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             ‘Jadeite green’, or cuiqing, porcelains are among the rarest monochrome
             pieces successfully created at that time. Only ! ve other pieces glazed in this   ͑ᆀၯڡཊۜdˈމޜӼdৰ͉ۜdසʞԷ
             color appear to be recorded: The pair to this jar, of the same shape, but lacking   Ԉ຾ഹ፽jɓᜦԷၾ͉ۜΝҖdೌႊdᔛ
             its cover, is in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, published on the   ̏ԯ݂ࢗ௹ي৫d༱݂ࢗၣ१   http   www
             Museum’s website (http://www.dpm.org.cn/collection/ceramic/227414.html).   dpm org cn collection ceramic 227414
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             Two closely related jars with this kind of glaze are preserved from the Qing court
                                                                                    ޴ڐdٲЪɧᖩdՉɓᔛ̏ԯ݂ࢗ௹ي৫
             collection, both of very similar form, with a similar cover, but with three small
                                                                                    €ྡɓd፽׼˾ݳ؛͑ᆀ੿㜺ନኜ‘d
             lugs attached around the shoulder: one now in the Palace Museum, Beijing,
                                                                                    ̏ԯd2015ϋdྡو122d˸ʿ݂ࢗ௹ي
             (! g. 1), is illustrated in Mingdai Hongwu Yongle yuyao ciqi/Imperial Porcelains
                                                                                    ৫ᔛ˖يޜۜΌණsᕙЍཊ‘d࠰ಥd1999
             from the Reigns of Hongwu and Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, Beijing, 2015, pl.   ϋdྡو123iՉɚᔛ̨̏਷݂ͭࢗ௹ي৫€ྡ
             122; and again in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum:   ɚd࢝ቇ׵ːj׼˾͑ᆀެ܎ٙନኜ‘d
             Monochrome Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1999, pl. 123; the other, now in the National   ̨̏d2017ϋdྡ፽dࠫ82 3f̤ԈՇԷd
             Palace Museum, Taiwan, (! g. 2) was included in the Museum’s exhibition Shi   ͵ЪɧᖩdೌႊjՉɓdᔛتɻ཭ߕஔ᎜
                                                                                    €ྡɧd፽юΝdEarth  Transformed
             yu xin: Mingdai Yongle huangdi de ciqi/Pleasingly Pure and Lustrous: Porcelains
                                                                                    Chinese  Ceramics  in  the  Museum  of  Fine
             from the Yongle Reign (1403-1424) of the Ming Dynasty, Taipei, 2017, catalogue,
                                                                                    Arts   Boston‘dتɻ཭d1998ϋdࠫ112 3
             pp. 82-3. Two other jars of this latter shape have survived without a cover: one,
                                                                                    ʿᚐ܆iՉɚdɧᖩ຾࿚dਯॲߒԳɻ੻
             retaining the three lugs, is now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, (! g. 3)   2010ϋ9˜16Ї17˚dᇜ໮1357f
             illustrated in Wu Tung, Earth Transformed: Chinese Ceramics in the Museum
             of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 1998, pp. 112-3 and on the dust jacket; the other,
             with the lugs ground down, has been sold at Christie’s New York, 16th/17th
             September 2010, lot 1357.



































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