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bowl
Object Type
bowl
Museum number
PDF.19
Description
Guan-type stoneware bowl with rounded sides and six-lobed mouthrim, on a small, low foot. The bowl has bluish-grey glaze with dark grey stained even crackle.
Cultures/periods
Qing dynasty
Production date
1700-1775
Production place
Made in:
Zhejiang (province)
Materials
stoneware
Ware
Guan-type Ware
Technique
glazed
Dimensions
Diameter:
58 millimetres
(base)
Diameter:
196 millimetres
Height:
74 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Published PDF date : Southern Song 12th-13thC
Room 95 label text: PDF 19 Lobed bowl with guan-type glaze and inscription In the centre of the base is a red-stained character 甲pronounced jia indicating that this piece was regarded as the finest quality. The inscription reads: 純青雖覺遜官窑, 椀肖葵花意獨超, 義叶河圖宜貯水, 愛他生一有名標。 乾隆乙 未御題 Chunqing sui jue xun Guanyao, wan xiao kuihua yi du chao, yi ye hetu yi zhu shui, ai ta shengyi you mingbiao Qianlong yiwei yuti. It has been translated as: Its colour has not quite the pure clear of guan ware. But its sunflower form is excellently designed. The bowl containing Holy Water perfectly retains the good fortune ordained for it. I adore this vessel of Shengyi, who so richly deserves his reputation. Composed by the Qianlong Emperor in the cyclical year yiwei [AD 1775]. A seal at the end of the inscription reads: 古香 guxiang ‘ancient fragrance’. Stoneware with celadon glaze Guan ware 仿官窯 Hangzhou, Zhejiang province 浙江省, 杭州市 Qing dynasty, about AD 1700–1775
PDF 19 仿官釉刻乾隆御制詩葵瓣碗 器底中心刻“甲”字填紅彩,表示其品質被歸於最高等級。器底刻詩文:“純青雖覺遜官窯,椀肖葵花意獨超。 義葉河圖宜貯水,愛他生一有名標。 乾隆乙未御題。”意為:此器的釉色雖不如官窯純淨,但葵花造型的設計獨具匠心。用此碗盛裝聖水將會為修行之人保持好運。我喜愛章生一所造器皿,此人不負盛名。乾隆皇帝作于乙未年(1775年)。詩尾附“古香”(古物之芬芳)印一方 炻器,青釉 仿官窯器 浙江省杭州市 清代,約1700-1775年
Bibliographic references
Pierson 1999 / Illustrated catalogue of Ru, Guan, Jun, Guangdong and Yixing wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(pp 26-27, no.19)
Yorke Hardy 1953 / Tung, Ju, Kuan, Chun, Kuang-tung & Glazed I-hsing Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(p.7, no.19, pl.III)
Pierson & Barnes 2002 / A Collector's Vision: Ceramics for the Qianlong Emperor
(p.19, no.10 (and base))
Hobson 1934 / A Catalogue of Chinese Pottery and Porcelain in the Collection of Sir Percival David Bt., F.S.A.
(p. 27, pl. XXVI)
Medley 1975 / Volume 7: Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(Monochrome pl. 30)
Location
On display
(G95/dc7/sh1)
Department
Asia
Registration number
PDF.19