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Finely potted, the present piece is extremely rare in terms Revealed: Jingdezhen Porcelain Wares in Mid Fifteenth
of form and design, and only one other example appears Century China, Shanghai Museum, Shanghai, 2019, cat. nos
to be recorded. See a closely related vessel of similar size 136 and 138.
in the National Palace Museum, Taipei (accession no. 故瓷 According to Geng Baochang in Ming Qing ciqi jianding
012298N000000000) (fig. 1), attributed to the ‘official kilns’ [Appraisal of Ming and Qing porcelain], Hong Kong, 1993,
of the Ming dynasty.
p. 48, blue and white vessels of this form, known as yi,
Painted in a deep, rich cobalt, the interior is decorated with were first produced in the Yuan dynasty at the Jingdezhen
lappets enclosing a whorl, surrounded by lingzhi on the kilns. See several pouring bowls of this form and decorated
cavetto while a band of floral scrolls encircle the exterior with various floral designs attributed to the Yuan dynasty,
of the vessel and extend to the underside of the spout. illustrated in Zhongguo taoci quanji, vol. 11, Shanghai, 2000,
Compare the similarly painted floral scrolls on two blue and pls 213-217. For fifteenth century examples of the same yi
white bowls, attributed to the period between Zhengtong form, but with an unglazed base, see three decorated with
and Tianshun, excavated in 2014 and exhibited in Zhuoshuo dragons to the exterior, each of blue and white, red or green
chongxian: shiwu shiji zhongqi Jingdezhen ciqi teji / Lustre enamel, exhibited in op. cit., cat nos 193-195.

Fig. 1 A blue and white pouring vessel (Yi), Ming dynasty © National
Palace Museum, Taipei
圖一 明 青花靈芝匜式洗 © 國立故宮博物院，臺北

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