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fig. 1 Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing fig. 2 Collection of Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute
எӬ ࢈՗ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦৅ எՀ ᜀᇪ㤯Ⴊ㪃≢Ⓔ♾Ꮢ⻦৅

3036 Continued

The current dish belongs to a small group of finely made Longquan ⏎ᘳऑ卿᳍ᆄ⭬卿஄㑷卿ݤǮംࣿ஄㑷ݤமᙼ㬪㞏卿㞏ⰰ⇰ᷪ㬪⨿卿ᄓ
chargers produced at the Chuzhou Imperial kilns, Zhejiang province 㛑∪ᆨὍ㞏ಝ῟ǯݤᄓ㬷ߴᐙ៨ⶶ⵨⡠卿ݤ೅ߴ㬦ⱐ⛛⶟⡠卿ݤऑᯒἃ
during the early Ming dynasty. Imperial patronage of this type of ᐙ៨Ɽࢭ⡠ǯ
chargers can be supported by a shard carved with the same design to
the interior found at the Chuzhou Imperial kilns, illustrated in Faxian- ᫉⏎ἃᚺߝ⽔႔䂆ᯛ໶⚨ㅳ৅ǯ㊃⚨நᝪ߅க⏎ݤ⡠㱈⏟ऱ⎏᫬‷卿㇦
Da Ming Chuzhou Longquan guanyao, Hangzhou, 2005, p. 294, no. 9-1.
Ƕ⎉→厍ഌᚺ⽔႔䂆ᯛ໶⚨Ƿ卿ឿ႔卿 ჺ卿㮰 卿எ‸ ǯ
Among the chargers produced at the Chuzhou Imperial kilns, the design
of ‘grapes’ appears to be one of the rarest. Only three heirloom examples ഌ⏎ἃ⽔႔䂆ᯛ໶⚨⊂⊄⎏㞒㇝଍ᆨ卿ֿߴսⶶ⵨⡠⩢ᥑཐ卿۔ӽ৅
bearing this design appear to be known, one is in the Palace Museum, 㩶Իӳ㘚Ꮴ᛿ࢽᬘ༈Ԡ׾սം卿ַۣ⒖औംӲ։卿Ӭ։⻦ᙻ࢈՗ᘢ༈
Beijing (50.6 cm.), illustrated in Longquan of the World: Longquan ࢷ⁒㩴卿㇦Ƕ഍Ӵ䂆ᯛ厍䂆ᯛ㬪≢⯝ݥ↗ࢇǷ卿࢈՗卿 ჺ卿எ‸
Celadon and Globalization, Beijing, 2019, no. 125 (fig. 1); another in the 卻ॲː卼厎Ӭ։⻦ᙻக⪆ݯᏤ᛿ࢽᬘ༈卿㇦Ƕ⎉→厍ഌᚺ⽔႔䂆ᯛ
Topkapi Saray Museum (51.8 cm.), op. cit., 2005, p. 295, no. 9-2. ; the
third was included in the exhibition In pursuit of Antiquities, Thirty-fifth ໶⚨Ƿ卿㮰 卿எ‸ 厎✄Ӳ։ᝪᙻ ჺǶൃऒᘨ᭯Ĝᘨ᭯⠢
Anniversary Exhibition of the Min Chiu Society, 22 December 1995-18 ⯣ӲࢦՆॶჺ⡕ሗཿǷ ཿ߅卿ᇌᙻ ჺ ᝲ ᚚ⡥⡙צ೥ᇑᐽ㐈卿
February 1996, and sold at Christie’s New York, 16 September 1999, lot ᐽ৅ ⽚ǯ㊃Ӳ׾ം೅⎐ߴսᐙ៨Ɽ៧⡠卿ទ⏎ἃ᫉㯸ⶶ⵨⡠ഌ⏎
309. All three examples are carved with fruiting sprays on the exterior. ԋ਒ӬӬ։ം೅ݏ⡵⎏׾ຽǯ
The current charger appears to be the other one without decoration on
the exterior walls. ᫉⏎⡠㱈⯝ऱឆ㬪Ɽ⏎ӳᏒ㇦ᥑἃ㯸ַ卿㇦ᜀᇪ㤯ⅸྒྷᇙ଍ᅐ᭦ᦼ஠
ྉ߅கӬ׾卿㖊ᙻǶᜀᇪ㤯߅க݉ᚺ໶⚨≢଍Ƿ卿࢈՗卿 ჺ卿㮰
The design on the current dish is closely related to that found on an
underglaze blue dish (41 cm. diam.) excavated from the Yongle stratum 卿எ‸ 卻ॲ̤卼ǯἃᜀᇪ㤯ᇙ଍ᅐࣿ⽔႔໶⚨㧿ᚘ⏟Մਹ⎉
from the Ming Imperial kiln site at Zhushan, Jingdezhen, see Yuan’s ՔⰮሻ⛙…⎏㨸ؠᓽ؊Ի׾㌴ǯ
and Ming’s Imperial Porcelains Unearthed from Jingdezhen, Beijing,
1999, pp. 166-167, no. 51 (fig. 2). This parallel production at two sites,
each working with different clays and different glazes, appears to have
provided both kiln sites with inspiration and healthy competition.

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