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The Qing court has preserved several similar Jun bulb bowls incised ᙏ஋ऑ卿᳍⭬卿⭬ᆨൈ䀦卿ჹᄓ卿Ӳ㫡㯔ᆨ㑷ǯऑᯒǮ⭬೅प㱈ᆃ⡠Ӭ㙣卿
with the numeral yi (one), four examples in the Palace Museums, 䀦⭬㱈䀦㞜⡠ݦॶ厎ӳ⤏ՀࢦՀ៦卿Ӵ⤏ࢦݨ៦ǯ⫭㵓࣡㞒卿㘻㵲ᙼ㞏卿
Beijing, are illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the
Palace Museum -Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (I), Hong Kong, 1996, ㅏ㞏ⰰ഍㬪卿ംἃ⅌⇷⡻卿㚒♄१ㆁⰰǯᙼ㞏⯍㑷ᄓ卿ംᄓ౴ㆁⰰ㍙⫭
one in purple, no. 24 (24.3 cm.), and no. 25 (23.5 cm.), the latter incised 㞏卿ॶ⤏ᝳᘒ῟⌆ǯᄓߴᙇ⏖ໃǸӬǹǯംᄓᝳݦ⽔Ꮲ╖⌆㒝卿ज⬒ἃ
with two additional inscriptions recording its use in Jingxixuan in Ի☭㩶᪪㉃ǯ㩠ᚚទ㫐ྉណ⏁ǯ
Yingtai, one in moon-white, no. 27 (26.5 cm.) with inscriptions recording
its use in Hanyuandian in Yingtai, and one in blue, no. 28 (25.2 cm.) ᳖༈⯠⻦ԋظໄԻ⏟⋁ᙇ㞔⎏ᙇໃ໶㟕≢卿ݯᄓ㛑⤔⽚ӶӬ卿ᝳ⎏㚍ߴ
with inscriptions recording its use in the Changchun shuwu in the Hall ᝳ㪀㉑஠㿽⎏ल♑ǯ࢈՗ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴Ⅷ⻦ǸӬǹໃ᪪䀦㞜Ӳ㑷ᰚ୨׾卿
of Mental Cultivation. Four in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, are 㖊ᙻᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦ᙔ⁒Ⅷ৅ݥ㫀Ƕݦ໬≢଍ ӳ Ƿ卿㲞ᳰ卿 卿ݦ
illustrated in Panorama of Ceramics in the Collection of the National
Palace Museum: Chün Ware, Taipei, 1999, no. 27 (25.4 cm.) in moon- ։ἃ⅌⇷⡻㞏卿எ‸ ⽚ ݩߎ ࣿஎ‸ ⽚ ݩߎ 卿ᇌ
white with inscriptions recording its use in Xiangchendian in Yingtai, ⩢ᄓߴǸẃझ㬱፠㕜⊇ǹ卿ݦ։ἃᝲ⎊㞏卿எ‸ ⽚ ݩߎ 卿ᄓ
no. 28 in lavender-blue (25.5 cm.), no. 29 in grape-purple (27 cm.), and ߴǸẃझ᲎݉ᬆ⊇ǹࣿஎ‸ ⽚ ݩߎ 卿ᄓߴǸ㱐ᇵᬆ㧩ᛌᝧྲྀ
no. 30 in moon-white (25.6 cm.) with inscriptions recording its use ⊇ǹǯझ࢈ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦୨׾卿㖊ᙻǶᘢ༈⻦≢ഌ⡑ 㟕⚨Ԡ㛑Ƿ卿झ
in the Changchun shuwu in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Further ࢈卿 卿Ӭ։ᝲ⎊㞏卿எ‸ ݩߎ 卿ᄓߴǸẃझ㲞㗪ᬆ⊇ǹ卿
similar examples incised with the numeral yi include a purple one in the
Shanghai Museum (24.3 cm.), illustrated in Shanghai bowuguan cangci Ӭ։഍⻤㞏卿எ‸ ݩߎ 卿Ӭ։഍㬪ⶶ⵨⡻卿எ‸ ݩߎ 卿
xuanji, Shanghai, 1979, no. 46; three gifted by Ernest B. and Helen Pratt ݻӬ։ᝲ⎊㞏卿எ‸ ݩߎ 卿ᄓߴǸ㱐ᇵᬆ㧩ᛌᝧྲྀ⊇ǹǯݯձ
Dane to the Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, see ǸӬǹໃ᪪䀦㞜ᰚजࣻ⩠ӳᱡࢷ⁒㱦⻦⅌⇷⡻㞏Ӭ։ ݩߎ 卿㖊ᙻǶӳ
object numbers: 1942.185.42 (24.1 cm.), 1942.185.43 (24.3 cm.), and ᱡࢷ⁒㱦⻦≢㚁㫀Ƿ卿ӳᱡ卿 卿எ‸ 厎Ӳ։⊐ԕቫ֖ܿ㐩ԽՌ⇨
1942.185.44 (24.4 cm.); two from Eumorfopoulos Collection, now in the
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, one in moon-white (27.6 cm.) 㐠जᦼৌדࢷ⁒㱦卿⻦৅⤔⽚ ݩߎ Ǯ
accession number: C. 172-1938, the other with mottled purplish-blue on ݩߎ Ǯࣿ ݩߎ 厎᪹ࣿ㿸◙᛿ᰞᙱ㐩Խٳᘹ⣠അߧՌ
the exterior and blue on the interior (24 cm.) accession number: C105- 㩛‰֬⁞ࢷ⁒㱦ݦ׾卿Ӭἃᝲ⎊㞏 ݩߎ 卿औӬἃ⡻㞏 ݩߎ ǯ
1935.

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