Page 12 - Christie's Four Masterpieces of Jun Ware, May 29, 2019 Hong Kong

‘Numbered two’, 22.5 cm. diam.
ǸՀǹໃ᪪ ݩߎ

‘Numbered four’, 20 cm. diam. ‘Numbered five’, 20.8 cm. diam. ‘Numbered eight’, 16 cm. diam.
Ǹ୨ǹໃ᪪ ݩߎ ǸՆǹໃ᪪ ݩߎ Ǹݨǹໃ᪪ ݩߎ

circular bulb bowls with mottled purplish exterior and opalescent blue ⯍ ჺ卼ᜀᇪ㤯໶⚨≢଍ࣿ໿ᇪ卻 ⯍ ჺ卼
interior, two bear the numeral ‘one’, while the other bears the numeral ‘two’.
㏟㞒㞖ྏ଍㙊リࣻᾅᬘཌǯᇖ♎♎㒝㎜⏭׹卿սទ
One of those bearing the numeral ‘one’ also bears a Qing dynasty location
⢑ᐽ৅ἃ׾⎏ӳԧ⤔⽚㟕≢卿ᇈज⬒ᛓ⁞ἃ݉ថᚺ
inscription reading: ‘Yingtai’ ( ẃ⯓ Sea Terrace) ‘Jingqixuan yong ( 㬱፠㕜
⊇ for use in the Pavilion of Peaceful Repose). ߝ༈ᅡ卻࣊ࢦ୨ӽ⡕ថ⯍ࢦՆӽ⡕ߝ卼῟㙁Ԡ⁒卿㘺
Ԯ㈛㞐Իἃ׍׹⯇༈ᅡ⯠⻦⎏۔ӽ৅׌ᬘڍ㵶ǯ
A wholly blue-glazed Jun ware bulb bowl of similar shape to the examples
in the current sale, but bearing the number ‘ten’, is in the collection of the
Palace Museum, Beijing, and has been inscribed ‘Yangxindian’ ( 㱐ᇵᬆ Hall 㘺㯸଍⁒ங᳖༈⎏஠ׅԠ㵶卿ज㌴㋭༈ᅡ⯠⻦༰׾卿
of Mental Cultivation) ‘Changchun shuwu yong’ ( 㧩ᛌᝧྲྀ⊇ For use in 㛑֍ה৅⎏଍ᄓ㞏㬷ᝤᝳ᳖ջߴࣇ⎏᪪㍃卿᯷ᚺ໦
the Study of Eternal Spring) (illustrated in The Life of Emperor Qian Long,
ٛங༈ԋ⎏┱ߏײ⊇஠㿽ǯ⤔⽚㟕≢჎ஙᇙⱤஊ߅
Macau, 2002, no. 77, where it is described as a washer). Another Jun vessel
of similar type in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, which bears →卿⸌୬᳖ջ⎑Ⴝᡟം㞒㇬ஊ៣卿᫈ൈԳ㪏Ꮢ㈲厍Ǹഏ
the number ‘one’, is inscribed ‘Yingtai’ ( ẃ⯓ Sea Terrace) ‘Hanyuandian Ⴝℳ⯅ង㇬ᘟԠᜓ卿ᇷᝳ㙚㈊᝖㈇Ԡ஠ǯ὞ᇑ໺㙴
yong’ ( ᲎݉ᬆ⊇ for use in the Hall of Embodying Origin) and is illustrated ս㱐ሻ⩧㪃ካ卿ഔݯ໺㙴ս⅊⁒⩧ੳሂǯǹ
in Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (I), vol. 32, The Complete Collection of
Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1996, p. 32, no. 27). These
࢈՗ᘢ༈ᝳՆ׾㟕⚨ᰚ㇦ᙻⶬ㢙卿ݯᆨₕ⯝ទ⢑ᐽ
blue-glazed Jun bulb bowls are examples of a somewhat less refined style,
compared to the current examples, and have large and numerous setter ৅㯸ַ卿எ㇦Ƕᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦ᙔ⁒Ⅷ৅ݥ㫀 厍ݦ
marks on the base.
໬≢଍卻ӳ卼Ƿ㮰 ⤔⽚ 卻㲞ᳰ厍 卼卿
Four more of these heavier, blue-glazed Jun circular bulb bowls are in the ᫉ംབᝳⲋჸᣥऑᰚ卻߿㘚ⶬה㮰 ⤔⽚
collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei (illustrated in A Panorama 卼ǯӲ׾஋ᰚംᙼ⚨㍩⅌⇷⡻㞏卿ݤᙼԱḺ⻤㞏卿
of Ceramics in the Collection of the National Palace Museum: Chün Ware, Taipei,
⋁ԋՀᰚߴǸӬǹໃ卿Ӭ⩢ߴǸՀǹໃǯ⩧ݦ։ǸӬǹໃ
1999, pp. 88-9, no. 27; pp. 94-5, no. 30; pp. 102-3, no. 34; and pp. 35-6, no.
35). Two, both bearing the numeral ‘one’ also bear Qing location inscriptions ᰚ⋁ԋ卿Ӭ⩢㦔ߴǸẃ⯓ǹǮǸ㬱፠㕜⊇ǹ᪪㍃卿ս᧐
– one reads ‘Yingtai’ ( ẃ⯓ Sea Terrace) ‘Chunyidian yong’ ( ᛌᏖᬆ⊇ for ᚺݯᙻ᳖༈⎏ײ⊇஠㿽ǯ
use in the Palace of the Spring Screen), while the other reads ‘Yangxindian’
( 㱐ᇵᬆ Hall of Mental Cultivation) ‘Changchun shuwu yong’ ( 㧩ᛌᝧ
࢈՗ᘢ༈Ⅷ⻦Ӭ׾ݤംᙼ⻤㞏⎏㟕⚨Ӳ㑷ᰚ卿ݯᆨ
ྲྀ ⊇ for use in the Study of Eternal Spring). In all, ten of the circular
߰㘆ַទ⢑ᐽ৅卿ֿݯᙇໃἃǸࢦǹ卿Ԇ㦔ߴǸ㱐ᇵᬆǹǮ
Jun bulb bowls with drum-nail decoration from the collection of the
National Palace Museum, Taipei, are illustrated in A Panorama of Ceramics Ǹ㧩ᛌᝧྲྀ⊇ǹ᪪㍃卿எ㇦Ƕ᎜ᐦऒիǷ⤔⽚ 卻ḭ㧰厍
in the Collection of the National Palace Museum: Chün Ware, op. cit., pp. 88-107,
卼卿ᝧԋ♑ԠἃǸᰚǹǯ࢈՗ᘢ༈བᝳӬ׾㘆ַ
nos. 27-36 - the four mentioned above, plus six of the more refined type,
㟕≢卿ݯ⤔⽚ἃǸӬǹ卿ߴᝳǸẃ⯓ǹǮǸ᲎݉ᬆ⊇ǹ᪪㍃卿
five of which have mottled purplish glazes on the exterior and opalescent
blue glazes on the interior, similar to those in the current sale. These range எ㇦߿㘚ⶬהǶᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦ᙔ⁒Ⅷ৅ݥ㫀 厍ݦ

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