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A MOLDED SHUFU SHALLOW DISH PROVENANCE
YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368) J & J Collection (according to label).
The dish has shallow, rounded sides raised on a small, slightly fared foot ring, The term shufu usually refers to a type of glaze (luanbai) which is more
and is molded in low relief in the center of the interior with stylized lotus scroll opaque than that of a qingbai glaze and is silky in texture, rather than glassy.
bearing four blossoms below further lotus scroll incorporating the characters, The term derives from the characters shu and fu executed in low relief under
shu and fu, in the cavetto. The bowl is covered inside and out with a satiny the glaze found on some wares with this glaze, such as the present dish.
glaze of pale aqua tone, and the base, which is centered by a nipple, It is believed that wares with this mark were intended for use by a Yuan-
is unglazed.
dynasty government department, the Shumiyuan, which is equated with a
5√ in. (15 cm.) diam. Privy Council. A similar dish of slightly larger size (16 cm.) is illustrated by
J. Harrison-Hall, Catalogue of Late Yuan and Ming Ceramics in the British
$10,000-15,000 Museum, London, 2001, p. 64, no. 1:12.
元 樞府白釉花卉紋盤

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