A Jizhou brown-glazed conical bowl

Southern Song Dynasty

Footnotes

南宋 吉州窯褐釉盌

Provenance: Rolf, Lord Cunliffe (1899-1963), Honorary Keeper of the Far Eastern Collections at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Acquired from John Sparks Ltd., London
The Cunliffe Collection, no.T5, and thence by descent

Exhibited and Published:
Oriental Ceramic Society, Sung Dynasty Wares: Chun and Brown Glazes, London, 1-31 May 1952, no.182

來源： 劍橋菲茨威廉博物館東方藝術部名譽主任，Rolf Cunliffe勳爵 (1899-1963)
購自倫敦古董商John Sparks Ltd.
Cunliffe收藏，藏品編號T5，並由後人保存迄今

展覽及出版：
1952年5月1日至31日於倫敦東方陶瓷學會「Sung Dynasty Wares: Chun and Brown Glazes(宋代器物： 鈞釉及褐釉陶瓷)」特展展出，展品182號

For a very similar example, attributed to the Jian kilns at Yonghe, Jiangxi province and dated to the Southern Song/Yuan period, see R.Mowry, Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell and Partridge Feathers: Chinese Brown and Black Glazed Ceramics, 400-1400, Harvard University Art Museums, 1996, no.95; and for another attributed to the Jizhou kilns in Jiangxi province and dated to the 12th/13th century, see H.Li, Chinese Ceramics: The New Standard Guide, London, 1996, p.164, no.301. Compare also with a similar bowl in the Victoria and Albert Museum, illustrated by M.Medley, Yuan Porcelain & Stoneware, London, 1974, pl.118a. For a bowl of similar type, but decorated with plum sprays, see G.Baochang, Selection of Plates of Porcelain Wares Collected by Jin Ming, 1993, no.18, p.48, where the author makes an interesting note on the characteristics and composition of traditional Chinese painting, which makes good use of empty space, and the ability of the Jizhou craftsmen to transfer this imagery to porcelain with great artistic effect.