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A FINE AND VERY RARE WUCAI ‘ZHANG 明萬曆 五彩張天師驅邪圖小盤 雙圈六字楷書款

TIANSHI’ DISH 來源
日本私人收藏，1950 至 1960 年代購自繭山龍泉堂
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A
DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1620) 此盤盤心畫張天師持劍斬毒，背面繪壁虎一只，寓意「祛毒驅邪」，應
是供宮廷度端午節而特別燒製。
The centre of the interior is enamelled with the figure of Zhang
Tianshi with a raised sword below an overhead branch, the well 端午節為每年農曆五月初五，天氣暑熱，病疫蔓延，蛇、蝎、蟾蜍、蜈蚣、
with scattered flowers, fungus and butterflies, the reverse similarly 壁虎俗稱「五毒」等害蟲羣出，故五月五日有「惡日」之稱。張天師為
decorated around the sides with an additional lizard in underglaze 東漢五斗米道始祖，傳說有辟邪消災之神通，故後人常在端午節掛張天
blue. 師畫像以求家宅安寧。
5 Ω in. (14 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box

HK$450,000-600,000 US$59,000-78,000

PROVENANCE

A Japanese private collection, acquired from Mayuyama between
the 1950s to 1960s

The theme in this dish is associated with the Dragon Boat Festival
(duanwujie), which falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. Many
of the themes associated with duanwujie relate to the desire to combat
evil forces and poisonous creatures. On this dish we see the legendary
Daoist priest Zhang Tianshi, who cuts through evil with his sword.

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