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(Sea Terrace) is an island in the Nanhai, the most southerly of the artificial 㚲卿ׅᙻ⡻●ఉ㇛࢈㬷ǯԳ㪏⎈ఫᇌഌ᧘ᙃـ᫉
lakes which make up the Taiye Lake ( എᮆ ) in the imperial park next to
༈卿ԆᕉᅤᏈझ✙㉑ᙼ卿ᬔჺᛌ❥ங᫉ᶨᏈ㐁ⳍ卿᪪
the Forbidden City. The island was constructed in 1421 on the orders of the
ᇅ⨍⯀ǯᅤ◙༈ऱ᧙ׅᙻ⡻●ఉ㇛࢈㬷卿ᙻ ჺ
Ming Yongle Emperor, but was given the name Yingtai by the Qing dynasty
Shunzhi Emperor in 1655. In addition to these secular locations, it is clear Գ㪏ᯎӴᅤᎰǯ༈ݤஊ៣⪡ल㙠㚐卿Գ㪏⎏⊇ዪᛓཆ
that some of the Jun ware vessels were also placed at the site of temples used
ԠᏢ㙁ἃᨉᜓስካক་㋇⨍⯀⎏⢞צࣸ⽔ǯẃ⯓
by the imperial family, such as the Yong’ansi’ (Temple of Eternal Peace),
⽔ᬚ㜐⡻●ఉ⎏ᇙⱤஊԠݤ卿ᛓഎᮆᝬࢶ⛘⎏՞
which was built with a Tibetan style white pagoda in 1651 on Qionghuadao
( ∾Ɽ Jade flower Island) in Beihai Park, and was renovated on the orders ႙ᴓԠӬ ĜĜ ࢶᱡԋഒ⎏Ӭᄠཎǯẃ⯓ᛓഠᚺ᭦
of the Qianlong Emperor in 1743, when it was formally given the name
ᦼႽԠউᙻ ჺᅤᎰ卿ֿ࣐⊐᳖ջ㮵ᯎႽᙻ
Yong’ansi.
ჺलǯ㩶Իӳ㘚⎏ӽزౚᏒ卿⎑།ཀᅏ㰆Ԯᝳᓚ
Additional evidence of Qing dynasty imperial appreciation of these garden ⊇㟕≢卿ݯԋӬἃ᭦ཀ卿㊃ཀᙻ ჺⶔᎰ卿ׅ
Jun wares can be seen in the fact that examples of lobed flowerpots and
ᙻ࢈ᱡݩஊ∾Ɽӳ卿ཀݤᅤᝳӬᄠ⻦ᅴ⎊ⰰૐ
stands or bulb bowls, belonging to the same group of Jun wares as the
current vessels, are illustrated in Qing court paintings. There is an album 卿Գ㪏ᙻ ჺӴռ㞒ـ卿Ԇ᫈ᅴᝤल᭦ཀǯ
from the Qianlong reign, painted by the court artist Chen Mei ( 㪀 ៦
AD 1697-1745), which is comprised of twelve leaves depicting Ladies’
᫉ം卿᳖ջ༈ᅡ⥾⊺ԋᛞᝳ߅→㘆ַទ⢑ᐽ⎏ᣥ
Seasonal Activities of the Twelve Months entitled ᝲᝩ᳖᳸எ Strolling in
ऑⱤ⎺Ǯ⎺ᏤᎵӲ㑷ᰚ卿㑷᳖༈ཌ᫉㯸ᄥஊ㟕≢
the Moonlight, c. AD 1738, in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing.
The leaves of this album depict ladies of the court pursuing various leisure ✙㞒ǯ࢈ᘢ༈Ⅷ⻦Գ㪏ᛞឆ༈ᅡ⊺།㪀៦卻ݩ
activities within the palaces and gardens in each of the twelve months of the ݉ ⯍ ჺ卼Ꮢ⥾ࢦՀბǶᝲᝩ᳖㙚எǷݺ卻⡙
th
year. One album leaf represents activities of the 9 month, in which ladies
ჺה卼卿⊺ԋ१→⎏ᛓ༈ݤມᙻࢦՀٖᝲ֍⎏
are depicted in the palace gardens. It is entitled Enjoying chrysanthemums on
the ninth day of the ninth month ( 㞒㪈㐃ⴵ ) and is illustrated in The Golden ⊂᰻⎋ጔǯݯԋԬᝲἃǴ㞒㪈㐃ⴵǵ卿ᓼ༵༈ԋհഺ
Exile - Pictorial Expressions of the School of Western Missionaries’ Artworks of the
⨍㫀Ɽஊ⎏ౚᜀ卿எǶᱡஇ᯳ạ厍᳖ջ༈ᅡ㇛ᰑ۔
Qing Dynasty Court, Museu de Arte de Macau, 2002, no. 45/9 (fig. 2). This
ᘰ⊺Ⴧ⥾⊺᱁᰾⠢Ƿ⤔⽚ 卻ḭ㧰厍ḭ㧰⻱
particular album leaf depicts graceful palace ladies and their maids admiring
Autumn chrysanthemums in one of the palace gardens. In the foreground ワࢷ⁒㱦卿 卼卻ॲ̤卼ǯ⊺ԋᝳഅल㪿★㿃⎏
a lobed Jun ware flowerpot, with mottled purple exterior, is shown carefully
ມࣿ༈ഺ卿⪝ᙻᄥ㩴㈊㐃☌ⴵǯ߿ᜀजӬᣥऑ
placed on an ornamental rocky platform alongside another, rectangular,
㟕⚨Ɽ⎺卿ംᙼ⚨㍩⅌⇷⡻㞏卿⛘ᘞᙻڅྒྷഞ⒢
planter. The Jun flowerpot has been planted with a shumu penjing ᧦ណ⎺
ᜀ miniature flowering tree. It may be significant that there is a lobed Jun Ԡӳ卿⎺ڬऔ㉑Ӭ㧩ᙹⱤ⎺ǯ㟕⚨Ɽ⎺ݤӬ᧦ណ
ware flowerpot, of the same shape as the flowerpot illustrated in the album ⎺ᜀǯजज㿽⎏ᛓ卿࢈ᘢ༈Ⅷ⻦Ӭᣥऑ㟕⚨
leaf, preserved in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing (illustrated
Ɽ⎺卿ݯᆨₕ⯝ݺ㮰ԋ⎏Ɽ⎺Ӭ᧘Ӭ᧙卿எ߿㘚ⶬ
in Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (I), op. cit., pp. 18-19, no. 15)(fig. 3). In
addition to the number qi seven incised into the base under the glaze, the הǶᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦ᙔ⁒Ⅷݥ㫀 厍ݦ≢卻ӳ卼Ƿ
Jun flowerpot from the Beijing Palace Museum bears two later inscriptions 㮰 ⤔⽚ 卻ॲ˖卼ǯ࢈ᘢ༈㟕⚨Ɽ⎺㩶Ի
incised into its base through the glaze. One reads: ᅤ◙༈ Jianfugong
ᄓ㞏ӴߴǸӮǹໃം卿㚍ᝳݦٖᇌ࠼᪪㍃卿Ӭ⩢ἃǸᅤ
(Palace of Established Happiness)(fig. 4). As mentioned above, the garden
of the Palace of Established Happiness was constructed during the reign of ◙༈ǹ卻ॲौ卼ǯൈӳᏒ㘚卿ᅤ◙༈ஊ៣ᅤᙻԳ㪏ჺ㧿卿
Qianlong as a place of entertainment for members of the court, such as the ս؊༈ᅡᎰ卻ൈ⊺ԋհഺ卼㙚㈊㈇卿Ԇսᅤ❪⩠
ladies in the painting and was famous for its fine buildings and exquisite
♾ǮႫ⠢ഞ⪡लᙻӽǯ߿㘚Ɽ⎺⎏औӬٖ᪪㍃ἃ
layout. The other inscription reads: ⛛⒢څྒྷ⊇ Zhu shi jia shan yong ‘for
use in the bamboo and stone artificial rockery’, presumably within that Ǹ⛛⒢څྒྷ⊇ǹ卿ዏᇷᛓᑨ؊㊃⽔ⱤஊᏒ⊇ǯ⊐᫉ᓠ
garden. It is possible therefore that the garden and rockery in Chen Mei’s ㋏卿㪀៦எݺᓼ⊺⎏ज⬒ᛓᅤ◙༈⎏ᄥஊྒྷ⒢卿⩧ᘢ
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