“大明萬曆年製”六字雙行楷書款 拍品與香港天民樓所藏明萬曆青花蓮塘水禽紋圓蓋盒相同,屬萬曆御窯別具特色、饒有趣致、極富時代特徵的青花佳器雋品,盒內做格碟式,可為調色或裝儲顏料之用,當屬宮廷文房用具,傳世較為少見。 蓋盒子母口,通體青花裝飾,所用青花鈷料為混合回青料,發色雅豔略泛紫,觀之意趣悠遠。蓋盒主題紋飾為蓮池鴛鴦紋,乃傳統吉祥詠情合歡紋飾,鴛鴦鳧水前行,戲於其中,水波粼粼,畫面靈動頻生,接天蓮葉無窮碧,荷花、蓮葉、浮萍、水草點綴期間,搖曳多姿,岸上白鶴似引首高歌,更有雀鳥迴旋盤佇,或小憩於岸邊,或振翅欲飛。整幅畫面飽滿生動,生機盎然。盒蓋邊飾繪數朵盛開的蓮花,以纏枝相連。盒內以花瓣造型將空間分為六格。整器造型小巧雋秀,紋飾精美纖雅,筆致流暢靈秀,釉色清亮,實乃傳世御窯文房佳皿,頗具收藏、賞玩價值。 《天民樓青花瓷特展》,臺北鴻禧美術館,1992年,頁164,圖65 A BLUE WHITE BIRD BOX WITH COVER Mark and period of Wanli, Ming Dynasty 5 7/8 in. (15 cm. ) Diam. The gently domed cover is well painted in bright tones of cobalt blue with a central panel containing duck, water-weed and birds , above shaped car touches alternately enclosing flowers on the sides against a ground of floral sprays at the canted corners, repeated on the sides of the box raised on a straight foot of conforming shape. Blue and White Porcelain from the Tianminlou Collection, Chang Foundation Taipei, 1992, p.164, pl.65