Wanli The domed cover surmounted with a round finial and brightly enamelled with a dragon and a phoenix chasing the flaming pearl amidst clouds, the wide everted lip decorated with a pair of dragons spaced by a pair of phoenix, the interior and exterior of the bowl decorated with scrolling lotus, all on a turquoise ground, the rims and base gilt. 18.4cm (7 1/4in) diam. 注脚 明萬曆 銅胎掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮龍鳳紋蓋盤 Compare a related cloisonné enamel dish, 16th century, also decorated with a dragon and a phoenix chasing a flaming pearl, illustrated by H.Brinker and A.Lutz, Chinesisches Cloisonné: Die Sammlung Pierre Uldry, Zurich, 1984. pl.121; and another cloisonné enamel dish, first half of the 17th century, in the Phoenix Art Museum, illustrated by B.Quette ed., Cloisonné: Chinese Enamels from the Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties, New York, 2011, pl.54. 此式龍鳳穿花紋蓋盤較為少見，同類紋飾多見於明末清初尺寸較大的初掐絲琺瑯器上，如一件十六世紀龍鳳穿花紋大盤，著錄於H.Brinker及A.Lutz，《Chinesisches Cloisonné: Die Sammlung Pierre Uldry》，蘇黎世，1984年，圖版121。另一件藏美國鳳凰城藝術博物館，著錄於B.Quette《Cloisonné: Chinese Enamels from the Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties》，紐約，2011年，圖版54。