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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. MAURICE BERGER
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A RARE XING ZHADOU
LATE TANG DYNASTY-FIVE DYNASTIES PERIOD, 10TH CENTURY
The zhadou has a compressed globular body incised around the shoulders The unusual shape of this vessel, with its broad sloping mouth rim, was
with three concentric circles, a waisted neck surmounted by a wide fared inspired by metalwork prototypes. See, for example, the two Tang dynasty
mouth, and is covered overall in a creamy-white glaze of ivory tone. silver zhadou illustrated in Tangdai Jinyin Qi, Beijing, 1985, nos. 255 and 278,
the frst excavated at Xi’an, and the second with slightly concave mouth
6¿ in. (15.6 cm.) diam.
rim found in a tomb in Linan Xian Shiu Qiushi, Zhejiang province. It has
$8,000-12,000 been suggested that vessels of this shape may have functioned as waste
receptacles for wine dregs or tea leaves.
Xing wares from Hebei province were the best quality white-glazed ceramic
PROVENANCE
Alice Boney (1901-1988) Collection, New York (according to label). of the Tang dynasty. The kilns are best known for their tea bowls, dishes
Ji Zhen Zhai Collection, 1988. and bowl stands, and vessels like the present zhadou are very rare. A similar
zhadou with a slightly smaller fared mouth, more compressed body and
covered with a white-crackle glaze, dated to Tang dynasty in the Palace
EXHIBITED
Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and
Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in Porcelain of the Jin and Tang Dynasties, The
Anthropology, Treasures of the Chinese
Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1996,
Scholar, 14 March 1998-3 January 1999; Knoxville, Tennessee, McClung
no. 144. See, also, another white glazed zhadou with more globular body,
Museum of Natural History and Culture, 3 May-6 May 2001; Omaha,
illustrated ibid., no. 143. A zhadou of similar shape but covered with a celadon
Nebraska, Joslyn Art Museum, 2 June-26 August 2001; Naples, Florida, Naples
glaze was included in the Nezu Institute of Fine Arts exhibition, Toji hakuji,
Museum of Art, February-April 2002.
seiji, sancai (Tang pottery and porcelain), Tokyo, 1988, no. 49.
West Palm Beach, Florida, Norton Museum of Art, Masterpiece of the Month,
4 September-26 October 2014. 晚唐/五代 邢窯白瓷渣斗
West Palm Beach, Florida, Norton Museum of Art, High Tea: Glorious
Manifestations-East and West, 19 February-24 May 2015, no. C5.
LITERATURE
J.P. Fang et al., J. M. L. Barrett ed., Treasures of the Chinese Scholar,
Philadelphia, 1997, p. 151, fg. 159.
L. B. Barnes, High Tea: Glorious Manifestations-East and West, West Palm
Beach, Florida, 2014, p. 130, no. C5.

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