拍品為明成化御窯青花罕見之作,碗身繪五龍騰海,與臺北故宮博物院清宮舊藏明成化御窯青花五龍撇口大碗和青花五龍玉壺春瓶紋飾相類,畫工、筆法相若,且均以五龍為主題紋飾,除成化一朝,其前朝後代以五龍為飾者均不為多見,時代特徵極其鮮明。 拍品造型靈秀雅致,紋飾華貴靈動,筆法工致縝麗,青花發色淡雅蘊籍,充分體現了成化御窯青花之高雅韻致,存世極為罕見,彌足珍貴。 碗敞口,深弧腹,圈足;碗內外均以青花為飾,碗心雙圈內繪祥雲側首立龍,外壁繪海水雲龍,五龍騰海,叱吒風雲,龍姿蜿蜒矯健,龍騰海上,顧盼靈動,華態萬千,通景密佈海為龍世界的氤氳氣象。成化御窯青花以俊雅、恬淡、含蓄著稱,卻不失其宮廷華美氣象,力蘊其間,貴在其中,其胎、釉、造型、青花發色、畫工都達到了明代御窯青花巔峰水準,拍品即為其中一例。 《故宮博物院藏文物珍品大系-青花釉裏紅(中)》,上海科學技術出版社、商務印書館(香港)有限公司,2000年,頁22,圖20 A BLUE WHITE SEA AND DRAGON BOWL Period of Chenghua, Ming Dynasty 4 3/4 in. (12 cm. ) Diam. With deep rounded sides rising to a flaring rim, the exterior with underglaze-blue five-clawed dragons all reserved on a dense ground of turbulent waves. The centre of the interior painted with a stylised dragon motif below a band of classic scroll around the rim The Complete Collection of the Treasures of the Palace Museum, Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red, Part 2, Shanghai, 2000, p.22, pl.20