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were, for example, especially popular in Japan, and some of the Chinese 㬦ዷᇈज⬒׹⯇㇛Ռ໾Ꮛ⎏㇝᭯卿ֿ㪪␖ᛞ
celadon wares from the Song to early Ming periods have remained as 㧿ᓠ☭卿㘺Ջഌ։଍⁒ங㇛ՌকែՌՔᅓई
treasures of important Japanese temples and family collections. ᫆㘃ǯսᚚទἃ׾卿ӳԧ⎏䂆ᯛ㬪≢ங⋁஠

㧩⏇Ӷㄆ卿पഌलࠀক།ᚉ⎐㇬Ԡἃ۔ӽԠ
In the early Ming dynasty, not only did the celadon-glazed wares from
༾ǯ
the Longquan kilns retain their popularity, both within China and for
export to other parts of Asia, records also make clear that some of these
ߪԻᚺߝ卿䂆ᯛ㬪≢Ὅ㋏ᛓஙទகᎵ߅ऑ⯍
Longquan celadons were made for the court, under the supervision
of government officials sent from the capital. Significantly, juan 1094 ݯձՌᰲ஠ࢥ卿ई᫆㘃⎏☶ᄟ⢵ᬩӶ᳝卿ᙔ
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of the ഌᚺᝯݱ Da Ming Huidian states that in the 26 year of the ℣ԋՔᚺᙔ㉃㖊卿㛑֍䂆ᯛ㬪≢ྏᙻ༈ᅡᇙ
Hongwu reign [AD 1393] imperial wares were fired at the Yao and ㅳ卿⏟፽Կ࡞ك⊐՗ԋ᰾৘␰ㅳǯٿᇑӬᓽ
Chu kilns – i.e. at Jingdezhen in Jiangxi and at the Longquan kilns of ⎏ᛓ卿ǶഌᚺᝯݱǷ࣍ӬԬ୨㉃㖊厍Ǹᰪ᫋
Zhejiang. Հࢦݪჺ < ࣊ݩ݉ ჺ > ໸卿޹῟㙁؊⊇

଍⎵✙⁒卿㮷㇝໸ള᧙߰卿㈷❏՞႙⁒ᙠǯ
ᰪ᫋Հࢦݪჺ໸卿޹῟㙁؊⊇଍⎵✙⁒卿㮷㇝໸ള᧙߰卿㈷❏
՞႙⁒ᙠĝൈ៧ᙇഅ卿㑌इ՞ࢎ㑊՗⧡⚨⯞႙卿Ꮅᙇཐ卿リ☭ ൈ៧ᙇഅ卿㑌इ՞ࢎ㑊՗⧡⚨⯞႙ǯᎵᙇཐ卿
㲋Ǯ⽔✙ᄙ῟㙁ǯ リ☭㲋⽔ < ࣊ᮅ㇛ᜀᇪ㤯ক᱆ᮅ䂆ᯛ⚨ > ✙
ᄙ῟㙁ǯǹஙᚺߝ䂆ᯛᎵᜀᇪ㤯ㅳ৅ԋ卿⏎
Given the quality of the current dish and the extreme rarity of dishes
ᇎ㙓 ݩߎ⩢ᥑ⧎卿ទᐽ৅႙⠢ᙠ⢞卿ӻ
over 50 cm. in diameter - from either the Longquan or the Jingdezhen
ऑᇎἃ ݩߎ卿⏭׹ᇈज⬒ᛓ⁞ἃ༈ᅡ῟
kilns - in the early Ming dynasty, it seems very likely that this dish,
㙁Ԡ⁒ǯ
with a diameter of 62 cm., would have been made for the court.

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As mentioned above, during the Yuan dynasty, in the mid-14 century, ൈӳᏒ㘚卿ᛞ⯍ࢦ୨ӽ⡕ԋ⶟݉ջ卿⠢ㅳ
the Longquan kilns, and those producing porcelain at Jingdezhen, 䂆ᯛ≢卻ᜀᇪ㤯Ք὞卼ᝪ㊽ᙃ㉑㈷卿ս㘃
adapted some of their finest ceramics to accommodate the tastes of भ㇛ఓ໾Ꮛ⎏ऑঀ卿㘺Ջ໾Ꮛ⋁ԋᚘᝳᚃ
patrons from the west of China’s borders - either those currently ཰ԋࣥ⩢卿Ԯᝳᘘइԋஇ㪃≢ἃ◶⁒⩢卿
resident in China or those who received Chinese ceramics as gifts or
Ꮅᛓ߅ऑ㏪ᚿਦǯⵘⱤᅴഌ⏎㙁௛ᙲ♦卿
as part of the export trade. Large dishes with bracket-lobed rims were
⋁ᛞ⎏䂆ᯛ⚨কᜀᇪ㤯மᝳݯ㕇ᆴǯ݉ջᜀ
among the new forms, which appeared at both the Longquan and
ᇪ㤯㫍ᝪ῟㙁ⵘऑഌ⏎卿ַֿԢ⎐Ὅ≓ᆨ
Jingdezhen kilns at that time. During the Yuan dynasty the large dishes
ᆄ೅卿䂆ᯛ≢ݰ᫉㙁௛⩢ՔӶഅǯ䂆ᯛ㬪
with bracket-lobed rims made at the Jingdezhen kilns do not appear
to have been made with lobed sides, although a small number of those ≢ࢷ⁒㱦⻦Ӭ׾ݰ≓ᆨᆄ೅⎏݉ջⵘⱤऑ
from the Longquan kilns did have this feature. A large Yuan dynasty ഌ⏎卿எ㇦Ƕԋஇ䂆ᯛ㬪≢Ƿஎ‸ 卻ឿ
dish with bracket-lobed rim and lobed sides from the collection ႔厍 卼ǯ὞⩧卿㊃׾⎏≓ᅴ㙁௛Ӷࣿទ

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