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THE ROGER BELANICH COLLECTION OF LONGQUAN CELADON
CERAMICS

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A RARE CARVED AND MOULDED ‘DRAGON’ 元 龍泉青釉貼花騰龍戲珠紋折沿盤

CHARGER 來源
紐約佳士得，2001年3月20日，拍品209號
YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)
類似的龍紋盤雖可見於全球公私珍藏，但貼花如此清晰有力者卻極為
The charger is well potted with shallow rounded sides rising from 罕見。紋飾類似的例子可參考大英博物館所藏一件，著錄於《東洋陶
a short tapered foot to an everted rim. The centre of the interior 磁大觀》，第5冊，東京，1981年，圖版132，以及土耳其托普卡比宮
is sprig-moulded with a ferocious four-clawed dragon chasing a 所藏一件龍首向左的例子，見《Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray
flaming pearl, surrounded by a register of foliate scroll at the well. Museum》，第1冊，伊斯坦堡，圖版62。托普卡比宮另藏有數件紋飾略
The exterior is carved and moulded with a band of upright petals. 異的例子，包括三件分別於盤心繞以三朵、二朵、一朵雲紋，及一件無
It is covered overall with a translucent glaze of sea-green tone with 火珠的例子，分載於同上，圖版58、59、60、62號。
the exception of the foot.
13 æ in. (35.7 cm.) diam.

HK$400,000-600,000 US$52,000-78,000

PROVENANCE

Sold at Christie’s New York, 20 March 2001, lot 209

Though similar chargers are known in museums and private collections
worldwide, the present charger distinguishes itself by the precision
in the moulding of the dragon, imbuing it with a powerful sense of
movement. Compare to a charger with the same motif in the British
Museum, illustrated in Oriental Ceramics: The World’s Great Collection,
vol. 5, Tokyo, 1981, no. 132; another with the dragon facing the opposite
direction in the Topkapi Saray Museum, illustrated by Regina Krahl,
Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, vol. I, p.
256, no. 62, where four further variants are also illustrated, including
one surrounded by three clouds, one by two clouds, one by a single
cloud, and one without a flaming pearl, see ibid., nos. 58, 59, 60, 62,
respectively.

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