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The present dish is from the Kuroda Family Collection. The Kuroda clan 此盤曾為日本黑田家族珍藏。黑田一支發源於播磨國，先後為織田及豐
originated in Harima Province, and served first the Ota and then the 臣家族效力。黑田孝高（1547-1604年）因出任謀臣有功，1587年獲封
Toyotomi clans. For his service as a strategist, Kuroda Yoshitaka (1546- 中津城。黑田孝高既是豊臣秀吉的得力軍師，也是茶聖千利休（1522-
1604) was granted the lordship of Nakatsu Castle in 1587. Not only was 1591年） 的好友，並親自撰文闡述茶道。
Kuroda Yoshitaka the chief strategist to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, he also
became a friend of the famous tea master Sen no Rikyu (1522-1591), 此類直徑逾60公分的龍泉大盤十分少見，形作菱花式者更為珍罕。五件尺
and wrote a treatise on the principles of tea. 寸相仿的近似例經著錄，包括全球公私博物館所藏四件：中國國家博物館
一件，見《中國國家博物館館藏文物研究叢書：瓷器卷（明代）》，上
Longquan chagers exceeding 60 cm. in diametre are extremely rare, 海，2007年，圖版112號；日本根津美術館一件，載於《根津美術館藏
and it is even more exceptional to find one with a barbed-rim. Five 品シリーズ4：青磁》，東京，1977年；及日本出光美術館兩件，著錄
similar examples of comparable size are known, four of which are in 於《出光美術館藏品目錄—中國陶瓷》，東京，1987年，圖版594及595
museums worldwide: one in the National Museum of China, published 號；及玫茵堂舊藏一件，於香港蘇富比2011年10月5日拍賣，拍品7號。
in Zhongguo Guojia Bowuguan guancang wenwu yanjiu congshu: 另參考托普卡比藏一件略小的一例（57公分），見《Chinese Ceramics in
ciqi juan (Mingdai), Shanghai, 2007, pl. 112, another in the Nezu Art the Topkapi Saray Museum》，第1冊，伊斯坦堡，圖版245。
Museum, illustrated in Nezu Bijutsukan zōhin shirizu 4: Seiji, Tokyo,
1977, and two in the Idemitsu Museum of Arts, included in Chinese
Ceramics in the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo, 1987, pls. 594 and 595; and
one formerly in the Meiyintang Collection, was sold at Sotheby’s Hong
Kong, 5 October 2011, lot 7. Compare also to a slightly smaller (57 cm.)
dish in the Topkapi Saray Museum, illustrated in Chinese Ceramics in
the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, London, 1986, vol. 1, no. 245.

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