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28 來源： 劍橋菲茨威廉博物館東方藝術部名譽主任，Rolf Cunliffe勳爵
A HENAN RUSSET-PAINTED BLACK-GLAZED JAR, GUAN (1899-1963)
Jin/Yuan Dynasty 於1951年8月2日購自倫敦古董商Bluett & Sons Ltd.
The large ovoid vessel rising from a small circular foot to a bulging Cunliffe收藏，藏品編號ZC13，並由後人保存迄今
belly, rounded shoulders and short lip, the globular body freely painted
in broad russet strokes with four abstractly rendered birds in flight, all 展覽及出版：
reserved on a rich lustrous black glaze. 1954年於威尼斯「Mostra D’arte Cinese(中國藝術)」特展展出，展品
17cm (6 3/4in) high 505號
1960年於倫敦東方陶瓷學會「Arts of the Sung Dynasty(宋代藝術)」
£6,000 - 8,000 CNY55,000 - 73,000 特展展出，展品75號
HK$66,000 - 88,000
Compare with a similarly shaped ovoid jar with related decoration
金/元 黑釉鐵銹彩三鳳紋酒罐 of stylised birds in flight, dated to the Jin Dynasty, illustrated by
R.D.Mowry, Hare’s Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers: Chinese
Provenance: Rolf, Lord Cunliffe (1899-1963), Honorary Keeper of the Brown and Black Glazed Ceramics, 400-1400, Harvard University Art
Far Eastern Collections at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Museums, 1996, pp.163-164, no.54.
Acquired from Dunt King by Bluett & Sons Ltd., London, 11 July 1951
Acquired from Bluett & Sons Ltd., London, 2 August 1951
The Cunliffe Collection, no.ZC13, and thence by descent

Exhibited and Published:
Mostra D’arte Cinese, Venice, 1954, no.505
Oriental Ceramic Society, The Arts of the Sung Dynasty, London,
1960, no.75