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is now in the Capital Museum, Beijing
         (illustrated in Shoudu bowuguan cangci
         xuan, Beijing, 1991, pl. 121).  Another is in
         the Hong Kong Museum of Art; a third,
         which was formerly in the collections of
         Charles Russell and Mrs. Ivy Clark, is now
         in the British Museum, London (illustrated
         by J. Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the
         British Museum, London, 2001, p. 238,
         no. 9:50.  Further similar jars are in the
         collections of the Museum of Decorative
         Arts, Copenhagen (illustrated by D. Lion-
         Goldschmidt, La Porcelaine Ming, Fribourg,
         1978, p. 134, no. 124); the Fengchengxian
         Museum, Jiangxi province (illustrated in
         Zhongguo wenwu jinghua da cidian, Shanghai,
         1995, p. 393, no. 766); and the Idemitsu
         Museum of Arts, Tokyo (illustrated in
         Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu Collection,
         Tokyo, 1986, pl. 191.  Smaller versions of
         this jar type are also known.

         The current jar is exceptional for its
         size, the quality of the cobalt used in its
         decoration, its condition, and the fact that
         it has retained its lid.  Most remarkable is
         the fine quality its lively decoration.  This
         vessel also reflects an important aspect of
         Chinese traditional culture, and particularly
         the interests and preoccupations of the
         Jiajing Emperor himself.                   fig. 8  Children Playing in the Garden by Jin Tingbiao (active 1757-1767).
                                                              Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing
                                                            எݨ  㞖ᅡ᧐ Ƕ⨍ວ㶯ⳞஎǷ   ࢈՗ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦৅
         卻ᅹ㞑ై厍    卼厎औӬ׾ἃᮅ㇛⏥
         ㎒ఉ⥂ࢷ⁒㱦⻦卿எ㇦Ƕԋஇᙔ⁒⠢
         ⵖഌ㗧ݱǷ㮰     ⤔⽚    卻ӳᱡ厍
             卼厎ែ՗߅ݏ⧻ワ㱦ՔⅧ⻦Ӭ׾卿
         㖊ᙻǶ߅ݏ⧻ワ㱦ԋஇ≢଍Ⅷ⻦Ƿஎ
         ‸    卻ែ՗厍    卼ǯ᫉ം卿Ⴁ⒖
         ༰׾ԋԮᝳӬᏼ଍௛㖅ཎ⎏㘆ַ⧉ǯ

         ទᐽ৅㙁௛ᘹ┣Ǯ㬪ᙠӳԧ卿⩧ӻ৅
         ⏟Ӭ᱁卿㙄ࣥ⸌Ք໭ൃὍ⦷卿ᰵἃ㫙
         ᇑӬ㇦⎏ݱ⻦Ԡהǯ⧉㕇ዂ൘ዂ⫅⎏
         ⡠㱈⡿❥卿ᝤᛓ㍯՞ᖿ❥㍵㐃ǯ᫉ം卿
         ໦㚍ᐂ㖊Իԋஇᙔࢇ⎏Ӭٖ۔⢴㇝
         ⡵卿Ԇ㵲→Իૃ㬬⎑Ⴝ⎏༳⧻ዪ㑪ࣿ
         ሗⳉஙⳉԠԿǯ


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