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The magnificent dish was made in direct continuation from the 此式大盤，尺寸較大，不易燒造，或為特殊節慶或祭祀而定燒。其
Yongzheng period, demonstrating the popularity of this design; see 紋飾借鑒明代宣德穿花龍紋，雍正一朝即有燒造，見紐約佳士得曾
two large blue and white ‘dragon’ dishes, Yongzheng marks and of 售出一例，2007年3月22日，拍品336，以及香港蘇富比曾售出一
the period, which were sold at Christie’s New York, 22 March 2007, lot 例，2009年4月8日，拍品1607。乾隆三年《活計檔》亦對此類大盤
336 and at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 April 2009, lot 1607. In turn the 有所記載：「六月二十五日，七品首領薩木哈、催總白世秀來說，太
Yongzheng examples drew their inspiration from early Ming dynasty 監高玉交宣窯串花青龍大盤一件。傳旨：交予燒造磁器處唐英照樣燒
designs as demonstrated in the design of five dragons amidst lotus 造。」明宣德之例，見台北故宮藏一件明宣德青花穿花龍紋盤，以及
and peony scrolls on a blue and white dish, Xuande mark and period, 一件明宣德青花海獸紋盌，著錄於《故宮藏瓷大系宣德之部（上）》
and the winged dragon amidst waves painted in the well of a bowl, ，台北，2000年，圖版2及66。
Xuande mark and period, illustrated by Liao Pao-show, A Panorama of
Ceramics in the Collection of the National Palace Museum: Hsüan-te 大盤主題紋飾為「應龍」，或稱「翼龍」。根據康熙時期《述異記》
Ware I, Taipei, 2000, pls.2 and 66. 描述，應龍為龍中壽命最長之龍。

Dishes of such large dimensions and powerful design were made 傳世品之例，見乾隆一例著錄於A.du Boulay，《Christie’s Pictorial
to impress, and would have been used in Imperial banquets and History of Chinese Art》，牛津，1984年，頁203，編號2。另見香港
celebrations, displaying the Imperial grandeur. The dish would have 佳士得曾售出一例，2001年10月30日，拍品813；以及紐約蘇富比售
been specially commissioned and stand as testament to the ingenuity 出一例，1995年12月5日，拍品295。
of the master potters. The winged dragon is known as ying long and is
the longest-lived dragon according to the Kangxi literature Shu Yi Ji or 乾隆一朝燒造另一式樣龍紋捧壽大盤亦可資參考，見R.Krahl及C.von
‘Notes on Creatures’. Spee著，《Chinese Ceramics from the Gulexuan Collection》，呂
嫩，2003年，編號123；另見紐約佳士得售出一例，2011年3月24
A similar blue and white ‘dragon’ dish, Qianlong seal mark and period, 日，拍品1667。
is illustrated by A.du Boulay, Christie’s Pictorial History of Chinese
Ceramics, Oxford, 1984, p.203, no.2; see also another similar dish,
Qianlong seal mark and period, which was sold at Christie’s Hong
Kong, 30 October 2001, lot 813, and another example, which was
sold at Sotheby’s New York, 5 December 1995, lot 295.

Related large blue and white dishes, Qianlong seal mark and period,
were painted with a full-faced dragon pursuing a pearl enclosing a
shou character, with eight further dragons to the sides and undersides,
all amidst clouds; see one example illustrated by R.Krahl and C.von
Spee, Chinese Ceramics from the Gulexuan Collection, Lünen, 2003,
no.123; and another example, was sold at Christie’s New York, 24
March 2011, lot 1667.

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