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AN INSCRIBED XING WHITE-GLAZED ‘YING’
SHALLOW BOWL
FIVE DYNASTIES (907-960)
The bowl is of shallow conical shape, the slightly rounded sides
rising from a bi foot to a lipped rim, all under an opaque white
glaze with a faint turquoise tinge, the base incised with the
character ying.
6 in. (15.2 cm.) diam., box
HK$150,000-200,000 US$20,000-26,000 日本私人收藏，入藏於1990年代
PROVENANCE:
A Japanese private collection, acquired in the 1990s
Wang Changqi in his article (‘Xi’an shi chutu “Hanlin”, “ying” zikuan
Xing yao baici guan’, Wenwu, 2002, vol. 4, pp. 83-83) offers the
suggestion that ying refers to the Bai bao da ying ku (the Imperial
Repository of a Hundred Treasures). This is believed to have been
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established in the Kaiyuan period (AD 713-741) of the Tang dynasty,
and was a treasury for the personal use of the emperor (mentioned
in the Jiu Tangshu and the Xin Tangshu - the Old History of the Tang
dynasty and the New History of the Tang dynasty, respectively).
Certainly Xing wares were used at the Tang court and were presented
to the Emperor as tribute, so it is possible that some Xing wares,
specifically designated for the Emperor’s personal collection, could
have been inscribed in this way.
五代 邢窯白釉璧足淺盌 「盈」字楷書刻款
來源：
根據王長啟的文章「西安市出土『翰林』、『盈』字款邢窯
白瓷罐」(《文物》2002年四期83-84頁)，邢窯器上之
「盈」字款，有可能是指唐代開元時代成立的宮廷機構「百
寶大盈庫」，為唐代帝皇儲存金銀珍寶之庫房。