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fig. 1 Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing fig. 2 Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei
எӬ ࢈՗ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦৅ எՀ இ⛁ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦৅

2802 Continued
The form and decoration on the current vase are inspired by late-Ming ᫉଍ங㋭അᙹ㬷⎐ज⎉→ᚺջ໶⚨⎏㕇ᆴǯங⡠㱈Ⴋ཭ӳ卿᫉଍⯝ᛮᚺ
blue and white zun, such as two examples in the Palace Museum, ⎏㬪Ɽ߅Ꮉཉࢦߎ⏟㘆卿㇦࢈՗ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦ૃ㬬᪪䂆⡠߅ᎹཉӬ׾卿
Beijing, one with Jiajing mark bearing almost an identical pattern, the 㖊ᙻᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦ᙔ⁒Ⅷ৅ݥ㫀Ƕ㬪Ɽ㞏ㅏ⡚ ԋ Ƿ卿㲞ᳰ卿 ჺ卿
other with Wanli mark with dragon and phoenix but closer in painting
style with the current vase, see The Complete Collection of Treasures of எ‸ ⽚卿ࣿⶃᝃ᪪䂆㺨⡠Ӭ׾卿எ‸ ⽚ ॲː ǯ⩧᳖㪿⎏㶯ᆭ卿
the Palace Museum – Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red ࣿ଍ᄓ⎏Ꮀࢇ༕Ꮴ᪪卿ࣽᚺ㰆߅⯇ཌᙻᎰࢇ໶⚨⎏㘤ጝǯ
(II), Hong Kong, 2000, nos. 91 and 171 (fig. 1), respectively.
㫇᫈໶⚨ཌᙻ۔ᐂሻ⎏᯷㞒卿औज㵲→ᙻݯձऱឆ⎏㶯ᆭ଍⁒ӳǯᬘ㖅
Compare the style and colour of the enamelling with the archaistic zun- ࢈՗ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦Ӭ։ऱ⧤Ꮀࢇ༕Ꮴ᪪⎏㫇᫈ⴵ≓ᆨഌཉ卿㇦Ƕᘢ༈Ⅷ
shaped doucai vase illustrated in Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, from the
Palace Museum Collection, p. 199, no. 28. Significantly this Imperial ⻦ᄮ㫇Գ≢଍எ㢙Ƿ卿㲞ᳰ卿 ჺ卿எ‸ ⽚卿ݯ㞏ᆭ⯝᫉଍㬳჎
vase also bears a Chenghua reign mark rather than a contemporary ᓞ㘆卿ӻՔἃ֎ऒ଍௛ǯऔᬘ㖅㫇᫈ទჺ᪪⎏㶯ᆭ䂆⡠⇧᧦⡠≌ᣥཎ
reign mark. Compare also with three Yongzheng-marked doucai lobed ≡卿ݯ䂆⡠֎⯇Ꮀࢇ㲞Ⳟ䂆卿㇦झ࢈ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦Ӭ׾卿ݱ⻦⤔⽚厍ԋ
vases with kui-dragons decorated in a similar palette with the style of ≢ ॲ̤ 卿࢈՗ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴Ӭ׾卿ཿ▔ᙻܻ★༈ԋ卿㇦Ƕ᳖ջ
kui-dragon evidently inspired by Chenghua wares, one in the National ༈ᅡ⊂᰻Ƿ卿झ࢈卿 ჺ卿எ‸ ⽚卿ࣿࢶ՗ࢷ⁒㩴Ӭ׾卿㖊ᙻǶԋ
Palace Museum, Taipei, museum number: zhongci-001135 (fig. 2), one
in the Palace Museum, Beijing, displayed in the Palace of Gathered இ᳖ջ໶⚨≢଍Ƿ卿ӳᱡ卿 ჺ卿㮰 ǯ
Elegance, see Qingdai gongting shenghuo, Taipei, 1986, no. 219, and
one in the Nanjing Museum, illustrated in The Official Kiln Porcelain of
the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p. 142.
The base with an Imperial inventory label, inscribed Yu yiqian qibai
ershisan hao, ‘Imperial No. 1723’.

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