Lot 33: Waste Vessel Decorated with Green-Enamel Dragons on a Yellow Ground 黄地绿彩龙纹渣斗

来源：于八十年代初购自新加坡古玩店
Provenance: Acquired from an antiques shop in Singapore in the early 1980s

Diameter 口径 12 cm Height 高 12 cm Foot Diameter 足径 5 cm

Estimate 估价: SGD 450,000 – SGD 600,000
Starting Price 起拍价: SGD 350,000

广口外撇，圆鼓腹，圈足外撇。器身以黄釉为地，绿彩浓艳明快。其上以绿彩描绘主题纹饰，上层与下层各绘五爪行龙，龙首高昂，鬃毛飘拂，鳞甲以细密网格纹表现，龙爪遒劲，间饰如意云纹与火焰纹，纹饰繁密生动，充满动感。底部青花双圈内饰“正德年制”四字双行楷书款，字体工整。2014年景德镇御窑厂曾出土此类器物的涩胎半成品。

渣斗为古代宫廷实用器，用于盛放残渣秽物，此器以皇家专用黄釉为地，绘五爪龙纹，应为正德时期官窑制品，兼具实用功能与礼仪属性，是研究明代宫廷用瓷及釉彩工艺的重要实物资料。

The vessel has a wide mouth with an everted rim, a rounded globular body and a ring foot flaring outward. The body is covered with a yellow glaze, against which the green enamel appears rich and vivid. The principal decoration is painted in green enamel: the upper and lower registers are each decorated with five-clawed striding dragons, their heads held high, manes flowing, and scales rendered in fine net-like patterns. The claws are powerfully drawn, and the dragons are interspersed with ruyi-cloud and flame motifs, creating a dense, lively and dynamic design. The base is inscribed in underglaze blue, within double circles, with a four-character mark in two vertical lines in regular script: “Zhengde nian zhi” — “Made in the Zhengde reign.” In 2014, semi-finished biscuit-fired examples of this type were excavated at the Jingdezhen imperial kiln site.

The zhadou, or waste bowl, was a practical vessel used in the imperial court for holding refuse and food remnants. With its yellow-glazed ground reserved for imperial use and its five-clawed dragon decoration, this example should be regarded as an official kiln product of the Zhengde period. Combining practical function with ritual significance, it provides important material evidence for the study of Ming-dynasty court porcelains and overglaze-enamel techniques.