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dating of these everyday wares is relatively straightforward, and it is thought ս㙁௛㇧ᙃকԱḺ⻤㞏ⶬ♑⎏㟕≢卿ᇑलᙻݯ⎉▼
that production began in the Northern Song period (960-1127), gaining
஠ᯇࢶ⏥◿⥂㟕झ卿㟕⚨⎏ݰ㵲ׅ⧡ங ჺ㤘໸
momentum in the Jin dynasty. Although early Jun wares are generally
ἃ◿႔ఉ࢈ఉ㧰ݤ卿 ჺཿ㧷⎉ᓒ႙ה卿㊄㇦㑤
regarded as ‘popular’ rather than ‘imperial’ wares, Shane McCausland has
noted what may be a Jun ware ding-shaped censer, used as a jardinière, 㬪㫡⎉ヿᙻǶᙔ⁒Ƿ ჺ✄ ឆ⎏Ǵᯇࢶ◿⥂㟕
in the painting dated c. AD 1102, entitled Listening to a Lute, by the Song
झ⚨ந⎏⎉ᓒǵǯ৿⯍ᚺջ卿◿⥂⎏ㅳ≢᥉㧩⏇Ӷ
Emperor Huizong, which is now preserved in the Palace Museum, Beijing
ㄆ卿߅⊄⎏㪃≢৅♎⥝അ卿⋁஠⎉→⎏⚨நᙇ⏖㙓
(see S. McCauland, ‘Connoisseurship’, Song Ceramics - Objects of Admiration, S.
Pierson (ed.), London, 2003, p. 18) (fig. 1). ⎋卿؝ᛓᝬᝳ࠺⎏㌴ᗌǯ㊂㫍ൈ᫉卿ᯇࢶݯձ஠ࢥࣿ
ᯇ࢈Ǯྒྷ㇛✙⏥⎏⚨ࢥԮᝪ֎῟㟕≢ǯ㘺Ջ⚨ந߅
A distinct group of Jun wares, known as ‘numbered’ Jun wares have been
the subject of much scholarly research in recent years, with their status as க⎏଍⁒卿սࣿತⷀǮ⚙⻦ᙔ⁒ԋ卿ᝳ㉓അ⎾Ǯ⏎Ǯ
imperial wares being strongly argued by a number of scholars. In contrast ⏊ᏤǮ≡ࣿన೭✙ᚚ⊇㟕≢卿ჺջजӳᵒ⯍㞖ջ卻ݩ
to the everyday wares, this groups, to which the current bulb bowls belong,
݉ ⯍ ჺ卼ক݉ջ卻ݩ݉ ⯍ ჺ卼卿
relate to plant cultivation. The dating of this group has been controversial,
since some scholars in China have been inclined to date them to the Song ⋁ԋԮᝳ੷ⰰ⻤㞏ক⚨㍩㠩㞏ᙚ଍⁒ǯ⏟ཌ⩧㈲卿
dynasty, while others have suggested a later period of production. To date 㘺Ջᚚ⊇≢⎏ᙷջਮ㯪㖅ἃ➯੷⏜ᓞ卿ᗌ㊯ݯࠛ῟
none of these ‘numbered’ Jun wares have been found in dated hoards or
ჺջἃ࢈໬卻ݩ݉ ⯍ ჺ卼卿㞖ջഌリݯ㙣ǯ
tombs. Unlike the everyday Jun wares, the ‘numbered’ Jun wares have only
㫍὞᚝ឆ㟕≢㘻჎ㄴ㇬ἃǸᭆ⊇≢ǹ⩧㬳Ǹ໶≢ǹ卿
been found at one kiln site in Yuzhou Prefecture, at Juntai Terrace, where
a salvage excavation was undertaken in 1974 (see Zhao Qingyun, ‘Henan ֿ4IBOF .D$BVTMBOE ᑨ߅卿໬ᇯ ໵⥾ᙻݩ݉
Yuxian Juntai yaozhi de fajue’ (The excavation of the Juntai kiln site in
ჺႚठ⎏Ƕ⪳⇂எǷԋ卿؝ᝳӬٖ㯸ַ㟕⚨䀢⎏Ɽ
Yuxian, Henan), Wenwu, no. 6, 1975). More recent extensive archaeological
and scientific research in China was presented at symposia held in 2005 and ⎺卿᫉⊺→ἃ࢈՗ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦卿.D$BVMBOE Ꮢᖬ
2006 – the Yuzhou Symposium on Jun Wares, 2005 (Henan Archaeological Ǵ$POOPJTTFVSTIJQǵᝪᝳ㋏ࣿ卿㊄㇦ 4 1JFSTPO ⤔ⶬ⎏
Institute, et al., Collection of Papers Presented at the 2005 Yuzhou Symposium
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on Jun Wares, Zhengzhou, 2007); and the Symposium on Imperial Jun Wares,
ᘹ厍 卼卻ॲː 卼ǯ
Shenzhen, 2006. The material from these two symposia was discussed by
Li Baoping in ‘Numbered Jun Wares: Controversies and New Kiln Site
Discoveries’, Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, vol. 71, 2006-2007, pp. ᝳӬᏼℒ᧦Ӭშ⎏㟕⚨⤔⽚≢卿㘆ჺᎰἃԻừᏛज
65-77. ῂ⎏Ⓔ♾ཌ㎜卿㛑֍ໝ⩢ᝤཌݯ໶≢஠ׅᢣߎ⥓៝Ǯ

Detailed examination of a coin mould found in association with Jun wares, അᙹ㋏㌴ǯ⏟ཌᙻᚚ⊇≢卿սទᏼᐽ৅ἃ׾⎏⤔⽚≢
which had previously led scholars to believe that the ‘numbered’ Jun dated ፽ྏᙻᡠ᣿⊇଍ǯ᫉㯸ה৅⎏ᙷջ㯄ݰ…㍗卿୬ἃ
to the Northern Song period, revealed that the mould was a fake, while
ᝳՋԋஇໝ⩢Ӭ⏜۞शཆԠᙷջἃ໬ջㅳ৅卿ֿԮ
the later Fenghua ഠⵖ inscriptions were also shown to be problematic.
New archaeological finds also provided new information. In 2004 another ᝳ՞㊘ἃݯ῟㙁ჺջ፽㊃ᝤᛮǯ㗻ի卿ஙႡᙷջ⎏
salvage excavation of some 3000 square meters was undertaken at Juntai, ⚙⻦কತⷀᙔ⁒ԋ卿كὍ⤔⽚㟕≢⎏㔌ᆴǯ㒛ᚚ⊇
approximately 300 meters away from the 1974 excavation. ‘Numbered’ Jun
㟕≢Ꮒ὞Ӷऱ⎏ᛓ卿㘺Ջ⤔⽚㟕≢ۣ㇦ᙻ㟕झ◿႔
wares were found in a pit with some turquoise glazed ceramics, and based
⥂Ӭ⽔⚨ந卿ݯᕑᘩ⎉ᓒ႙הᙻ ჺ㙊リ卿㊄㇦
on their glazes and forms they were dated to the Yuan dynasty (see Guo
Peiyu, ‘Yuzhou Juntai yao kaogu xinfaxian yu chubu yanjiu’ (A preliminary 㑤㬪㫡⎉ヿᙻǶᙔ⁒Ƿ ჺ✄ ឆ⎏Ǵᯇࢶ◿⥂
study of the new archaeological discoveries from Juntai kilns), in Henan
㟕झ⚨ந⎏⎉ᓒǵǯݯᇌ卿ԋஇԮཿ㧷Իᅓᯬ⎏⩠ऒ
Archaeological Institute, et al. (ed.), Collection of Papers Presented at the 2005
Yuzhou Symposium on Jun Wares, op. cit., pp. 44-50. Thermoluminescent ক☑ໝ㊽Ⓔ႙ה卿⏟㨸Ꮀ៧⎉ヿᙻ ক ჺ
testing of ‘numbered’ Jun shards, has suggested dates in the Yuan and early ⯟リ⎏Ⓔ㈺ᝯ厍Ӭ⩢ᛓ ჺङ㧷⎏ԋஇ◿႔㟕

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