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Fig. 1 A white ewer, Ming Dynasty, early Figs. 2-4 A blue and white ewer, Xuande
Yongle period. Jingdezhen Archeology mark and period. Jingdezhen Archeology
Insitute, Jingdezhen Insitute, Jingdezhen
© Jingdezhen Archaelogy Institute © Jingdezhen Archaelogy Institute

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Ͻ̚޼Ӻה ౻ᅃᕄ ౻ᅃᕄௗନϽ̚޼Ӻה ౻ᅃᕄ
© ౻ᅃᕄௗନϽ̚޼Ӻה ɽ׼܁ᅃϋႡ‘ಛ
© ౻ᅃᕄௗନϽ̚޼Ӻה

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Chinese Porcelain Collections in the Near East: Topkapi and Ardebil, Hong
Kong, 1981, vol. III, p. 160, no. A.82; for an example from the Ottoman royal ˮಃᘒᔛϗᔛᅰԷd༱׵ߒጫsԭዝʆɽs
collection in Turkey see Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray ت౷dChinese Porcelains from the
Museum, Istanbul, ed. John Ayers, London, 1986, vol. 2, no. 622. Ardebil Shrine‘dശସ཭d1956ϋ€ࡌࠈ
وdࡐ౱1981ϋdྡو54ʿ55iɧӄඤ
Yongle blue-and-white ewers of both versions in the National Palace Museum ઽdʕڐ؇ʘʕ਷ନኜ‘d࠰ಥd1981
were included in the Museum’s exhibition Shi yu xin: Mingdai Yongle huangdi ϋd՜3dࠫ160dᇜ໮A 82iΎˢɓԷd̈
de ciqi/Pleasingly Pure and Lustrous: Porcelains from the Yongle Reign ІɺЀՉෳ౶ਟˮ਷ެ܃ՊᔛdԈੰጶёd
Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray
(1403-1424) of the Ming Dynasty, Taipei, 2017, catalogue pp. 114-115; further
Museum‘dͺ౶վ̺ဧdJohn Ayers ᇜd
examples from the Qing court collection are also preserved in the Palace
ࡐ౱d1986ϋd՜2dᇜ໮622f
Museum, Beijing, see Geng Baochang, ed., Gugong Bowuyuan cang Ming
chu qinghua ci [Early Ming blue-and-white porcelain in the Palace Museum], ݂ࢗ௹ي৫ϗᔛ຅ʕd͵ԈՇό͑ᆀڡڀੂడ
Beijing, 2002, vol. 1, pls 37, 38 and 92. Էd࢝ቇ׵ː{׼˾͑ᆀެ܎ٙନኜ‘d̨
̏d2017ϋdᇜ໮114 115i̤̙ˢᅰԷd૶
While all other extant porcelain examples are unmarked, Geng attributes ࢗᔚᔛdତπ׵̏ԯ݂ࢗ௹ي৫dঅᘒ׹ᇜd
those ewers that are closer to the metal prototype to the Yongle reign, and ݂ࢗ௹ي৫ᔛ׼ڋڡڀନ‘d̏ԯd2002
the version, which is similar in shape to the present piece, to the Xuande ϋdɪ̅dྡو37e38ʿ92f