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Similar examples inscribed with the numeral si (four) are included in ᙏ஋ऑ卿᳍⭬卿⭬ᆨൈ䀦卿ჹᄓ卿Ӳ㫡㯔ᆨ㑷ǯऑᯒǮ⭬೅प㱈ᆃ⡠Ӭ㙣卿
important public and private collections. Purple examples include one 䀦⭬㱈䀦㞜⡠ݦॶ厎ӳ⤏ࢦݨ៦卿Ӵ⤏ࢦՆ៦ǯ⫭㵓࣡㞒卿㘻㵲ᙼ㞏卿
in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in A Panorama of ㅏ㞏ⰰ഍㬪卿ംἃ⅌⇷⡻卿㚒♄१ㆁⰰǯᙼ㞏⯍㑷ᄓ卿ംᄓ౴ㆁⰰ㍙⫭
Ceramics in the Collection of the National Palace Museum: Chün Ware,
Taipei, 1999, no. 32 (20 cm.); one in the Percival David Collection 㞏卿ॶ⤏ᝳᘒ῟⌆ǯᄓߴᙇ⏖ໃǸ୨ǹǯംᄓᝳݦ⽔Ꮲ╖⌆㒝卿ज⬒ἃ
now on loan to the British Museum, London, illustrated by Hobson, Ի☭㩶᪪㉃ǯ㩠ᚚទ㫐ྉណ⏁ǯ
A Catalogue of Chinese Pottery and Porcelain in the collection of Sir
Percival David Collection, London, 1934, Pl. LXIII (lower) (21.9 cm.) with 㟕⚨Ǹ୨ǹໃ᪪䀦㞜Ӳ㑷ᰚ㇦㋭ᙻݥ↗㞒㇝ݩ☆Ⅷ⻦卿ᝳ⎏׾ຽᙻᄓ㛑
inscriptions recording its use at the Yuexin Hall of Yongan Temple; ߴᝳ᳖༈㪀㉑஠㿽⎏ल♑ǯᬘ㖅झ࢈ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦഍⻤ӭ㲞⡻㞏Ӭ׾卿
one in the Tokyo National Museum, illustrated by Mary Tregear, Song ㇦Ƕᘢ༈⻦≢ഌ⡑ 㟕⚨Ԡ㛑Ƿ卿झ࢈卿 卿எ‸ ⽚ ݩߎ 厎
Ceramics, London, 1982, no. 171 (21.7 cm.); one gifted by Ernest B. and ഌ⣠ᇪⅧ⻦→٨ཿᙻഌⲖࢷ⁒㱦⅌⇷⡻㞏Ӭ׾卿㇦㫶ⷸ໑ⶬǶഌ⣠ᇪᏒ
Helen Pratt Dane to the Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler
Museum, object number: 1942.185.50 (20 cm.); one from the Robert ⻦ԋஇ㪃≢எ㢙Ƿ卿ٳᘹ卿 卿எ‸ -9*** Ӵ ݩߎ 卿ݯᄓ㛑
Chang Collection, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 28 November 2006, ߴǸ᭦໫ཀቼᇵᬆ⊇ǹ厎ែ՗இ⛁ࢷ⁒㱦⻦⅌⇷⡻㞏Ӭ׾卿㇦Ƕ4POH
lot 1304 (19.7 cm.); and a fourth sold at Christie’s New York, 19 March $FSBNJDTǷ卿ٳᘹ卿 卿எ‸ ⽚ ݩߎ 厎ԕቫ֖ܿ㐩ԽՌ⇨
2009, lot 579 (22.2 cm.). For other similar examples incised with the 㐠जᦼৌדࢷ⁒㱦⅌⇷⡻㞏Ӭ։卿⻦৅⤔⽚ ݩߎ 厎ᆌ
numeral si in other colours, compare a moon-white example sold at
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 30 April 1996, lot 306 (19.7 cm.); and two blue ໵፩ݎ⊂⯠⻦⅌⇷⡻㞏Ӭ׾ ݩߎ 卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚᙻ㲞ᳰצ
examples, one sold at Sotheby’s New York, 18 March 2008, lot 100 (20 ೥ᇑᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅ ⽚厎սࣿ⡥⡙צ೥ᇑ ჺ ᝲ ᚚᐽ㐈Ӭ׾卿
cm.), the other sold at Sotheby’s London, 11 November 2015, lot 81 (21.6 ᐽ৅ ⽚ ݩߎ ǯݯձ㞏ⰰ⎏㟕⚨Ǹ୨ǹໃ᪪䀦㞜Ӳ㑷ᰚजᬘ㖅
cm.). 㲞ᳰ⼖༛ᬘ ჺ ᝲ ᚚᐽ㐈ᝲ⎊㞏Ӭ׾卿ᐽ৅ ⽚ ݩߎ 厎
഍⻤㞏ݦ׾卿㇦⡥⡙⼖༛ᬘ ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚ ݩߎ 卿
ࣿٳᘹ⼖༛ᬘ ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚ ݩߎ ǯ

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