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Fig. 5  A blue and white ewer, Ming   Fig. 6  A blue and white ewer, Ming
                                                                                dynasty, Xuande period. Shanghai   dynasty, Yongle period. Sold at
                                                                                Museum, Shanghai © Shanghai   Sotheby’s London, 3rd December
                                                                                Museum                  1963, lot 106.

                                                                                ྡʞ ׼܁ᅃ ڡڀᚂ،ڀ̓७ੂడ        ྡʬ ׼͑ᆀ ڡڀᚂ،ڀ̓७ੂడ
                                                                                ɪऎ௹ي᎜ ɪऎ                ࡐ౱ᘽబˢ    ϋ  ˜ ˚dᇜ
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                                                          period. In the Hong Kong Museum of Art catalogue, op.cit., 1989, Liu Xinyuan
                                                          compares the shapes of Yongle and Xuande ewers of this model in a line
              Ϥᗳੂడπ˰዆ኜޫೌಛdኽঅᘒ׹ሞࠑd
              ༰ટڐږ᙮ኜࡡۨ٫Ꮠމ͑ᆀdڐ͉ۜᗳ٫                         drawing, p. 30 top right, and remarks, p. 69, on the fact that by the Xuande
              މ܁ᅃfᄎอ෤׵࠰ಥᖵஔ᎜࢝ᚎྡ፽ʫ˸                         period the handle runs down more vertically and has lost its former curve.
              ᇞ౜ྡ࢝ͪϤኜҖʘ͑ᆀʿ܁ᅃЪԷdۃࠑ                         One of the ewers in Taipei and one in Beijing are illustrated with a cover, but
              ̈ஈdࠫ30d൙ሞԈࠫ69fᄎˤሞࠑd܁ᅃ                       the covers might be later additions.
              ЪԷడݛ༰ٜdʔνۃಃᛃϜfΝࣣԨ፽Շ
              ԷdՉɓ̈І̨̏dՉɚ̈І̏ԯdஹႊd                         Only three blue-and-white ewers of the present design, all unmarked, have
              אމܝৣf                                       ever been sold at auction: one, sold at Sotheby’s London, 3rd December
                                                          1963, lot 106 (" g. 6). Another, acquired in Bengal, India, by Sir John Murray
              ΝᗳڡڀੂడdසɧԷಀତԒשఙdѩೌ
              ಛdՉɓਯࡐ౱ᘽబˢ1963ϋ12˜3˚d                       MacGregor of MacGregor (1745-1822), Auditor General of Bengal under the
              ᇜ໮106€ྡʬiՉɚ̈І؇Ιܓʮ̡֗                        Hon. East India Company, with an engraved Persian inscription that indicates
              ̋זᄲࠇڗ  John  Murray  MacGregor  of          that it once belonged to the Mughal Emperor Jahangir (r. 1605-1627) and a
              MacGregor  ᐌɻ   1745 1822   ϗᔛd੻ІΙ          date corresponding to the twentieth year of his reign, AD 1625, was sold at
              ܓ֗̋זdთت౶˖dڌͪϤԷಀ᙮Ιܓ୽                         Christies London 15th July 1981, lot 73 and in our Hong Kong rooms, 17th
              ٶՅެ܎༠ဏΛဧ   ίЗ1605 1627   ϗᔛd                May 1988, lot 18; the third was sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 2nd May 1995,
              ߏϋ1625ϋdਯ׵ࡐ౱Գɻ੻1981ϋ7˜15
                                                          lot 17, is now in the Au Bak Ling collection and was included in the exhibition
              ˚dᇜ໮73dܝ׸˓׵࠰ಥᘽబˢ1988ϋ5
                                                          Hundred Masterpieces of Imperial Chinese Ceramics from the Au Bak Ling
              ˜17˚dᇜ໮18iՉɧਯ׵࠰ಥᘽబˢ1995
              ϋ5˜2˚dᇜ໮17dତ᙮ਜϵᙧޜᔛdಀ                        Collection, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1998, no. 19.
              ࢝׵Hundred  Masterpieces  of  Imperial
              Chinese  Ceramics  from  the  Au  Bak  Ling     Many blue-and-white designs of the Yongle period were copied in the Qing
                                                          dynasty (1644-1911), particularly to the order of the Yongzheng Emperor (r.
              Collection‘dެ ࢕ߕஔኪ৫dࡐ౱d1998
              ϋdᇜ໮19f                                     1723-1735), among them also ewers of this form, but only the related version
                                                          with star-shaped collar, see Rose Kerr et al., Chinese Antiquities from the Wou
              ͑ᆀڡڀd૶ಃεϞͷႡd˸འ͍މ௰d͵
                                                          Kiuan Collection: Wou Lien-Pai Museum, Chelmsford, 2011, cat. no. 136; and
              ܼ̍ϤᗳੂడdසԈකΈόdԈݚٓုഃd
                                                          two pieces sold in our London rooms, one more closely copying the Ming
              Chinese Antiquities from the Wou Kiuan
                                                          prototype, 15th April 1980, lot 289, the other interpreting the design more
              Collection   Wou  Lien Pai  Museum‘dʲ
                                                          freely, 15th December 1981, lot 248.
              ֍౶၅ᅃd2011ϋdᇜ໮136i̤ˢՇԷdਯ
              ׵ࡐ౱ᘽబˢdՉɓၾ׼˾ࡡۨ༰ટڐdਯ
              ׵1980ϋ4˜15˚dᇜ໮289d̤ɓԷଫ̋ᜊ
              ʷd1981ϋ12˜15˚dᇜ໮248f
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