明萬曆 青花萬壽齊天龍紋雙耳小盃 雙圈六字楷書款是件萬曆小盃當屬晚明一件極為難得的精品。現僅見兩種紋飾,其一如是件拍品般飾以雙龍捧珠,內寫「萬壽齊天」四字,同例僅有兩件在出版資料中。當中尺寸較小(寬9.6公分)的載於繭山龍泉堂,《龍泉集芳:創業七十週年紀念》,東京,上冊,1976年,圖版967號,頁324;而尺寸略大者(寬8.9 公分)則見於《敏求精舍三十週年紀年展》,1990年,香港,圖版138號,頁306至307。此外,尚有器外滿飾牡丹者,但僅見一例於紐約佳士得,1987年1月13日,拍品552號,其尺寸同為9.6公分寬。3 7/8 in. (10 cm.) wide across the handles, box
This type of wine cup is extremely rare in both form and style of decoration. It seems that only limited examples have been recorded. One, slightly smaller in size (9.6 cm. wide), has the same decoration and is illustrated in Mayuyama, Seventy Years, Mayuyama & Co. Ltd., Tokyo, vol. 1, 1976, pl. 967, p. 324. A second, also similarly decorated, is slightly larger in size (8.9 cm.) and is featured in Min Chiu Society, Thirtieth Anniversary Exhibition: Selected Treasures of Chinese Art, 1990, no. 138, pp. 306-307. A Wanli wine cup of this type but designed on the exterior with flowering tree peonies below emblem reserves and the interior with a shou (longevity) medallion was sold at Christie’s New York, 13 January 1987, lot 552, and appears to be the only example to have been on the market.