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Fig. 7 Lobed dish, Guan or Ge ware, Southern Song-Yuan dynasty, PDF 14 ©SOAS Fig. 8 Reverse of lobed dish, Guan or Ge ware, Southern Song-Yuan dynasty, Fig. 9 Lobed dish, Guan or Ge ware, Southern Song-Yuan dynasty, PDF 13 ©SOAS Fig. 10 Reverse of lobed dish, Guan or Ge ware, Southern Song-Yuan dynasty, PDF 13
University of London. PDF 14 ©SOAS University of London. University of London. ©SOAS University of London.
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Indeed, the dating of Ge ware has been the subject of much debate in An inscription on another lobed crackle-glazed dish in the collection The current dish is very similar in shape and colour to a slightly smaller
recent years, with some scholars suggesting that Ge wares should be of Sir Percival David provides a suggestion of a literary work to which Ge ware dish in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in
dated to the Yuan dynasty, rather than the Southern Song, while the the Qianlong Emperor traced the name Ge ware. The inscription on Porcelain of the National Palace Museum - Ko Ware of the Sung
complexities of distinguishing between Guan and Ge wares has also this dish (PDF 14, illustrated op. cit., upper left) Figs. 7 and 8, is dated to Dynasty, Book II, Hong Kong, 1962, no 52. The Taipei dish has,
been much discussed. Certainly, to judge from the inscriptions applied the cyclical yiwei year [AD 1775] and can be found under the title ‘On a however, been fired on its foot rim, rather than on spurs. A number of
by the Qianlong emperor on early crackled wares in the imperial Dish of Ge ware’ in Complete Collection of Works by the Qing Emperor Guan ware dishes of this form, which have been fired on spurs, have
collection, he was inconsistent in his attributions. However, the high Gaozong, vol. 26, section 1V. Part of the inscription reads: also been preserved in the National Palace Museum, Taipei. These have
regard in which such pieces were held by the Qianlong Emperor, is ‘Had we not read the essays from the Spring Wind Hall [Chunfengtang been illustrated in the Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Sung
demonstrated not only in their inclusion in imperial portraits – as suibi by Lu Shen AD 1477-1544], how could we know whence Ge ware Dynasty Kuan Ware, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1989, nos. 118-24.
discussed above - but by the fact that inscriptions which were applied got its name.’ Further examples of similar form, but which have been fired standing
on his orders to both Ge and Guan wares in the Qing imperial on their foot rims, are illustrated in the same volume, nos. 125-31. Of
collection, and these were recorded in Complete Collection of Works The Percival David collection dish closest in potting and glaze colour the Ge and Guan ware dishes of similar size and shape, and fired on
by the Qing Emperor Gaozong [Qianlong], Qing Gaozong yuzhi shiwen to the current piece is PDF 13 (illustrated op. cit. lower left). Figs. 9 and spurs, in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, the closest to the
quanji. Several such inscriptions appear on early crackled wares in 10 This dish bears a Qianlong inscription dated to the cyclical bingshen current dish – although with slightly darker glaze – is that illustrated in
the collection of Sir Percival David, as well as those in the Chinese year [AD 1776]. The inscription can be found under the title ‘On a Dish the Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, porcelain
palace collections. The Percival David Collection includes both Ge and of Guan ware’ in Complete Collection of Works by the Qing Emperor of the Song dynasty (II), 1996, p. 100, no. 91. Fig. 11
Guan ware dishes of lobed form, of similar size, and, like the current Gaozong, vol. 89, section 1V.
dish, fired on spurs. These are discussed by Rosemary Scott in ‘Guan A somewhat larger lobed dish with crackled-glaze from the collection of
or Ge Ware? A re-examination of some pieces in the Percival David ‘It has an iron foot, and crackled ice pattern from its high firing. Its rim is six- the Shanghai Museum was exhibited at the three-day conference on Ge
Foundation,’ Oriental Art, vol. XXXIX, no. 2, 1993, pp. 19-20. One of petalled like a flower, but its body is round. This form is not so rare as vases or ware organized by Professor Wang Qingzheng in Shanghai in October
the David Collection dishes which closely resembles the current dish, cups. Objects of beauty are fragile, but those of simple strength endure.’ 1992. This formed part of the discussion of his theory that there were
although with a more yellowish glaze, is PDF 69 (illustrated op. cit., in fact two types of Ge ware. This dish has similar crackle lines to
plates 14 and 15, lower right). Figs. 5 and 6 those on the current dish, but of a single colour. It has been designated
Ge ware, despite the glaze colour being of a bluer tone. (illustrated by
Shelagh Vainker, ‘Ge Ware Conference Report’, Oriental Art, Summer
1993, vol. XXXIX, No. 2, p. 5, fig. 1).
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ˏ例載於Ǘ故宮博ḵ院藏文ḵ珍品Ո集：Չ宋瓷器ǘ˗՝， 年，頁 3FQPSUǖ，Ǘ0SJFOUBM "SUǘ， 年ૠ，卷 ， 期，頁 ，圖 ǐ In the Ming dynasty, when connoisseurs choose to honour classes
，編號 ，Ւ色略深ǐ（圖十ˏ） of Song dynasty ceramics which had enjoyed the appreciation of the Fig. 11 Ge dish in the Palace Museum, Beijing, as illustrated in the Complete
明朝年間，宋瓷ঃΨ無與і比，帝ⅴ貴族Ǐ騷́ખ客ˏ概對Ւ趨̃若鶩ǐ明́ imperial court and members of the Song elite for their refined beauty, Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, porcelain of the Song dynasty
(II), Hong Kong, 1996, p. 100, no. 91. 新00140079
年 月，汪慶正教授在˖海博ḵ館舉㏇為期˕天ⅲ哥⒋學術座ェ會， 推〶Ǚ官Ǐ哥Ǐ汝Ǐ鈞Ǐ定ǚ為Ǚ̩૯名瓷ǚ，̩瓷聲名非同֜響ǐ̩⒋૯美 they named Guan, Ge, Ru, Jun, and Ding wares as the wu daming ci 圖十ˏ 哥⒋葵瓣۴盤，故宮博ḵ院，٫̺，Ǘ故宫博ḵ院藏文ḵ珍品
期間展֨館藏ˏ件較૯ⅲ紋Ḛ葵۴盤，展開他所ほ爲哥⒋實ֱՉ類ⅲ理ゲ研 盈♡千年，۵韻濬哲積厚流Բ，本哥盤盡得Ւ髓，堪稱模範ǐ ‘Five Famous Wares of the Song’. The beautiful little Ge ware dish in Ո集 ˨宋瓷器（˗）ǘ，香港， 年，頁 ，編號 ，館藏編號新

〝ǐて盤ⅲ紋ḚΤ局與本盤雷同，但僅ˏ色，非本盤̃Ǚ金絲鐵線ǚ雙色ǐ the current sale exemplifies all the aesthetic qualities for which the five
were justifiably revered.
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