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15. A D i n g y a o W h i t e P o r c e l a i n J a r a n d C o v e r

Five Dynasties (A.D. 907–960)

of almost spherical form with thinly potted sides, decorated on the exterior with petal lappets with
double-line borders freely incised between the edge of the shallow ring foot and the twin grooves
around the in-curved mouth, the domed cover with matching twin grooves at the rim and a curling
stalk-form knop, the fine white porcelain covered with a transparent glaze of slightly yellowish tone
continuing over the flat base, the footrim and interior of the cover left unglazed.

Height 3 inches (7.6 cm)

From the Collection of Carl Kempe (1884–1967), Ekolsund, Sweden, no. 308

Published: Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964,
p. 105, pl. 308

Gyllensvärd, The World’s Great Collections: Oriental Ceramics, Vol. 8, Museum of
Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, Tokyo, 1982, pl. 47

Watson, Tang and Liao Ceramics, London, 1984, p. 165, no. 160

A similar Dingyao white porcelain jar and cover with incised decoration of overlapping petal lappets, with the character
“guan” engraved on the base, in the collection of the Shanghai Museum, is illustrated in Zhongguo taoci quanji (9) Dingyao
(Compendium of Chinese Ceramics, Vol 9, Dingware), Kyoto, 1981, no. 6, and the same vessel is illustrated again in Zhongguo
wenwu jinghua daquan: Taocijuan (Compendium of Chinese Archaeological Treasures: Ceramics), Hong Kong, 1993, p. 255,
no. 276. Another Dingyao white porcelain jar and cover of this form with incised petal lappets, from the Calmann collection
now in the Musée Guimet is illustrated in Terre de Neige, de Glace et d’Ombre: Quatorze siècles d’histoire de la céramique chinoise
à travers les collections du Musée Guimet, Taipei, 1999, p. 122, no. 68.

A small glazed white porcelain jar and cover without the incised decoration, from the Avery Brundage Collection and now
in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, is illustrated by He Li in Chinese Ceramics: The New Standard Guide, London,
1996, p. 104, no. 201, described as Hebei Ding ware made in the Five Dynasties period.

Compare also the small Ding ware jar of this type, missing its cover, with similar incised decoration and with the two
characters “xing guan” at the base, in the Tokyo National Museum, published in Illustrated Catalogue of the Tokyo National
Museum: Chinese Ceramics, Vol. I, Tokyo, 1988, p. 87, no. 342. The same jar was illustrated in the catalogue of the exhibition
organized by the Nezu Institute of Fine Arts, White Porcelain of Ding Yao, Tokyo, 1983, illustrated on p. 81, no. 99, with
description on p. 151.

五代 定窰白瓷小蓋罐 高 7.6 厘米