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PROPERTY FROM THE RUI XIU LOU COLLECTION and Partridge Feathers, Harvard University Art Museums,
Cambridge, 1995, pp 260-262, who notes that it is likely
A ‘JIZHOU’ ‘LEAF’-DECORATED BOWL
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY that a leaf was adhered to the vessel before being immersed
into the glaze mix. During firing, the natural chemical
the steeply flaring conical sides rising from a concave base, composition of the leaf would react with the glaze, rendering
decorated to the interior with a buff-coloured leaf reserved it transparent. It is worth noting that while during firing, the
against a rich dark brown glaze thinning to brown at the rim, edges of the leaf would often burn and curl, the perfectly
stopping at the unglazed foot articulated pattern on this bowl makes it a particularly
15 cm, 5⅞ in. successful example.
‡ £ 15,000-20,000 A bowl of this type from the Ataka collection, Osaka is illus-
HK$ 154,000-206,000 US$ 19,700-26,200 trated in Sekai tōji zenshū/ Ceramic Art of the World, Tokyo,
1977, vol. 12, pls 107 and 108; another from the Hirota collec-
南宋 吉州窰剪紙貼花葉紋盌 tion now in the Tokyo National Museum, is published in the
Illustrated Catalogues of Tokyo National Museum: Chinese
Ceramics I, Tokyo, 1988, pl. 668; a third bowl in the Museum
Bowls with this enchanting pattern of a golden leaf, its jagged of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka was included in the exhibition
contours and fine web of veins providing a striking contrast Chinese Ceramics, Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, 1994,
to the black glaze, were among the most sought-after cat. no. 210, together with one with the leaf in the centre, cat.
products of the Jizhou kilns in Jiangxi province. The method no. 212; and a further example with the leaf in the centre in
of producing this pattern is discussed by Robert D. Mowry the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in The Complete
in the catalogue to the exhibition Hare’s Fur, Tortoiseshell, Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Porcelain of
the Song Dynasty (II), Hong Kong, 1996, pl. 240.

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