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A RARE STRAW-GLAZED MARBLED BOWL ԭ ⚉⣑↢
YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368) ⢥⫭⎾ᝬᙻջ⊂⊄卿Ԇᑥ⦛῟㙁⯍Ǯ݉սᇌǯ᫉⎾Ԡ⢥⫭Ɽ⡠
The bowl is with rounded sides rising from the broad foot ring ൈݪ≓ஏⱤ卿⯝ݯ㯸ऱԠ⏟ַ卿जࣻ⩠Ӭ։㩯㇛⏥▵ណ⥂⎉ᓒ߅⎏݉
to a slightly everted rim. It is decorated inside and out with a fine ջ⢥⫭⎾卿ݯऑᇎἃ ݩߎ卿ऱ᧙㱈սݪ≓ஏⱤ⡠卿ߒ㖊ᙻᤨప㟕⤔卿
marbled pattern depicting six-petal florets. Each petal is detailed Ƕ㩯㇛टࢷ⁒㱦Ⅷ⻦㪃≢Ƿ卿㩯㇛卿 ჺ卿⤔⽚ ǯ
with wavy lines of a brown clay against a buff clay ground,
radiating from a central stamen inlaid with a creamy-white clay. It
is covered overall by a clear straw glaze, with the exception of the
foot.
6æ in. (17.3 cm.) diam., box
HK$180,000-250,000 US$24,000-32,000
This decorative technique of marbling, by layering or folding together
and then cutting two colours of clay, first appeared in the Tang dynasty
and continued into the Song, Jin and Yuan periods and is based on the
stylised waves created by mixing different coloured clays. Of note is the
remarkable skill in which a pattern of florets is expressed so evenly and
with such precision as on the present bowl. Compare a related bowl of
floral blooms with multiple layers of petals below rows of overlapping
leaves of similar size (diam. 16 cm.), also dated to the Yuan period,
excavated in Shenmu county, Shaanxi province, and illustrated in Yang
Peijun ed., Ceramics: Selected Treasures of Shaanxi History Museum,
no. 111.
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