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A YELLOW-GLAZED SAUCER DISH 明嘉靖 黃釉小盤
MARK AND PERIOD OF JIAJING 《大明嘉靖年製》款
with shallow rounded sides rising from a short 來源：
foot to a slightly everted rim, applied overall with
an even yellow glaze of rich egg-yolk tone, the Hans Östrom 收藏，斯德哥爾摩
base left white and inscribed in underglaze blue Emil Hultmark (1872-1943年) 舊藏，此後家
with a reign mark within a double rectangle 族傳承
9.6 cm, 3¾ in.
展覽：
PROVENANCE 《Emil Hultmarks Samling》，瑞典皇家藝術
Collection of Hans Öström, Stockholm. 院，斯德哥爾摩，1942年，編號448
Collection of Emil Hultmark (1872-1943), and
thence by descent in the family.
EXHIBITED
Emil Hultmarks Samling [Emil Hultmark
Collection], Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts,
Stockholm, 1942, cat. no. 448.
HK$ 50,000-70,000
US$ 6,400-9,000

Yellow-glazed porcelains, with and without reign mark within a double rectangle, usually of
decoration, had a special standing in China small hand palm size and mostly doucai wares,
among the imperial wares, since yellow was in the Taipei Palace Museum, see Minji meihin
the emperor’s colour. They were produced zuroku [Illustrated catalogue of important Ming
throughout the imperial era, whenever imperial porcelains], vol. 2, Tokyo, 1978 nos 40, 41 and 44.
porcelains were commissioned by the court.
Several examples of yellow-glazed porcelains 黃色是皇權、尊貴之象徵，帝王專屬之色。黃
from the Jiajing reign are preserved in the 釉瓷器，無論單色或飾紋飾，為皇室專用。尤
collections of the Palace Museum in Beijing,
illustrated in The Complete Collection of 在明清兩朝，對黃色的使用制度更為嚴謹，成
Treasures of the Palace Museum. Monochrome 為各朝例制。北京故宮博物院藏明嘉靖黃釉瓷
Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1999, pls 42-45. However, 器數例，錄於《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集．
none bear a six-character reign mark enclosed 顏色釉》， 香港，1999年，圖版42-45。然
in a double rectangle as found on the present
piece, which appears to be a rare mark. For other 此中，未見一例如本器上於雙方框中書雙行六
examples of Jiajing porcelains inscribed with a 字款，但見於鬪彩小盃，甚為珍罕。

Other View
Catalogue entry for the 1942 exhibition.

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