明萬曆 青花開光高仕賞遊圖盌 《大明萬曆年製》款

with low, rounded sides rising from a gently tapered foot to a flared rim, the exterior painted in bright shades of cobalt blue with four ruyi-shaped panels divided by single floral sprays above and fruiting branches below, variously enclosing two figures playing chess, an official riding a horse, looking back towards attendants carrying books and scrolls, two officials with horses, and two officials greeting each other, all set in a garden landscape with attendants and boys, the interior centred with a medallion enclosing a stylised shou character between two confronting five-clawed dragons above turbulent waves crashing on a rock, all within double-line borders repeated at the rim, the base inscribed with a six-character reign mark within a double circle

Ralph M. Chait Galleries，紐約（標籤）
Herschel V. Johnson (1894-1966)收藏
倫敦蘇富比1967年2月21日，編號39(£480)
Bluett & Sons Ltd，倫敦， 1967年 (£480)
羅傑琵金頓(1928-69年)收藏，自1967年(£480)

The bowl is in very good condition with typical minor surface wear.
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此盌所繪人物圖案，生動形象，每幅自成一畫，青花色彩鮮豔，實為佳作。一類似例曾展於《Two Hundred Years of Chinese Porcelain》，S. Marchant & Son Ltd，倫敦，1998年，編號17。

人物紋飾於嘉靖年間尤為盛行，見一帶嘉靖款盌例，展於《爐火純青 : 嘉靖及萬曆官窰瓷器》，香港大學美術博物館，香港，2009年，編號17，曾售於香港蘇富比2006年4月10日，編號1674。另見一例，錄於《世界陶磁全集．卷14：明》，東京，1976 年，圖版214及215。亦比一盌例，售於香港蘇富比1978年11月28日，編號86。

Hershel V. Johnson (1894-1966年)，曾藏此盌及本專場中成化瓜瓞綿綿宮盌，其個人介紹，可參考編號25。