明萬曆 青花壽星龍紋盌 《大明萬曆年製》款

well potted with deep rounded sides resting on a cylindrical foot, the exterior skilfully painted in various shades of cobalt blue, depicting Shoulao riding on a deer led by a crane and an acolyte, followed by two further attendants holding a fan and a bundle, the reverse with an acolyte carrying a flute standing in front of a willow tree at the riverbank with a pavilion sheltered behind a pine tree, all set within a garden landscape, the rim bordered by a lingzhi meander and the foot with a classic scroll, painted to the interior with a central medallion enclosing a five-clawed dragon writhing amongst scrolling clouds, the rim encircled by the beribboned bajixiang within line borders, inscribed to the base with a six-character reign mark within a double circle

仇焱之收藏，至1967年
倫敦佳士得1967年11月27日，編號43(240 gns)
Bluett & Sons Ltd，倫敦，1967年 (240 gns)
羅傑琵金頓(1928-69年)收藏，自1967年(£252)

The bowl is in good condition except for expected overall wear and scratches, with the glaze on the mouthrim worn or slightly polished.
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比較里埃斯科舊藏一件紋飾相近五彩盌，錄於 Soame Jenyns，《Ming Pottery and Porcelain》，倫敦，1953年，圖版98c；另一例刊載於《世界陶磁全集》，卷11，圖版176；倫敦蘇富比亦曾售出一盌，1987年6月9日，編號244。

萬曆帝尚道教，求長生之法，通其一朝，高壽無疆題材極為盛行，此盌可見多樣象徵高壽圖紋，如壽老、仙鹿、蒼松、楊柳。然描繪壽星乘鹿離開仙宮者，甚是珍罕，萬曆朝瓷器較多見壽老端坐，八仙相伴紋飾；參考利永志伉儷珍藏一件尺寸略大作例，載於《爐火純青－嘉靖及萬曆官窰瓷器》，香港大學美術博物館，香港大學，香港，2009年，編號77。Albert Nipon 伉儷收藏亦有一盌，展出於《Chinese Blue and White, Wan Li to K’ang Hsi》，S. Marchant & Son，1980年，編號1，售於倫敦蘇富比，1996年12月17日，編號61。