清十八世紀 外胭脂紅內粉彩蝶戀花紋盤

thinly potted with an eggshell body, the shallow rounded sides resting on a tapered foot, brightly painted to the interior with two butterflies hovering amongst a rose, an aster and various other flowers and leafy sprays, the exterior applied with a mottled ruby-pink glaze stopping neatly at the foot, the base reserved in white

Sharp，1962年
Bluett & Sons，倫敦，1962年 (£90)
羅傑琵金頓 (1928-69年)收藏， 自1962年 (£275)

The dish is in very good condition except for a few rather insignificant minute glaze pulls/gaps on the ruby enamel.
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此類外胭脂紅釉盤，見一例藏於倫敦大英博物館，載《Guide to Pottery and Porcelain in the Far East》，倫敦，1924年，頁127。另有對例，屬 Sammlung Harold A. Hartog 雅藏，展於《Tausend Jahre Chinesische Keramik aus Privatbesit》，漢堡工藝美術館，漢堡，1974年，頁212；亦見一例，展於東方陶瓷學會《Exhibition of Enamelled Polychrome Porcelain of the Manchu Dynasty》，倫敦，1951年，編號53，後售於倫敦蘇富比1989年6月13日，編號374；第四例，為 Theodore Seligman 舊藏，後售於倫敦蘇富比1951年2月6日，編號82。