精品——大明宣德青花云龙纹大罐
明朝宣德时期为中国史上有名的太平盛世，更是御瓷生产的鼎盛时代。宣德帝爱好艺术，对制瓷技术亦产生正面影响，又因皇帝对青花瓷情有独锺，故宣德年间出产的青花瓷质量精巧，一直是其后明清官窑参考仿制的样本，至今仍为鑑藏家所倾慕。此「明宣德青花五爪云龙纹大罐」，完美呈现明朝宣德年间的精湛御瓷造工，形态古朴典雅，釉汁光滑莹润，青花发色浓艳青翠。此罐上所绘的青花云龙纹，矫健传神，龙身刚劲有力，神态生动威猛。值得注意的是，此大罐上所绘为五爪龙，凸显其御瓷地位。纽约大都会博物馆及东京出光美术馆各藏有一纹饰甚为相近之宣德款云龙纹大罐，但上绘纹饰俱为三爪云龙，而此大罐绘有五爪云龙纹的至今可说是独一无二。
The Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty was a famous peaceful and prosperous period in Chinese history, and it was also the heyday of imperial porcelain production. Emperor Xuande loved art, which also had a positive impact on porcelain technology. Moreover, because of the emperor's preference for blue and white porcelain, the blue and white porcelain produced in the period of Xuande was of exquisite quality, which has been the reference and imitation sample of official kilns in the Ming and Qing Dynasties since then, and is still admired by collectors today. This "Ming Xuande blue and white five claws cloud dragon pattern big pot", the perfect presentation of the Ming Dynasty Xuande years exquisite imperial porcelain workers, simple and elegant shape, glaze smooth jade-like embellish, blue and white hair color rich and colourful green. The blue and white cloud dragon pattern painted on this can is vigorous and vivid, and the dragon body is strong and powerful, and the air is vivid and fierce. It is worth noting that the painting on this large pot is of a five-claw dragon, highlighting its imperial porcelain status. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Ikoku Art Museum in Tokyo each have a large pot with similar pattern of xuande dragon pattern, but the decorative pattern on it is three-claws dragon pattern, and this big pot with five-claws dragon pattern can be said to be unique so far.
此罐唇口、直颈、鼓腹、浅圈足，器内外施釉，圈足及底无釉，通体绘青花纹饰，口沿外侧绘云朵纹，肩部绘四兽面纹，中间书“大明宣德年制”楷书横款，腹部画一条五爪回龙游戏于云朵间，龙作回首状，睁眉瞠目，炬眼炯炯，张牙舞爪，刚劲有力，胫部绘一圈莲瓣纹，青花发色浓艳青翠，浓处有铁锈斑痕。
This pot of lip, straight neck, drum abdomen, ring foot, and implement the internal and external glazing, ring foot and bottom unglazed, connect body painted blue and white decoration, mouth along the lateral painting clouds, shoulder draw four beast grain, middle book "da Ming xuande years" regular script cross section, draw a game back to the dragon with five claws on the abdomen between the clouds and dragons back in shape, zheng eyebrow eyebrows, torch with gleaming eyes and teeth bared, stiffness, strong lotus-shaped shins, draw a circle, Blue and white hair color is rich and gorgeous green, thick with rust stains.
宣窑多被鉴赏家认为是中国青花制作的高峰，而宣德龙纹的描绘以矫健生动著称。本件宣德青花大罐所绘龙纹即体现了这样的特点，与此龙形相近似者见于美国波士顿美术馆收藏的南宋陈容《四龙图》与《九龙图》中，可见宣德官窑御瓷亦受古画的影响。这类大罐一般是宫殿陈设之用，与其可参照的两件是署“大明宣德年制”“御用监造”款的掐丝珐琅龙纹大盖罐，一件藏于英国大英博物馆，另一件为Pierre Uldry珍藏。
Xuan kiln is often considered by connoisseurs to be the peak of blue and white production in China, and Xuande's depictions of the dragon patterns are known for their vigour and vigour. The dragon pattern painted on the Xuande blue-and-white pot embodies such characteristics. The dragon pattern similar to this can be seen in Chen Rong's Four Dragons and Nine Dragons in the Southern Song Dynasty collected by Boston Museum of Fine Arts in the United States. It can be seen that the imperial porcelain of Xuande official kiln was also influenced by ancient paintings. This kind of large pot is usually used for palace display. Two of its reference pieces are the large lid pot of silk coiled enamel with dragon pattern in the "Emperor's Supervision of the Year of Xuande in the Ming Dynasty". One is kept in the British Museum in Britain, and the other is from Pierre Uldry's collection.
