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The present cloisonné enamel dish is impressive for its magnificent
size and for the deep and varied range of colours employed in its
decoration. The design of two writhing five-clawed dragons amidst
billowing clouds is bold and powerful and draws the viewer in. Similar
designs of dragons and clouds around a flaming pearl can be found
on a dish and basin in the Palace Museum, Beijing. See a cloisonné
enamel foliate rim dish, Wanli, in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated
in the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Enamels 1:
Cloisonné in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, Beijing, 2011, no 109. A
cloisonné enamel basin with the related design of dragons, Wanli six-
character mark and of the period, is illustrated in Ibid., no.110.

See also a closely related dish of slightly larger dimensions, from
the Pierre Uldry collection, published by H.Brinker and A.Lutz,
Chinesisches Cloisonne: Die Sammlung Pierre Uldry , Zurich, 1985,
pl.222. See also a dish of similar form but decorated with the motif
of dragon and phoenix in the same colour palette, illustrated by
E.E.Bluett, ‘Chinese Cloisonne in the Krolik Collection’, Oriental Art,
Winter 1965, p.222, fig.5, which was sold at Sotheby’s London, 24
February 1970, lot 35.

此大盤尺寸碩大，銅胎厚重，琺瑯釉彩濃艷絢麗，為明末清初宮廷琺
瑯器不可多得之例。參看北京故宮博物院藏兩例明萬曆雙龍戲珠紋大
盤，著錄於，《故宮博物院藏品大系：琺瑯器編1: 元明掐絲琺瑯》，
北京，2011，編號109及110。

另見Pierre Uldry收藏一件類似的掐絲琺瑯雙龍戲珠紋大盤，尺寸較此
拍品稍大，著錄於H.Brinker及A.Lutz，《Chinesisches Cloisonne: Die
Sammlung Pierre Uldry》，蘇黎世，1985年，圖版222。另見Krolik
舊藏一件類似的掐絲琺瑯大盤，唯飾龍鳳趕珠紋，但琺瑯配色色調與
本拍品一致，著錄於E.E.Bluett，《Oriental Art》，1965年，頁222，
圖5，後售於倫敦蘇富比，1970年2月24日，拍品編號35。

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