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PROPERTY FROM A HONG KONG FAMILY COLLECTION Museum Istanbul-II -Yuan and Ming Dynasty Porcelains, London, 1986, p. 514, no. 606;
香港家族珍藏 and five dishes of this type, preserved in the collection of the Ardebil Shrine, now in
2976 the Iran Bastan Museum, Tehran, illustrated in J.A. Pope, Chinese Porcelains from the
Ardebil Shrine, London, 1981, p. 38, nos. 29.50-54.
A BLUE AND WHITE ‘GRAPES’ DISH For other Yongle dishes of this pattern in good condition recently sold at auctions,
compare to one sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 28 November 2018, lot 2904; and one
YONGLE PERIOD (1403-1425) from the Collection of Sir Quo-Wei Lee, sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 3 October
2018, lot 110.
The dish is painted in rich vivid tones of cobalt blue with three
branches of grapes suspended from slender vines bearing coiled
tendrils and broad leaves, surrounded on the cavetto by a composite 明永樂 青花葡萄紋折沿大盤
floral scroll comprising lotus, camellia, lily, aster, chrysanthemum,
gardenia, morning glory and lingzhi on an undulating leafy stem.
The design is repeated on the exterior, the slightly sloping everted 來源:
rim decorated with a border of breaking waves, the base is unglazed. 香港蘇富比，1980年11月26日，拍品225號
14√ in. (37.8 cm.) diam.
盤折沿，淺弧腹，盤心雙圈內繪三束折枝葡萄紋，內、外壁紋飾相若，各繪纏
HK$3,000,000-5,000,000 枝蓮花、山茶、百合、紫苑、菊花、槴子、牽牛花、靈芝等不同花卉，折沿飾海水
US$390,000-640,000 紋，盤底無釉。
明代初期的御製藝術品往往帶有濃鬱的伊斯蘭或西域風格，此件永樂青花盤上
P R O V E NAN C E : 的葡萄紋便是絕佳的例證。相傳葡萄是漢武帝時，西域特使張騫於公元前128
Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 26 November 1980, lot 225 年回朝時引進的中亞奇花異草之一，時至唐代，葡萄始成為釀酒之材。葡萄紋鮮
見於早期中國藝術品上，於唐代日趨流行，例如銅鏡上常見的海獸葡萄紋。但直
Early Ming Imperial porcelains often show strong influences from Islamic or Central 至十五世紀初，葡萄紋始在瓷器上大行其道，成為當時得令的青花紋飾。
Asian cultures. The current ‘grapes’ dish is an excellent example. Grapes are among
the plants that are recorded as having been brought to China from Central Asia by 相同紋飾但尺寸不一的永樂盤可參考一件上海博物館藏品，見《青花瓷器展：上
Zhang Qian, a returning envoy of Emperor Wu in 128 BC, and many different
varieties of grape were grown in China by the early 15th century. Records show that 海博物館所藏》，上海，1998年，編號24；一為Gustav VI Adolf舊藏，現藏於斯德
both green and black grapes were grown by the beginning of the 6th century. Grapes 哥爾摩東方博物館，見《Oriental Ceramics, Kodansha series》，第9冊，東京，1976
rarely appear as decoration on Chinese art objects of the early period, but became a 年，編號216；一件藏於大英博物館大維德基金會珍藏，見《Illustrated Catalogue
more popular motif in the Tang dynasty, when, again under Western influences, they
were used regularly, for example, as part of the ubiquitous ‘lion and grape’ motif on of Underglaze Blue and Copper Red Decorated Porcelains》，頁47-48，編號685
bronze mirrors. It was in the early 15th century that grapes became a very popular ；一件藏於托布卡比博物館，伊斯坦堡，見《Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi
motif on porcelains decorated in underglaze cobalt blue. Saray Museum Istanbul-II -Yuan and Ming Dynasty Porcelains》，倫敦，1986年，
編號606；另五件為伊朗阿德比爾寺藏品，現藏伊朗古代博物館，見J.A. Pope著
Similar examples include one in the Shanghai Museum, included in Exhibition of Blue
and White Wares, Shanghai Museum, 1998, no. 24; a dish formerly in the Gustav VI 《Chinese Porcelains from the Ardebil Shrine》，倫敦，1981年，編號29.50-54。
Adolf Collection, and now in the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm,
illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, Kodansha series, vol. 9, Tokyo, 1976, pl. 216; an 流通領域中偶見此類永樂葡萄紋大盤，但品相良好者甚少，參考香港佳士得
example in the Percival David Foundation, London, included in Illustrated Catalogue of
Underglaze Blue and Copper Red Decorated Porcelains, London, 2004, pp. 27-28, no. 685; 2018年11月28日拍賣一例，拍品2904號，以及利國偉爵士舊藏一例，2018年10月
one in the Topkapi Saray, Istanbul, illustrated in Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray 3日於香港蘇富比拍賣，拍品110號。
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