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A MOLDED SHUFU SHALLOW BOWL

YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)
The bowl with deep, slightly fared sides is raised on a small foot and molded on the bottom of
the interior with lotus scroll below further lotus scroll and a double line border, interrupted by two
characters, shu and fu, on opposite sides. The bowl is covered inside and out with a satiny glaze of
pale aqua tone.
4æ in. (12 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box

$10,000-15,000

The term shufu usually refers to a type of glaze which is slightly more opaque than that of a
qingbai glaze and is silky in texture, rather than glassy. The term derives from the characters shu
and fu executed in low relief under the glaze found on some wares with this glaze, such as the
present bowl. It is believed that wares with this mark were intended for use by a Yuan dynasty
government department, the Shumiyuan, which is equated with a Privy Council.

Compare the similarly decorated Shufu bowl of this shape, also dated Yuan dynasty, illustrated in
Porcelain Collected by Anhui Province Museum, Beijing, 2002, p. 113, pl. 95.
元 樞府釉模印花卉紋盌

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