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A PEACHBLOOM-GLAZED BRUSH WASHER, ᪺༒ᶑ ㅭㅬ☾㕳㜹㞼᧾ Վಧ᜷ᕋᢎ
TANGLUO XI
ᰚ१㥕㧘ᅴ卿ᙏऑ卿ᆄ⭬卿஄㑷ǯം೅ᙼ㎉㎈⡚㞏ǯ଍ݤࣿ
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF
THE PERIOD (1662- 1722) 㑷ݤ⎊㞏卿ᄓᝧ㬪ⱤǸഌ᳖ᄮᾭჺㅳǹᥓᝧ᪪ǯ
The compressed globular body is covered on the exterior with a ࢈՗ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴ࣿٳᘹഌⲖࢷ⁒㱦⎏ഌ⣠ᇪԋஇ⻱ワఫ㞖
soft rose coloured glaze with areas of greyish-green mottling. The ᝯம⻦ऱ᪪ᰚǯ⡥⡙ഌ㛢ᝯࢷ⁒㱦⻦ᙃഩ㎉㎈⡚㞏Ǹݨഌ
interior and base are covered with a transparent glaze and the base
┳ǹ卿㇦ ჺ⡥⡙߅‸ 4 7BMFOTUFJO ⶬהǶ" )BOECPPL PG
is inscribed with the reign mark in underglaze blue. $IJOFTF $FSBNJDTǷـ㈳‸卿㮰 卿எ‸ ⽚ǯǸݨഌ┳ǹ
4 ¬ in. (11.8 cm.) diam.
㘆ჺᗌ㊯Ӷगݨ᪪଍௛卿፽ࡺᑐ⒢ᦂཉ卿㇦ + "ZFST ⶬǴ5IF
HK$300,000-500,000 US$39,000-64,000 1FBDICMPPN 8BSFT PG UIF ,BOHYJ 1FSJPE卻 卼ǵ卿㖊
ᙻǶ5SBOTBDUJPOT PG UIF 0SJFOUBM $FSBNJD 4PDJFUZǷ卿✄ ݺ卿
This type of brush washer is described as being of gong shape,
or tangluo xi, as it has a very compressed body. It belongs to ჺ卿㮰 ǯ
a group of vessels referred to as the Badama, ‘Eight Great
Numbers’. This group was previously thought to comprise a
total of eight differing shapes. John Ayers identified a possible
ninth form of the Badama by pointing out the existence of two
slightly different globular water pots. The first is termed as a
pingguo zun, ‘apple jar’ modelled with a gently inward curving
mouth rim; and the other with a raised, low, neck (similar to a
stalk) that maybe referred to as a Shiliuzun, or ‘pomegranate
jar’. See, J. Ayers, ‘The Peachbloom Wares of the Kangxi
Period (1662-1722)', Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic
Society, vol. 64, 1999-2000, p. 49.

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