Lot 46: Doucai Dish Depicting a Dragon Teaching Its Young 斗彩苍龙教子图折腰盘

来源：于九十年代购自香港私人收藏家
Provenance: Acquired from a private collector in Hong Kong in the 1990s

Diameter 口径 22.2 cm Height 高 3.8 cm Foot Diameter 足径 13.8 cm

Estimate 估价: SGD 400,000 – SGD 700,000
Starting Price 起拍价: SGD 300,000

敞口，折腰，圈足。通体以斗彩工艺装饰，盘心绘“苍龙教子”纹，苍龙以绿彩为主，辅以蓝、黄、矾红彩等色，姿态威严矫健；幼龙隐于海水中，呼应苍龙吐水的动态，纹样寓意皇权传承与父子相承的政治内涵。盘外壁以回纹与如意云头纹组合边饰，色彩以蓝、黄、绿搭配，既强化了器型轮廓，也与盘心主题纹样形成层次呼应。胎质坚致细腻，胎体轻薄匀整，釉面光洁莹润，呈现出雍正官窑“白如凝脂、润如美玉”的质感。底部以青花书“大清雍正年制”六字双圈双行楷书款。

“苍龙教子”是清代宫廷瓷器的经典纹样，尤其在雍正、乾隆时期盛行，既体现了皇家对皇权延续的政治诉求，也承载了儒家“父慈子孝”的伦理观念。

The dish is potted with a flared mouth, an angled waist and a ring foot. It is decorated throughout in the doucai technique. The centre is painted with a “green dragon teaching its young” design. The larger dragon is predominantly rendered in green enamel, with details picked out in blue, yellow and iron red, its posture majestic and vigorous. The young dragon is partly concealed among the waves, echoing the dynamic movement of the elder dragon as it expels water. The motif conveys the political symbolism of imperial succession and the transmission of authority from father to son.

The exterior is decorated with borders combining key-fret and ruyi-cloud-head motifs, the palette mainly composed of blue, yellow and green. These bands strengthen the outline of the form while creating a layered visual response to the central design. The body is firm, fine and evenly thinly potted, and the glaze is smooth, lustrous and luminous, displaying the “white as congealed fat, smooth as fine jade” quality associated with Yongzheng imperial porcelain. The base is inscribed in underglaze blue, within double circles, with the six-character mark in two vertical lines in regular script: “Da Qing Yongzheng nian zhi” — “Made in the Yongzheng reign of the Great Qing dynasty.”

The “green dragon teaching its young” motif is a classic subject in Qing court porcelain, particularly popular during the Yongzheng and Qianlong periods. It not only reflects the imperial concern with dynastic continuity, but also embodies the Confucian ethical ideal of a benevolent father and filial son.