明萬曆 青花礬紅彩雲龍紋盤 《大明萬曆年製》款

with shallow rounded sides resting on a tapered foot, the interior painted in iron red with a five-clawed dragon in frontal pose, the ferocious beast detailed with a flaming mane and menacing teeth, writhing amongst scrolling clouds above underglaze-blue cresting waves, all within a double-line border repeated at the rim, the exterior similarly decorated with eight further dragons in various poses above waves, inscribed to the base with a six-character reign mark within a double circle

仇焱之舊藏，至1967年
倫敦佳士得1967年11月27日，編號28(380 gns)
Bluett & Sons Ltd，倫敦，1967年 (380 gns)
羅傑琵金頓(1928-69年)收藏，自1967年(£399)

The dish is in very good condition except for minor wear to the iron-red dragon at the centre of the dish. There are also expected slight scratches and a minute nick to the rim.
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青花海水礬紅龍紋，自明初用於景德鎮御窰廠，時見用釉下銅紅，而非鐵紅呈色。以氧化鐵著色之紅釉，須經二次低溫燒就，較之銅紅，使得細緻圖案更顯清晰。如見此盤，青紅二色，鮮明相襯，視效尤佳。

可比兩件此型盤例，尺寸略大，藏於上海博物館，載陸明華，《明代官窰瓷器》，上海，2007年，圖版1-104、1-105；另有一件 Mary Clark Thompson 藏例，現存紐約大都會藝術博物館，刊於 Suzanne G. Valenstein，《A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics》，紐約，1989年，圖版184；亦見一例，藏於芝加哥藝術博物館，錄於《Ming Porcelain. A Retrospective》，華美協進社，紐約，1970年，編號59，第四例，出自仇焱之舊藏，售於香港蘇富比1980年11月25日，編號24，另有 Wilfred Evill 藏例，售於倫敦蘇富比1965年11月30日，編號45。同比一盤，無青花水波紋，藏於北京故宮博物院，載《故宮博物院藏文物珍品大系：雜釉彩·素三彩》，上海，2009年，圖版6。同類紋樣之早期範本，可比一件隆慶朝盤例，藏於台北國立故宮博物院，刊《明磁名品図録》，東京，1978年，卷3，圖版57。