明嘉靖 黃地綠釉刻折枝花卉紋小盤 《大明嘉靖年製》款

with rounded sides rising from a short tapered foot to a flaring rim, the interior incised and painted in green enamel with a central medallion enclosing a leafy floral spray within double-line borders, surrounded by six alternating flowering and fruiting sprays at the cavetto below a line border, the decoration repeated on the exterior, all reserved on a yellow ground of rich egg-yolk tone, the yellow base incised with a six-character reign mark within a double circle in green enamel

倫敦蘇富比1961年3月21日，編號40(£310，其一)
John Sparks Ltd，倫敦，1961年(£310，其一)
羅傑琵金頓(1928-69年)收藏，自1961年(£310，其一)

Adrian Joseph，《Ming Porcelains: Their Origins and Development》，倫敦，1971年，圖版76

There are four short hairlines to the rim at the 1, 3, 5 and 9 o'clock positions. There is also wear to the yellow glaze at the centre of the reign mark, all visible from the catalogue illustration.
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此類紋樣，常見於較大尺寸盤上，如上海博物館藏例，刊於陸明華，《明代官窑瓷器》，上海，2007年，圖版1-63；亦見一類例，藏於東京出光美術館，展並刊於《元・明の陶磁》，東京，1977年，編號85。另有二例，皆售於倫敦蘇富比，其一為 H.R.N. Norton 雅藏，售於1963年11月5日，編號181，其二於1974年7月8/9日，編號245；此外，仍見一例，售於倫敦佳士得2001年6月21日，編號82。