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glazes (see ibid., colour plate opposite p. 288), Cizhou wares with
sgraffato decoration (see ibid., black and white plate opposite p. 302),
Cizhou wares with black decoration painted over a white slip (see
ibid., black and white plate opposite p. 314), green-glazed wares
(see ibid., colour plate opposite p. 322), and qingbai-type porcelains
(see ibid., colour plate opposite p. 326). These fnds provide a useful
indication of the variety of ceramics in use by households in the
area at the beginning of the 12th century, while emphasising the
dominance of Cizhou wares.
In Japan characters for the name Julu 鉅鹿, which are pronounced
Kyoroku in Japanese, have become synonymous with the type of
Cizhou ware which has a thickly-potted body, white slip, colourless
glaze and has no surface decoration. To an extent, this is also true
in the West, where white wares – particularly ewers - belonging to
this group are often known as ‘Juluxian-type’. It was suggested to
Palmgren that these white wares were made at Juluxian, but there
appears to be little evidence for this, although the remains of many
vessels of this type were found at Juluxian. One of the characteristics
prevalent on these Juluxian white wares is that they frequently have
a crackled surface and often have reddish staining in the crackle lines Lot 831
of the glaze, which is probably the result of the long period during 拍品831號
which they were buried in the iron-rich mud of this region. Two
ewers of this white Juluxian-type are included in the current sale
(lots 802 and 838). Interestingly, white ewers of this type, without 1106), equivalent to AD 1105, by a family named Qin (see Y. Mino
the reddish staining, have been found at the Guantai 觀台 kiln site
and K. Tsiang, Freedom of Clay and Brush through Seven Centuries in
on the banks of the Zhang River 漳河 in Cixian (see 觀台磁州窯址
Northern China: Tz’u-chou Type Wares, 960-16—A.D., Indianapolis,
The Cizhou Kiln site at Guantai, Beijing, 1997 – a report of research
1981, pp. 34-5, pl. 5). A meiping vase with similar reddish staining of
carried out by the Department of Archaeology, Beijing University,
this Juluxian-type from the Indianapolis Museum of Art is illustrated
the Hebei Provincial Cultural Relics Institute, and the Handan
ibid., pp. 32-3, pl. 4. The Indianapolis vase is of similar form to
Regional Cultural Relics Protection Agency - colour plate VI, no. 4).
another vase of Juluxian-type, also with reddish staining, in the
current sale (lot 816).
A further group of white-slipped, clear-glazed Cizhou wares is
These fnds provide a useful indication included in the current sale. These three bowls have decoration
incised through the white slip before glazing [lots 812, 813, 840].
of the variety of ceramics in use by This decoration is done with a pointed tool, which creates thin
lines in which the greyish body material can be seen in contrast to
households in the area at the beginning the white slip. The group is distinctive because the main decorative
of the 12th century, while emphasising motifs are outlined and then the background is striated with fne
parallel lines, which produces a subtle contrast to the fowers and
the dominance of Cizhou wares. leaves which are the predominant motifs on these wares. This type
of decoration is distinct from that seen on vessels such as lots 814,
820, 826 in the current sale, on which the background has been
entirely cut away creating a more dramatic contrast. Sherds of the
type with fnely striated ground have been found at both Juluxian
It is therefore possible that the white ware ewers found at Juluxian and Qinghexian (see N. Palmgren, op. cit., black and white plates
were made at Guantai. Further very similar examples – some bearing opposite pages 314 and 302 respectively). Items with this type of
the reddish staining - are in the collections of the Tokyo National decoration have also been found at the Guantai kiln site (see The
Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, Cizhou Kiln site at Guantai, op. cit., colour plate VI, no. 1, colour
London, and the Burrell collection, Glasgow. A ewer of this type in plate XIV, no. 1, and colour plate XVIII, no. 3). An almost identical
the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art bears an inscription bowl to lot 840 is in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing
written in ink on the base with details relating to its sale. The ewer (see The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, 32,
appears to have been purchased for 70 coppers on the 29th day of the Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (1), Hong Kong, 1996, p. 233, no. 210.
second month of the 4th year of the Chongning reign (崇寧1102- A shallow bowl with very similar decoration to that seen on lot 840

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