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BEYOND COMPARE: A Thousand Years of the Literati Aesthetic
PROPERTY FROM A JAPANESE PRIVATE COLLECTION
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AN IMPORTANT AND EXTREMELY RARE RU ̏҂ ϧᇉ˂ڡཊຐ
‘SKY-BLUE’ TEA BOWL
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, LATE 11TH-EARLY 12TH CENTURY ຐɹdֹኣdພਸ਼ԑfஷ݄९ඩ˂ڡཊdяඅϲᔝЍdཊࠦኑ
The bowl is exquisitely potted with rounded sides supported on a short ইعذΈdක˪७fਸ਼ԑवϞɧࡈٺ௦ًʃ˕dᚣߣஈя࠰ϲ
foot, rising to a slightly tapering mouth. It is covered overall with a subtly Ѝf
crackled unctuous glaze of soft, attractive greyish-blue tone, thinning at
the rims to reveal the ashen body underneath. The foot ring has three tiny, Ը๕
sesame-shaped spur marks. ˚͉ɮवϷ̚ߕஔণఙ௴ͭ ϋdɝᔛ ϋ˸ۃ
4 in. (10.2 cm.) diam., Japanese wood boxes, one inscribed Seiji Chawan
ɘψɽ䕎ʿ䄈ࢥɽ䕎ج˖ኪኪ٫Рᖸʐ ᔚᔛd
(celadon tea bowl)
ϋ˾ڋᒅɮवϷ̚ߕஔণఙ
Estimate on Request ˚͉ӷɛޜᔛ
Пᄆܙ༔
࢝ᚎ
ɽԦ̹ͭ؇ݱௗှߕஔdतණ࢝҂ှ㗮ߕd ϋ ˜
PROVENANCE
Kobijutsu Kusaba (founded in 1905), Kurume, Kyushu, acquired prior to ˚ ϋ ˜ ˚
1941 ɽԦ̹ͭ؇ݱௗှߕஔdतණ࢝҂ှ㗮ߕd ϋ ˜
Collection of Mr. Yuzura Sato (1917-1996), scholar of French Literature
˚ ˜ ˚
at Kyushu University and Hiroshima University, acquired from the above
in the early 1950s
ഹ
A Japanese private collection
҂ှ㗮ߕdɽԦ̹ͭ؇ݱௗှߕஔd ϋdࠫ dྡو
EXHIBITED ྡɓ
The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, Featured Exhibition ‘The Beauty
ಃ˚อၲɼ̊d˚͉d ϋ ˜ ˚d܆ࠦਖ਼˖
of Song Ceramics’, 10 December 2016 - 26 March 2017
Պᔛd ϋ ˜d̨̏dࠫ
The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, Special exhibition ‘The Beauty of
Song Ceramics’, 12 August - 10 September 2017 ௗႭdୋ ಂd ϋ ˜d˚͉ௗှ䔼dࠫ
LITERATURE
The Beauty of Song Ceramics, The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka,
Osaka, 2016, pp.18 – 23, no. 1 (fig. 1)
Asahi Evening Newspaper, Japan, 5 December 2016, cover article
Art & Collection, September 2017 issue, Taipei, pp.162 – 165
Tosetsu, no. 779, February 2018, The Ceramic Society of Japan, pp. 15-22
fig. 1 Exhibition catalogue of The Beauty of Song Ceramics, The Museum of Oriental
Ceramics, Osaka, 2016, illustrating the current bowl as Special Exhibit No. 1
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