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This gardenia design, which is known from examples 梔子花紋樣，始作於宣德一朝，及至嘉靖而終，有黃地青
ranging from the Xuande (1426-1435) to the Jiajing (1522- 花、青花、白地褐彩各飾。正德年間，瓷匠推陳出新，此
1566) period and was executed in blue-against-yellow, 類紋飾風格邃變。正德梔子花紋盤，尺寸較前朝小，盤心
blue-and-white, and brown-and-white, underwent a distinct 紋飾團簇緊密，內壁折枝花果也有改動，梔子花紋正上方
style change in the Zhengde reign (1506-1521). Dishes of 綴以折枝蓮紋而非石榴，而海棠花則以壽桃紋代之。有別
this pattern were then produced also in smaller sizes than 於前朝六字款，正德年款一般減為四字。此類梔子紋盤圖
before, the central design was tightened, the arrangement 樣雖大同小異，但正德盤例內壁折枝花果紋之分佈可有不
of the surrounding branches altered, with the lotus bouquet 同變化。
placed straight above the gardenia branch, the crab apple
replaced by the peach, and the mark often reduced from 倫敦大英博物館藏兩例，紋飾與此類同，四與六字年款各
a six- to a four-character version – the prevalent imperial 一，見霍吉淑，《Ming Ceramics in the British Museum》，倫
mark of the time. While the design generally remained 敦，2001年，圖版8:23及8:24。另一相似署六字款識之盤，
similar, on Zhengde versions the fruit and flower sprays 為上海博物館所藏，載於陸明華，《上海博物館藏品研究
can also be differently distributed around the central motif. 大系：明代官窰瓷器》，上海，2007 年，圖版1-41。玫茵
堂舊藏也有一六字年款例，刊於康蕊君，《玫茵堂中國陶
Two Zhengde dishes of this design with marks of four
and six characters in the British Museum are published 瓷》，倫敦，1994-2010年，卷2，編號683，後在2012年10
in Jessica Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British 月9日售於香港蘇富比，編號43。東京戶栗美術館舊藏且有
Museum, London, 2001, pls 8:23 and 24. A similar dish 一例，圖見藤岡了一、長谷部樂爾，《世界陶磁全集》，
with a six-character mark in the Shanghai Museum is 卷14，東京，1976年，彩圖171，兩度售於倫敦蘇富比，後
illustrated in Lu Minghua, Shanghai Bowuguan cangpin 再在香港蘇富比拍出，2013年10月8日，編號213。
yanjiu daxi/Studies of the Shanghai Museum Collections: A 尚有四字落款作例可資比較，如北京故宮博物院藏盤，錄
Series of Monographs. Mingdai guanyao ciqi [Ming imperial 於《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集．青花釉裏紅（中）》，
porcelain], Shanghai, 2007, pl. 1-41. Another example with 上海，2000年，圖版233，並有成化及弘治雛本，見圖版230
a six-character reign mark from the Meiyintang collection 及231。另有一四字款例，尺寸稍大，曾為 R.H.R. Palmer 及
is illustrated in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the 琵金頓伉儷收藏，2017年4月5日售於香港蘇富比，編號4，
Meiyintang Collection, London, 1994-2010, vol. 2, no. 683 與此品比較，該盤上折枝蟠桃及石榴的位置恰好對調。
and was later sold in these rooms, 9th October 2012, lot
43. Compare also an example from the collection of the
Toguri Museum of Art, Tokyo, illustrated in Fujioka Ryoichi
& Hasebe Gakuji, eds, Sekai tōji zenshū/Ceramic Art of the
World, vol. XIV: Min/Ming Dynasty, Tokyo, 1976, col. pl. 171,
sold twice in our London rooms, and again in these rooms,
8th October 2013, lot 213.
For dishes with four-character marks, see one in the Palace
Museum, Beijing, included in The Complete Collection of
Treasures of the Palace Museum. Blue and White Porcelain
with Underglazed Red, vol. 2, Shanghai, 2000, pl. 233,
together with Chenghua and Hongzhi prototypes, pls 230
and 231. A slightly larger dish with a four-character reign
mark, formerly in the collections of Mr and Mrs R.H.R.
Palmer, Roger Pilkington and Maureen Pilkington, was sold
in these rooms, 5th April 2017, lot 4. On the Pilkington dish,
the positions of the peach and pomegranate sprays are
interchanged.

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