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fig. 2  The pair to the current jar. Tianminlou Collection  fig. 3  A Cizhou pillow painted with a boy fishing. Northern Song
                        எՀ  ഍ᭆ᧊Ⅷ⻦Ԡૃ㬬㬪ⱤວᏈஎ⸌⧉⯝ទ৅Ꮀཌ                          dynasty. Collection of the Hebei Provincial Museum
                                                                              எӲ  ࢈໬┵႔⚨≢២   ᯇ࢈⏥ࢷ⁒㱦⻦৅


               theme is in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, and is   ᙻӬᏼ᭦ᦼ卻ݩ݉      ⯍      ჺ卼Ⅷ⧎
               illustrated in Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Selected Hsüan-te Imperial   ≢⎾⎏⡠㱈ԋǯ഍ᭆ᧊Ⅷ⻦Ӭ׾卿எ㇦Ƕ഍
               Porcelains of the Ming Dynasty, Taipei, 1998, no. 152.  On the Xuande bowl,   ᭆ᧊⻦≢Ƿ㮰    ⤔⽚    Ꮢ▔⎏᭦ᦼ卻ݩ
               although the boys are shown within a balustraded garden, mountains   ݉      ⯍      ჺ卼㬪Ɽᄥ㩴ວᏈஎ⎾卻㲞
               can be seen in the distance beyond the fence.  However, after the mid-  ᳰ厍    卼卿எԋݬᝳ⛐ຽࢦݪल卻ॲ̪卼ǯ
                 th
               15  century the emphasis was clearly focussed on the garden itself and   झ࢈இ⛁ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴ՔⅧ⻦Ӭ։⡠㱈⏟㘆
               generally only clouds appear in the distance.               ⎏໿ᇪ卻ݩ݉      ⯍      ჺ卼⎾卿᫉׾
                                                                           㕇᳍ऑᖊ卿எ㇦Ƕᚺջ໿ᇪ໶⚨⴬ⵖ⁞ཿ
               The theme of boys playing in a garden really established its popularity
                                                                           எ㢙Ƿ⤔⽚    卻झ࢈厍    卼ǯ⎾㕇⥾
               in the porcelains of the Chenghua reign – both those decorated in
                                                                           Ӭ⨍ඵඵஙஊݤᄻӴງᏈ卿᪃ം㙭ྒྷᨕ⨿ǯ
               underglaze blue and those decorated in doucai style.  Blue and white
                                                                           ֿࢦՆӽ⡕ԋ⶟ս㩥卿ວᏈஎ⎏㞒ᇵႡ὞
               bowls in several sizes and decorated with slightly different versions of
                                                                           㖿⯍ᄥ㩴卿㙭ᜀ᯿ࢮۣ㱈ភភ⎊㫡ǯ
               the boys at play design were excavated from the late Chenghua stratum
               at Jingdezhen.  Two of the smaller sized bowls are illustrated in A Legacy   Ꮀࢇჺ㧿卿ᓼ⥾ᄥ㩴ວᏈஎ⎏㬪Ɽ≢⯝
               of Chenghua – Imperial Porcelain of the Chenghua Reign Excavated from   㶯ᆭ≢⎽⎉᱁リǯᜀᇪ㤯ᇙ⚨Ꮀࢇᛮឆ
               Zhushan, Jingdezhen, Hong Kong, 1993, p. 234, no. C72 and C73) (fig. 6),   ≢ྉᝪ߅கӬᏼ㘆ַ㬪Ɽ⎾卿ዂݯഌཎ
               while a significantly larger blue and white bowl decorated with boys at   ӶӬ卿ວᏈஎ⎏ݤ༏Ԯ⊶ᝳӶऱǯݯԋՀ
               play in a garden is illustrated in The Emperor’s broken china – Reconstructing   ׾଍௛㖅ཎ卿எ㇦ǶᎰ⚨㚃ⅧǷ㮰     ⤔
               Chenghua porcelain, London, 1995, pp. 50 and 52-3, no. 54).  A Chenghua   ⽚ $   ࣿ $  卻ॲՎ卼卻㲞ᳰ厍    卼厎
               blue and white, medium sized, bowl decorated with boys at play is in the   औӬ׾㬪Ɽᄥ㩴ວᏈ⎾⎏଍௛ᚺ㰆㖅ഌ卿
               collection of Sir Percival David (illustrated by Rosemary Scott in Elegant   ᘘ㢙ᙻǶ5IF  &NQFSPS’T  CSPLFO  DIJOB  ě


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