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Equally exported, particularly to the Middle East, similar bowls are found in
palace collections. Three bowls of this size from the Ardabil Shrine collection Ϥᗳ䋘຅ࣛ͵Ъ̈ɹdεЇʕ؇dމࢗҒᔛf
are now in the Iran Bastan Museum in Teheran. All three are inscribed with a ̙ˢɧԷdၾ͉䋘ˉʂ޴຅dڛᅃˢဧग़ํ
dedicatory inscription of Shah Abbas, King of Persia from 1571 to 1629, one of ޜᔛdତπͺࣦ਷࢕௹ي᎜dᅃලᚆfɧԷ
these bowls is illustrated in John Alexander Pope, Chinese Porcelains from the ޫ੭ت౶਷ˮڛנ౶ɓ˰€ίЗ1571 1629
ʘԶւთ˖dՉʕɓԷ፽ߒጫsԭዝʆɽsت
Ardabil Shrine, Washington D.C., 1956, pl. 114, no. 29.714. Pope, ibid, p. 146,
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mentions a similar bowl in the Chehel Sotun in Isfahan, with the Shah Abbas
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mark, additionally engraved with the words Shah Jahangir Shah Abbas, which
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suggests that this bowl was a gift from Shah Jahangir (the Mughal emperor
䋘d੭ڛנ౶ɓ˰ಛʿთ˖˜Shah Jahangir
of India from 1605 to 1627) to Shah Akbar, it may be one of the two bowls Shah Abbas™d̙ٝϤ䋘ɗ༠ဏΛဧ€Ιܓ୽
illustrated in T. Misugi, Chinese Porcelain Collections in the Near East. Topkapi ٶՅˮಃё˴dίЗ1605 1627ᗍʚӍsڛ
and Ardebil, vol. 3, Hong Kong, 1981, no. A 250. A similar bowl of slightly дˋd̈ஈΝɪdࠫ146iϤ䋘אၾ̤ɓԷΝ༱
smaller size in Istanbul, is illustrated in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the ׵ɧӄඤઽdʕڐ؇ʘʕ਷ନኜ‘d՜3d࠰
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Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, vol. II, London, 1986, pl. 771.
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Compare two similar pieces, one formerly in the collection of Sir John Addis in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul‘d
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and now in the British Museum, is illustrated in Jessica Harrison-Hall, Ming
Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, p. 177, no. 7:1; the other in ࿁ˢɚԷdՉɓɗЎઑܠᐌɻᔚᔛdତ൧ɽ
the collection of the City Art Museum of Saint Louis, Missouri was included in ߵ௹ي᎜dԈᎍΛૺdɽߵ௹ي᎜ᔛʕ਷
the exhibition Ming Porcelains, A Retrospective, China House Gallery, China ׼˾ௗନ‘dࡐ౱d2001ϋdࠫ177dᇜ໮7 1
Institute in America, New York, 1971, cat. no. 27 and is illustrated in Daisy Lion- iՉɚމ੗ᘽԢψ City Art Museum of
Goldschmidt, Ming Porcelain, New York 1978, pl. 94. Saint Louis ᘒႅd࢝׵Ming Porcelains, A
Retrospective‘dChina House Gallerydശ
The present bowl has a remarkable provenance, having been in the hands of ߕ՘ආٟdॲߒd1971ϋdᇜ໮27dԨ༱ Daisy
three important collectors. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Clark started collecting in the Lion-GoldschmidtdMing Porcelain‘dॲ
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1920s. They were enthusiastic supporters of the Oriental Ceramic Society in
London and lent their pieces generously to several of its exhibitions. They also
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donated to the British Museum. Parts of their collection were sold after Alfred ͸ᙨʘϗᔛ֐׵ɪ˰ߏɚɤϋ˾fɚɛᆠҝҧ
Clark’s death at Sotheby’s in 1953, 1971 and 1975. Raymond F.A. Riesco began пࡐ౱؇˙ௗନኪึdᅰϣ࿓౑࠾࢝dɽߵ௹
his Ming and Qing porcelain collection in 1918, later broadening his scope ي᎜͵աՉ࣏ᗍfClark ΋͛ᗘ˰ܝdɚɛהᔛ
to the Neolithic period. He was also a keen member of the Oriental Ceramic ΋ܝ׵1953ϋe1971ϋʿ1975ϋ຾ᘽబˢʱҭ
ᙑ̈fRaymond F.A. Riesco І1918ϋৎϗᔛ
Society in London and he lent the present bowl to the exhibition Arts of the
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Ming Dynasty in 1957. He donated as well to the British Museum, but most of
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his collection went to the Corporation of Croydon where he lived and is now
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in the Riesco Gallery at Croydon Clock House. The last notable collectors to
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have owned the present bowl were Stanley and Adele Herzman who collected ۃ֢Иήдᖯͺ཭ʘή˙ִ݁dତ׵ Croydon
Chinese ceramics from the Eastern Han through to the Qing dynasty. Stanley Clock House ʘ Riesco Gallery ࢝௓f௰ܝd
Herzman traveled to China many times, on business, bringing back interesting Ϥ䋘͟ Stanley Herzman ͸ᙨڭϞiHerzman
pieces. He donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and to the ʕ਷ ௗ ନ ϗ ᔛ ᔮబdІ؇ ဏ Ї ૶dೌ הʔ
̍fHerzman ΋͛࿂ϣΪʮிஞʕ਷d੭փޜ
Art Institute of Chicago.
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