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A carved Ding ‘chilong’ washer, of similar form and decoration, but of 此洗與同場推出的臨宇山人典藏定窯黑釉鷓鴣斑盌 (拍品編號506) 一樣，
slightly smaller size (12 cm. diam.), in the National Palace Museum, 均來自著名的波士頓白納德伉儷 (Eugene and Elva Bernat) 舊藏。白氏
Taipei, is illustrated by Tsai Meifen, Decorated Porcelains of Dingzhou: White 伉儷活躍於二十世紀中葉，其庋藏的中國早期陶瓷佳作雲集，數量逾150
Ding Wares from the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2014, 多件，年代由新石器時代至宋代不等。白氏珍藏的百多件宋瓷最為人津津
p. 102, no. II-58. The present brush washer’s carved chilong is also close
樂道，這些珍品件件精奇，常亮相於特展和學術著作。各地博物館和私人
in style to that on the foor of a Northern Song Ding bowl illustrated
by Jan Wirgin, Sung Ceramic Designs, London: Han-Shan Tang, 1979— 珍藏均對白氏珍品趨之若鶩，自1980年11月舉行白氏珍藏專拍以來，其舊
originally published in The Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities Bulletin, 藏迄今仍散見於全球各大珍藏。
no. 42, Stockholm, 1970—n.p., Pl 70b. A Ding dish sold at Christie’s
New York, 18–19 September 2014, lot 732, exhibits a carved chilong that 明代 (公元1368至1644年) 與清代 (公元1644至1911年) 收藏家均視定窯
resembles the one on this vessel, though it is surrounded by a lotus scroll. 為宋代五大名窯之一，餘者為鈞、汝、官、哥四窯。定窯出品的瑩潤白瓷
A dish with steeply canted side walls and carved chilong-and-cloud décor 馳名天下，此外也有燒造赤褐及黑釉器，拍品中的臨宇山人珍藏定窯黑釉
on its foor is pictured in Guoli Gugong Bowuyuan [National Palace 鷓鴣斑盌 (拍品編號506) 即為一例。雖然定窯本身並非御窯，即非官府運
Museum], ed., Gugong Songzi Tulu / Illustrated Catalogue of Sung Dynasty 營或專為內廷燒製用瓷的窯口，但它在十世紀末、十一世紀及十二世紀初
Porcelain in the National Palace Museum, Dingyao – Dingyaoxing / Ding 確曾燒造大批宮廷陶瓷。
Ware and Ding-type Ware, Tokyo: Gakken, 1973 (bilingual, Chinese and
English), np., Pl. 60. For a Ding dish of similar form but decorated with a
pair of chilong, see Tsai Meifen, op. cit., no. II-59.
Like the celebrated Ding ‘partridge-feather’ conical bowl from the
Linyushanren Collection also offered in this sale (lot 506), this brush
washer once belonged to distinguished Boston collectors Eugene
and Elva Bernat. Active in the mid-twentieth century, Mr. and Mrs.
Bernat assembled a comprehensive collection of early Chinese ceramics
numbering more than 150 pieces and ranging in date from the Neolithic
period through the Song dynasty. Renowned for its Song wares, of
which it included more than 100 examples, the Bernat collection claimed
numerous masterpieces which were often featured in special exhibitions
and illustrated in scholarly books. Eagerly sought by museums and private
collectors alike, works from the famous Bernat Collection spread to all
parts of the globe when it was dispersed at auction in November 1980.
Collectors of the Ming (1368–1644) and Qing (1644–1911) dynasties
ranked Ding ware among the “fve great wares of the Song”, along
with Jun, Ru, Guan, and Ge wares. Celebrated for their porcellaneous
white wares, the Ding kilns also produced pieces with russet and black
glazes, such as the magnifcent ‘partridge-feather’ conical bowl from the
Linyushanren Collection also offered in this sale (lot 506). Although not
imperial kilns per se—that is, they were not operated by the government
and did not produce ceramics exclusively for the imperial household—the
Ding kilns nevertheless supplied substantial quantities of ceramic ware to
the palace in the late tenth, eleventh, and early twelfth centuries.

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