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Fig. 1 A covered jar with lug handles, Fig. 2 A covered jar with lug handles, Fig. 3 A jadeite-green glazed jar with Fig. 4 A tianbai-glazed jar, Ming
Ming dynasty, Yongle period. Qing Ming dynasty, Yongle period. lug handles, Ming dynasty, Yongle dynasty, Yongle period. Shanghai
court collection, Palace Museum, Collection of the National Palace period, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Museum, Shanghai © Shanghai
Beijing © Palace Museum, Beijing Museum, Taipei Photograph © 2018 Museum of Fine Museum
Arts, Boston
ྡɓ ͑ᆀ ၯڡཊɧᖩႊᜦ ྡɚ ͑ᆀ ၯڡཊɧᖩႊᜦ ྡ̬ ͑ᆀ ͣཊฮڀᜦ
ᔚᔛ ݂௹ي৫ ̏ԯ ̨݂̏ͭ௹ي৫ϗᔛ ྡɧ ͑ᆀ ၯڡཊɧᖩᜦ ɪऎ௹ي ɪऎ
© ̏ԯ݂௹ي৫ تɻߕஔ تɻ © ɪऎ௹ي
ྡ˪ © 2018 تɻߕஔdتɻ
3 4
After the Yongle period this subtle coloration, which requires impeccably
prepared materials and utmost control of the ! ring, was abandoned and never ၯڡཊۜd̀ഹၚҿdᘌછ㜺˦d˙ϓԳ
properly revived, even though a large range of exquisite bluish-green glaze tones ኜd݂І͑ᆀʘܝdʊ್ደdٜЇɧϵϋ
were created again three centuries later, in the Yongzheng reign (1723-1735), ܝdའ͍֠ඩdഹɢూጳڡཊۜ၇dϾ
quite possibly modeled on pieces such as this jar, which undoubtedly would ϤᗳۜуᏐމᅼ͉ʘɓf
have caught the Yongzheng Emperor’s eye.
͑ᆀ̆ڡཊۜd̙ਞϽʞ৷ԑ䋘ԷjՇԷ
ᔛ̏ԯ݂௹ي৫d˾ݳ؛͑ᆀ㜺
The celadon glaze (dongqing) is known from ! ve contemporary Yongle stem
ନኜdۃࠑ̈ஈdྡو141ʿ݂௹ي৫
bowls: two in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Mingdai Hongwu Yongle
ᔛ˖يޜۜΌණdۃࠑ̈ஈdྡو124d˸
yuyao ciqi, op.cit., pl. 141 and The Complete Collection of Treasures, op.cit., pl. ʿঅᘒᇜd݂௹ي৫ᔛ̚ௗନ༟ࣘ፯
124; and in Geng Baochang, ed., Gugong Bowuguan cang gu taoci ciliao xuancui ၘd̏ԯd2005ϋd՜1dྡو88iɓԷ
[Selection of ancient ceramic material from the Palace Museum], Beijing, ᔛГᔛ௹يd༱Гᔛ௹يᔛନኜ
2005, vol. 1, pl. 88; one in the Tibet Museum, illustrated in Xizang Bowuguan ၚۜd̏ԯd2004ϋdྡو26iᘽబˢש
cang Ming Qing ciqi jingpin/Ming and Qing Dynasties Ceramics Preserved ርՇԷdՉɓʫኣུฮڀᎲ७d͑ᆀϋႡ
̬οᇏಛdਯ࠰ಥᘽబˢ1981ϋ11˜24˚d
in Tibet Museum, Beijing, 2004, pl. 26; and two sold in our rooms, one with
ᇜ133dᘱਯॲߒᘽబˢ2001ϋ3˜22˚d
anhua dragons around the interior and a four-character Yongle mark incised
ᇜ90iՉɚೌಛdਯࡐᘽబˢ1981ϋ4
in the center, sold in Hong Kong, 24th November 1981, lot 133, and again in
˜7˚dᇜ252ʿ࠰ಥᘽబˢ1983ϋ5˜11
these rooms, 22nd March 2001, lot 90; the other unmarked, sold in our London ˚dᇜ105fڡͣཊۜdԈɓ䋘Էdᓙ˾͑
rooms, 7th April 1981, lot 252, and in our Hong Kong rooms, 11th May 1983, ᆀdᔚᔛdତᔛ̏ԯ݂௹ي৫d
lot 105. For a pale bluish-green (qingbai) glazed piece in the Palace Museum, ݂௹ي৫ᔛ˖يޜۜΌණdۃࠑ̈ஈd
Beijing, see the bowl from the Qing court collection illustrated in The Complete ྡو125f
Collection of Treasures, op.cit., pl. 125, there also attributed to the Yongle period.