• Dimension: Height: 1 3/4 in (4.4 cm) Width: 7 1/8 in (18.0 cm)
• Estimate From: $2200
• Estimate To: $3800

Ming Dynasty period. Of lobed mallow shape with flared rims and feet, the inside finely painted in cobalt blue with leafy pomegranates branches within double line border, the outside painted on each lobe with leafy floral branches enclosed within shaped cartouche. The cobalt blue underglaze with pronounced characteristics areas of 'heaping and piling'.

此器造型別緻，釉質瑩潤，青花色調濃艷，工藝技法嫻熟，為瓷器釉彩之一，被用作白地藍花瓷的專稱。因藍花在釉下，所以青花屬釉下彩。其原料為含氧化鈷的鈷土礦，以藍青色料在瓷胎上描繪紋飾，然後施透明釉，在高溫還原焰中一次燒成。元代景德鎮已能燒製成熟的青花瓷器。青花瓷器的盛行改變了青瓷為主的局面，成為明、清兩代中國瓷器生產的主流。本品為明青花御瓷之卓越代表，其選料、制樣、畫器、無一不精，造型端莊美觀，線條轉折流暢生動，釉汁凝潤泛青，胎骨堅致細薄。洗呈五葵瓣形，裡心微凸起。通體青花裝飾。口沿內外飾青花雙線紋，裡心繪石榴紋。外壁繪各式花卉紋十組，與葵瓣式器身相對應。明景德鎮御窯廠任用專業畫師繪瓷，然官瓷紋飾受宮規所限，多為龍紋、鳳紋，或其他象徵皇權紋飾，格式拘謹莊重，卻少筆意趣味。少數新式瓷器紋飾，寓意喜慶且不受制式所限，作非正式場合之用。此器現畫師嫻熟筆法，揮灑畫功底蘊，造就出最靈動迷人的御瓷紋飾，十分難得。