A blue and white 'dragon' dish, Mark and period of Zhengde | 明正德　青花朵雲龍紋盤　《大明正德年製》款

Collection of T.T. Tsui (1940-2010), Jingguantang Collection.

Christie's New York, 20th March 1997, lot 72.

Christie's Hong Kong, 31st May 2010, lot 1988.

Gems of Chinese Art: Selection of Ceramics and Bronze from The Tsui Art Foundation, The Empress Place Museum, Singapore, 1992, cat. no. 82.

For the inspiration of this form and design, see the prototype from the reigns of Hongwu and Yongle, illustrated together in Geng Baochang, Ming Qing ciqi jianding, Beijing, 1993, figs 6 and 7; and another Yongle dish was sold in these rooms, 5th November 1997, lot 1366. Other dishes of this type from the Xuande reign (1426-1435) include one illustrated in Ming and Ch'ing Porcelain from the T.Y. Chao Family Foundation, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1978, cat. no. 15, later sold in these rooms, 1st November 1999, lot 313; and another two examples, one with a straight instead of a flared rim, in the British Museum, London, illustrated in Jessica Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics, London, 2001, pls 4:34,35.  

See another related Xuande dish with the same design, but with two phoenix on the exterior, in the National Palace Museum, Tapei, illustrated in the Special Exhibition of Selected Hsuan-Te Imperial Porcelains of the Ming Dynasty, Taipei, 1998, cat. no. 191.  A Hongzhi example of this dish is illustrated in Sir Harry Garner, Oriental Blue and White, 1973, pl. 39C and D.  

It is rare to find a dish of this design and fine quality bearing a Zhengde mark. Compare a Zhengde dish of similar design illustrated in the Blue and White Wares of the Ming Dynasty, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1963, vol. IV, pl. 11; a larger example (22.4 cm), formerly in the family collection of J.M. Hu, sold twice at auctions, first in our New York rooms, 4th June 1985, lot 5, and again in these rooms, 8th April 2011, lot 3200; and another dish of this size from the collection of Au Bak Ling, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 26th September 2024, lot 7.

來源

徐展堂（1940-2010年）靜觀堂收藏

紐約佳士得1997年3月20日，編號72

香港佳士得2010年5月31日，編號1988

展覽

《文物粹珍：徐氏藝術基金藏陶瓷青銅器特選》，皇后坊博物館，新加坡，1992年，編號82

此器造型及紋飾之淵源，可追溯至洪武、永樂朝原型，參見耿寶昌《明清瓷器鑒定》，北京，1993年，版圖6、7；另見一永樂同式盤售於香港蘇富比1997年11月5日，編號1366。宣德朝同類器例包括：趙從衍家族基金會舊藏一例，載《明清瓷器：香港藝術館藏》，1978年，編號15，後售於香港蘇富比1999年11月1日，編號313；倫敦大英博物館藏兩例，其一為直口非撇口形制，見霍吉淑《明瓷》倫敦，2001年，版圖4:34、35。

台北故宮博物院藏宣德同紋飾盤器一例，外壁增飾雙鳳紋，見《明代宣德官窯精華特展》台北，1998年，編號191。弘治朝例證見加納爵士，《Oriental Blue and White》，倫敦，1973年，版圖39C、D。

帶正德年款且具此精良品質者尤為稀見，可比對例台北故宮博物院《明代青花瓷》卷四，1963年，圖11著錄正德盤；胡惠春家族舊藏較大尺寸例（22.4公分），曾兩度釋出：紐約蘇富比1985年6月4日，編號5、香港蘇富比2011年4月8日，編號3200；區百齡藏同尺寸盤器，售於香港佳士得2024年9月26日編號7。