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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION
1037
A PALE BLUISH-WHITE-GLAZED 'SHUFU' BOWL 重要私́珍藏
YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368) 元ǎ白釉蓮紋Ǚ樞府ǚ盌
The bowl with deep, slightly flared sides is decorated in the center of the interior Ϝ源
with lotus scroll, below further lotus scroll incorporating the characters 'shu' and
'fu' in the well. The bowl is covered overall with a pale bluish-white glaze. 暫得樓胡惠春
珍藏
4v in. (11.7 cm.) diam., cloth box ֨ḛ
)FMFO % -JOH及仇焱̃
Ǘ暫得樓珍藏歷代名瓷影ㄩǘ
卷ˏ
香港
年
$8,000-12,000 編號
PROVENANCE:
The J. M. Hu (1911-1995), Zande Lou Collection.
LITERATURE:
Helen D. Ling and Edward T. Chow, Collection of Chinese Ceramics from the
Pavilion of Ephemeral Attainment, vol. I, Hong Kong, 1950, no. 11.

Cao Zhao, the distinguished antiquarian and collector from the late Yuan to
early Ming period, wrote in his ground-breaking publication Ge gu yao lun
(Essential Criteria of Antiquities), “…[among] the wares fired with low-relief
decorations in the Yuan dynasty, the ones bearing ‘Shufu’ characters rank
the highest.” The term Shufu usually refers to a type of glaze, luanbai (egg
white) which is slightly more opaque than that of a qingbai glaze and is silky
in texture, rather than glassy. The term derives from the characters shu and
fu executed in low relief under the glaze found on some wares with this
glaze, such as the present bowl. It is believed that wares with this mark were
intended for use by a Yuan dynasty government department, the Shumiyuan,
which is equated with a Privy Council.
Compare the similarly decorated Shufu bowl of this shape, also dated Yuan
dynasty, illustrated in Porcelain Collected by Anhui Province Museum, Beijing,
2002, p. 113, pl. 95. See, also, another Shufu bowl of similar shape and size
but with different floral scroll decoration, sold at Christie’s New York, 14-15
September 2017, lot 1174. (label on box)

PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE
COLLECTION
1036
A NORTHERN WHITE WARE PENTAFOIL
BOWL
FIVE DYNASTIES PERIOD-NORTHERN
SONG DYNASTY, 10TH-11TH CENTURY
The bowl with plain lobed sides is covered overall
with an olive-tinged creamy white glaze.
5º in. (13.2 cm.) diam., cloth box
$8,000-12,000

PROVENANCE:
The J. M. Hu (1911-1995), Zande Lou Collection.
LITERATURE:
Helen D. Ling and Edward T. Chow, Collection of
Chinese Ceramics from the Pavilion of Ephemeral
Attainment, vol. I, Hong Kong, 1950, no. 6.

重要私人珍藏
五代/北宋 十至十一世紀 白釉葵口盌
來源:
暫得樓胡惠春(1911-1995) 珍藏
出版:
Helen D. Ling及仇焱之, 《暫得樓珍藏歷代名瓷影 (another view) (label on box)
譜》, 卷一, 香港, 1950年, 編號6
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