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This dish, with its seemingly classic design, appears to be 此盤飾黃地青花雙龍，紋樣典雅，乍看以為屬當朝大宗，然傳世
unique, although a few imperial porcelains of Jiajing mark and 僅見，或為孤例。嘉靖帶款御瓷，也見有黃地青花龍紋者，且有
period with blue-and-yellow dragon designs are preserved, as 同紋但僅綴青花者，卻乏與此色調、圖案相同之例，底款又大多
well as a few dishes with the same design in blue-and-white. 缺雙圈，較之此盤雙圈款，略遜一籌。此盤外壁間飾卷雲及火焰
With the Jiajing reign mark enclosed within double circles, it is 紋，簡潔疏朗，極為罕見。
a particularly fine example, as most comparable wares bear
the much less prestigious reign mark without double rings. 盤心紋樣相近、外壁同綴卷雲及火焰紋者，僅見青花例，香港蘇
The present dish is also remarkable for its highly idiosyncratic 富比曾售兩件，1980年5月20日，編號55及56，後者再售於紐約
stylised cloud and flame motifs on the outside, which is 蘇富比2000年9月20日，編號108。
otherwise extremely rarely seen.

Dishes of this design, with the same cloud-and-flame pattern 也有嘉靖黃地青花龍紋盤，可作比較，然徑皆較小，作葵式花
on the outside are otherwise known only in blue-and-white; 口，繪獨龍，暢游桃枝之間，底書年款無圈。香港蘇富比曾售一
see, for example, two dishes sold in these rooms, 20th May 例，1994年11月1日，編號49。胡惠春舊藏且有一對，售於紐約
1980, lots 55 and 56, the latter sold again in our New York 佳士得 2013年9月19/20日，編號1297。
rooms, 20th September 2000, lot 108.

The only comparable blue-and-yellow dishes of the Jiajing 還可參考一嘉靖黃地青花龍紋方盌例，底書無圈年款，展於《
period are of smaller size, with barbed rim, painted with a 機暇明道—懷海堂藏明代中晚期官窰瓷器》，香港中文大學文
single dragon surrounded by peach branches, and inscribed 物館，香港，2012年，編號70。大英博物館藏一黃地青花龍紋
with an unbordered reign mark; see a dish sold in these 爵，帶雙圈款，見 Jessica Harrison-Hall ，《Ming Ceramics in
rooms, 1st November 1994, lot 49, and a pair from the J.M. Hu the British Museum》，倫敦，2001年，圖版9:86。也可比較一
collection, sold at Christie’s New York, 19th/20th September 萬曆年款黃地青花龍紋盤，尺寸更小，售於香港佳士得2012年
2013, lot 1297. 11月28日，編號2214。

A Jiajing square bowl with blue dragons against a yellow
ground, also with the unbordered reign mark, was included in
the exhibition Enlightening Elegance. Imperial Porcelain of the
Mid to Late Ming: The Huaihaitang Collection, Art Museum,
Institute of Chinese Studies, The Chinese University of Hong
Kong, Hong Kong, 2012, cat. no. 70; but a jue in the British
Museum, painted with blue dragons against a yellow ground,
has the reign mark inscribed within a double ring; see Jessica
Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London,
2001, pl. 9:86. Compare also a much smaller yellow dish
with blue dragon design, of Wanli mark and period, sold at
Christie’s Hong Kong, 28th November 2012, lot 2214.

50 SOTHEBY’S 蘇富比