Property of a LadyA rare copper-red decorated 'chrysanthemum' barbed cupstand,Ming dynasty, Hongwu period女史珍藏明洪武 釉裏紅菊花折沿菱口盞托19.6 cm来源: Collection of the Reach Family.Eskenazi Ltd, London.Reach 家族收藏埃斯卡納齊，倫敦文学: Giuseppe Eskenazi in collaboration with Hajni Elias, A Dealer's Hand: The Chinese Art World Through the Eyes of Giuseppe Eskenazi, London, 2012, Chinese version, Shanghai, 2015, p. 305, pl. 322.朱塞佩．埃斯卡納齊，薛好佩整理，《中國藝術品經眼錄：埃斯卡納齊的回憶》，倫敦，2012年；中譯版，上海，2015年，頁305，圖版322拍品专文: Copper-red pigment was used more extensively during the Hongwu reign than the Yuan period, possibly as a substitute for cobalt which was not as readily available due to changes in diplomatic relations and trade patterns. Although porcelain decorated in underglaze red was produced in large quantities, the temperamental nature of the medium resulted in very few successfully-fired wares.A closely related cupstand in the Shanghai Museum, is published in Wang Qingzheng, Underglaze Blue and Red. Elegant Decoration on Porcelain of Yuan, Ming and Qing, Hong Kong, 1993, pl. 41; another from the Manno Art Museum, Osaka, illustrated in Sekai toji zenshu / Ceramic Art of the World, vol. 14, Tokyo, 1976, pl. 139, was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 28th October 2002, lot 528; and a third example was sold in these rooms, 27th October 1992, lot 30. A further example, similarly decorated with a chrysanthemum scroll but encircling a peony spray at the centre, from the collection of Edward T. Chow, was sold in these rooms, 7th April 2011, lot 44, from the Meiyintang Collection. Compare also a similar cupstand, but with a flowerhead in the centre, from the collection of King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, now in the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, included in Oriental Ceramics. The World's Great Collections, vol. 8, Tokyo, 1982, col. pl. 51.Cupstands of this type are also known with a variety of flower scrolls encircling the central ruyi medallion; for example see one with a band of scrolling pomegranate flowers, sold twice in these rooms, 27th April 1993, lot 34, and again, 8th October 2013, lot 3107; one depicting scrolling peonies in the British Museum, London, published in Oriental Ceramics. The World's Great Collections, vol. 5, Tokyo, 1981, col. pl. 73; and another with a lotus scroll, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30th May 2006, lot 1249.Cupstands of this type, decorated in both copper red and cobalt blue, were made to support a small winecup; see a cup and cupstand excavated in the Hongwu strata at Dongmentou, Zhushan, was included in the exhibition Imperial Hongwu and Yongle Excavated at Jingdezhen, Chang Foundation, Taipei, 1996, cat. nos 17 and 18. Cupstands of this form were originally produced in silver and later adapted into lacquer and porcelain.較之元朝，明代洪武多以銅紅飾瓷，或因政治、貿易等原因，鈷料供應不足所致。雖釉裏紅器存世頗多，然因銅紅嬌溫，正色佳品者尤為難得。 上海博物館藏一近例，錄於汪慶正，《青花釉裏紅》，香港，1993年，圖版41。大阪萬野美術館藏托，也可資比對，圖見《世界陶磁全集》，卷14，東京，1976年，圖版139，後售於香港佳士得2002年10月28日，編號528。1992年10月27日香港蘇富比拍出一例，編號30。仇焱之與玫茵堂舊藏盞托，同綴菊紋，但中心飾折枝牡丹，2011年4月7日在香港蘇富比拍出，編號44。斯德哥爾摩東亞博物館也有一相似例，惟中心繪團花，原屬瑞典國王古斯塔夫五世所蓄，收錄在《東洋陶磁大觀》，卷8，東京，1982年，彩圖版51。中央繪寶相如意紋之盞托，內壁纏枝花卉者有不同種類者，例如石榴花紋，一例兩度在香港蘇富比拍出，分別為1993年4月27日，編號34及2013年10月8日，編號3107。又見倫敦大英博物館藏纏枝牡丹紋盞托，圖載於《東洋陶磁大觀》，卷5，東京，1981年，彩圖版73。還有一纏枝蓮紋盞托，2006年5月30日在香港佳士得拍出，編號1249。此類盞托，上承酒盃為用，原以銀造，後來才始用漆或瓷製。除釉裏紅外，也有飾以青花者。參考一出土青花盞托連盃殘例，展於《景德鎮出土明初官窰瓷器》，鴻禧美術館，台北，1996年，圖版17及18。专文: Twenty Five Years: Ancient Chinese Bronzes, Gilt Bronzes, Inlaid Bronzes, Silver, Jades, Ceramics, Eskenazi Ltd, London, 1985, cat. no. 27.Chinese Art from the Reach Family Collection, Eskenazi Ltd, London, 1989, cat. no. 31.《Twenty Five Years: Ancient Chinese Bronzes, Gilt Bronzes, Inlaid Bronzes, Silver, Jades, Ceramics》，埃斯卡納齊，倫敦，1985年，編號27《Chinese Art from the Reach Family Collection》，埃斯卡納齊，倫敦，1989年，編號31