)
羅傑琵金頓(1928-69年)收藏，自1965年(£620)

The dish is in good overall condition with typical surface wear to the interior and two insignificant body line cracks at the rim, visible under torch light (largest 0.8 cm).
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此類嘉靖盤，可比二例，皆屬大維德爵士收藏，現存倫敦大英博物館，錄於 Margaret Medley 編《Illustrated Catalogue of Ming and Ch’ing Monochrome》，倫敦，1973年，圖版537、 A580；一件趙從衍舊藏，展於《明清景德鎮瓷器–選自趙氏基金珍藏》，香港藝術館，香港，1978年，編號43，後售於香港蘇富比1986年11月 18日，編號 66；亦可見 Enid Lodge 夫人藏例，售於倫敦蘇富比1978年7月11日，編號 198；再比一盤例，售於香港蘇富比1996年11月5日，編號766。