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The present bowl and the preceding jardinière (lot 541) belong to a 此器造型規整，做工考究，是陳設類鈞瓷中的一件佳作。陳設類鈞瓷概
group of Jun vessels comprising narcissus bowls, fower pots, and zun- 指鈞窯瓷器中一類刻有數字款的花器，包括有出戟尊，各式花盆以及盆
shaped vases with prominent fanges, where each vessel has been incised 托。陳設類鈞瓷的數字底款從「一」至「十」，不一而足。成書於乾隆年
or stamped with a Chinese numeral on the base. The numbers range 間的《南窯筆記》曾言：“有一二數目字樣於底足之間，蓋配合一副之記
from one to ten, and according to the Nanyao biji (Notes of the Nanyao),
號也。”據此，數目字款乃用以指示花盆和盆托的配對。近年又有學者指
composed during the Qianlong reign, the numbers are indications that 出數字款與器物的大小有關，器底數字越小，器物尺寸越大，亦可備一
pair specifc fower pots with stands. In recent years, scholars have also
noted that the numbers appear to have a proportional relationship with 說。 此器形之鈞窯盆托形制可分為三類，舊稱為「洗」。其中一形如本
the sizes of the vessels, with ten representing the smallest and one the 品圓歛口，外環鼓釘，稱為鼓釘洗。另有六瓣葵花形，如一「六」字款
largest. Jun narcissus bowls of this group appear in three styles, and are 例子，2015年6月3日於香港佳士得拍賣，拍品3121號。最後一形為六瓣
traditionally catalogued as ‘brush washers’, though the function of these 菱花形，見臨宇山人舊藏一例，2015年12月2日於香港佳士得拍賣，拍品
bowls might well be stands of fower pots. The frst style has a circular 2812號。
mouth rim with drum-nail bosses on the exterior, such as the present
example. The second style has six-petal lobes, such as the ‘number nine’ 國立故宮博物院藏有兩件「五」字款鼓釘洗，均為月白釉，見1999年臺北
example in the National Palace Museum, illustrated in A Panorama of 出版《故宮藏瓷大系：鈞窯之部》，102-105頁，編號34及35。帶其他
Ceramics in the Collection of the National Palace Museum: Chun Ware, Taipei, 數字款的鼓釘洗可參見前揭書，88-101頁及107-108頁，編號27-33及
1999, p. 116-117, no. 41. And the third style has six molded bracket
36；以及故宮博物院藏諸例，載於1996年出版故宮博物院藏文物珍品全
lobes at the fattened rim, such as the ‘number four’ bowl, also from the 集《兩宋瓷器（上）》，28-33頁，編號24-28。
Linyushanren Collection, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 2 December
2015, lot 2812.
亦可比一件與本品十分相近的「五」字款鼓釘洗，2009年9月15日於香港
For two Jun bowls also inscribed with the number wu (fve) on the base, 佳士得拍賣，拍品341號。
but with a pale blue or “moon-white” glaze, see A Panorama of Ceramics
in the Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Chun Ware, Taipei,
1999, pp. 102-105, nos. 34 and 35. Other examples of similar form but
with different numerals are illustrated ibid. pp. 88-101 and 107-108, nos.
27-33, and 36, and in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace
Museum - 32 - Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (I), Hong Kong, 1996, pp.
28-33, nos. 24-28.
A further ‘number fve’ Jun tripod bowl was sold at Christie’s Hong
Kong, 15 September 2009, lot 341.

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