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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT ASIAN COLLECTION 唐 邢窰白釉盌
A RARE INSCRIBED ‘XING’ BOWL
TANG DYNASTY 底字：
官
the base incised with a character guan (official)
Diameter 7½ in., 19 cm 來源
紐約蘇富比1993年6月2日，編號292
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s New York, 2nd June 1993, lot 292.
The present bowl is rare on account of the incised character
‘guan’ to the base. In 2003, numerous shards of white-
glazed bowls with the ‘guan’ character inscribed to the base
were excavated at the old Xing kiln site in Hebei province.
Lü Chenglong in Dingyaoyaji gugongbowuyuan zhencang
ji chutu dingyao ciqi huicui / Selection of Ding Ware. The
Palace Museum’s Collection and Archaeological Excavation,
Beijing, 2012, p. 13, suggests that almost all white porcelains
bearing the ‘guan’ mark are products of the ‘Ding’ kilns,
with the notable exception of a small group made at the
‘Xing’ kilns, such as the present bowl, and that the ‘guan’
mark is an indication of higher quality. Fan Dongqing in
‘Early Ding Wares in the Shanghai Museum’, Orientations,
February 1991, p. 52, further notes that wares inscribed with
the character is associated with the imperial court, high
officials and noble families, and were produced to the highest
standards.
$ 20,000-30,000

763
A ‘DING’ WHITE-GLAZED JAR 北宋 定窰白釉罐
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY
Diameter 5⅞ in., 15 cm 來源
卡爾肯普博士 (1884–1967) 收藏，於1949年已入藏
PROVENANCE 上拍於倫敦蘇富比2008年5月14日，編號286
Collection of Dr. Carl Kempe (1884-1967), by 1949.
Offered at Sotheby’s London, 14th May 2008, lot 286. 展覽
《Sung. Keramisk Guldalder》，國立博物館，
EXHIBITED 斯德哥爾摩，1949年，編號14
Sung. Keramisk Guldalder, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 出版
1949, cat. no. 14.
〈Hsing-Yao and Ting-Yao〉 ，《The Bulletin of Far
LITERATURE Eastern Antiquities》，卷25，斯德哥爾摩，1953年，
‘Hsing-Yao and Ting-Yao’, The Bulletin of Far Eastern 圖版100（下）及101
Antiquities, no. 25, Stockholm, 1953, pls 100 (lower) and 101. 喜龍仁，《Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe
Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection》，斯德哥爾摩，1964年，圖版395
Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl. 395. 《The World’s Great Collections. Oriental Ceramics.
The World’s Great Collections. Oriental Ceramics, Museum Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm》，卷8，
of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, vol. 8, Tokyo, 1982, 東京，1982年，圖版101
pl. 101. 《博物館珍藏的精品中國陶器及其它》，乌尔里瑟港
Chinese Ceramics Treasures: A Selection from Ulricehamn
East Asian Museum, including The Carl Kempe Collection, 市镇，2002年，圖版597
Ulricehamn, 2002, pl. 597.
⊖ $ 6,000-8,000
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