明宣德 白釉暗花蓮瓣紋大蓮子盌 《大明宣德年製》款

well potted, with deep rounded sides rising from a short slightly tapered foot, the exterior faintly incised with two rows of elongated lotus petals below a frieze of crested waves, the interior incised with a central medallion of two leafy pomegranates within double-circles under a register of keyfret at the rim, applied overall with an even white glaze tinged to a subtle light blue tone, the base with the six-character mark within double-circles in underglaze blue

香港蘇富比2009年10月8日，編號1625

In excellent condition, with only several minute scattered firing imperfections and light surface wear to interior.
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本盌器形秀美，敞口深腹，圈足小巧，形如蓮子。自永樂起，景德鎮御窰始燒蓮子盌，後即為宮廷所垂愛，甚至遠播近東等國。此盌造型及紋飾均承永樂制。永樂蓮子盌多以劃花、暗花為飾。可參考一例，斷代永樂，外壁飾蓮瓣紋，藏大英博物館，載於《Oriental Ceramics. The World’s Great Collections》，卷5，東京，1981年，圖版150。

Carl Kempe 舊藏中有一件宣德類例，錄於Bo Gyllensvard，《Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection》，斯德哥爾摩，1964年，圖版676，售於巴黎蘇富比2008年6月12日，編號44；另一件來自Eumorfopoulos收藏，曾展於《中國文物集珍·敏求精舍銀禧紀念展覽》，香港，1985年，圖錄編號59，售於香港蘇富比1979年5月21日，編號21；第三例，來自R.F.A. Riesco 收藏，售於倫敦蘇富比1988年6月7日，編號256。再比較另一件宣德蓮子盌例，飾雙層蓮瓣紋，但口沿無環飾，藏香港藝術館，曾售於香港蘇富比1976年5月12日，編號76。

此類盌亦見有青花者；可參考一永樂盌例，印第安納波利斯藝術館收藏，展於《Ming Porcelain》，華美協進社，紐約，1970年，編號5；另見一宣德例，藏上海博物館，圖見《青花釉里紅》，香港，1987年，彩色圖版44。