Jade Green and Kingfisher Blue

Longquan Wares from Museums and Art Institutes Around the World

世界博物館及藝術學院藏龍泉窯集萃

梅青色醉龍泉窯

Rose Kerr 柯玫瑰

ISBN 978-1-78884-226-6

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Catalogue by Rose Kerr

Design and Production by CA Book Publishing

Rosanne Chan and James Tong

Printed in Hong Kong, 2022

Published by ACC Art Books Ltd

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Contents Jade Green and Kingfisher Blue: Longquan Wares From Museums and Art Institutes Around the World Rose Kerr 6 About the Author 13 Image Credits 15 Song dynasty 1 Bowls 19 2 Cups 37 3 Ewers 43 4 Vases 47 5 Jars 75 6 Box 87 7 Incense Burners 91 8 Brush Washers 105 Yuan dynasty 1 Bowls 115 2 Dishes 123 3 Cups 145 4 Ewers 151 5 Vases 157 6 Jars 179 7 Incense Burners 187 8 Figures 193 Ming dynasty 1 Bowls 199 2 Bird Feeder 211 3 Dishes 215 4 Brush Washers 229 5 Incense Burners 233 6 Vases 239 7 Jars 255 8 Seats 265 9 Ewers 269 10 Jue 273 11 Screens 277 12 Figures 281 Select Bibliography 286 Chronology 287

1 · Bowl with ribbed sides Southern Song dynasty

20

D: 12.5 cm, H: 8.2 cm The Collection of National Palace Museum So-Porcelain-004735N000000000

2 · Bowl with crackled glaze

Southern Song-Yuan dynasty

D: 17.3 cm, H: 7.9 cm

21

© The Trustees of the British Museum

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The Sir Percival David Collection

3 · Bowl with crackled glaze, Longquan guan

Southern Song dynasty

D: 16.9 cm, H: 7.3 cm

50.936

4 · Bowl with carved flower design

Southern Song dynasty

D: 15.5 cm, H: 4.9 cm

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Bequest of Charles Bain Hoyt

50.1783

22

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Bequest of Charles Bain Hoyt

5 · Bowl with central floret Southern Song dynasty

D: 9.3 cm, H: 4.6 cm

23

The Art Institute of Chicago Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection, 2013.237

67 · Funerary jar with lid, five spouts and incised floral design

H: 29.7 cm

76

Northern Song dynasty The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka The Ataka Collection, 00790

68 · Funerary jar and lid with five spouts

Northern Song dynasty

H: 31.9 cm

69 · Funerary jar and lid with five spouts

Northern Song dynasty H with lid: 29 cm

77

84 · Incense burner in bronze form with raised ribs and cloud feet

Southern Song dynasty

D: 14.9 cm, H: 10.4 cm

85 · Incense burner in bronze form with raised ribs and cloud feet

Southern Song dynasty D: 14.5 cm, H: 9.3 cm

92

87 · Incense burner in bronze for with cloud feet

Southern Song dynasty

D: 13.7 cm, H: 9.6 cm

Tokyo National Museum

ColBase: Integrated Collections Database of the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, Japan Hirota Matsushige gift, TG-2166

86 · Incense burner in bronze form with raised ribs

Southern Song dynasty

D: 13.5 cm

Max Müller, Germany

93

110 · Bowl with brown glaze splashes

Yuan dynasty

D: 7.2 cm, H: 3.5 cm

116

Yuan dynasty

D: 20 cm, H: 9.7 cm

So-Porcelain-002634N000000000

112

Yuan dynasty

D: 14.4 cm, H: 6 cm

So-Porcelain-017375N000000000

117

111 · Bowl The Collection of National Palace Museum · Spouted bowl with brown splashes The Collection of National Palace Museum

164

162 · Vase with carved pomegranate sprays in raised relief Yuan dynasty, dated 1327

H: 72

cm

163 · Vase in bronze form zun

Yuan dynasty

H: 24.5 cm

165

© The Trustees of the British Museum The Sir Percival David Collection

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205 · Bowl with incised floral design

Early Ming dynasty

D: 30.2 cm, H: 13 cm

So-Porcelain-001337N000000000

206

The Collection of National Palace Museum

206 · Bowl with incised floral design

Early Ming dynasty

D: 32 cm, H: 14.3 cm

So-Porcelain-005302N000000000

207

The Collection of National Palace Museum

230 · Incense burner in bronze form with peony scroll in applied relief

234

Early Ming dynasty D: 16.6 cm, H: 22 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Horation G. Curtis loan 23.236

231 · Incense burner with incised design of lotus and the Eight Buddhist Treasures

Ming dynasty

D: 21.3 cm, H: 15 cm

So-Porcelain-010727N000000000

232 · Censer in bronze form with rope handles and incised floral design

Early Ming dynasty

D: 20.8 cm, H: 17.1 cm

So-Porcelain-014537N000000000

235

The Collection of National Palace Museum The Collection of National Palace Museum

262

D: 27.4

H:

Royal Collection Trust RCIN 100266

263 · Bowl and cover with English gilt-bronze mounts of 1730 Early Ming dynasty

cm,

35.9 cm

263

264 · Bowl mounted as a pot pourri with English late 18th century gilt-bronze mounts Early Ming dynasty W: 35.9 cm, H: 31 cm Royal Collection Trust

RCIN 100267

282

273 · Figure of Zhenwu with unglazed hands, feet and face Mid Ming dynasty H: 22 cm The Palace Museum/ Image copyright © The Palace Museum 00043018 274 · Figure of Guanyin on the back of a lion Mid Ming dynasty L: 13.3 cm, H: 24.1 cm © Victoria and Albert Museum, London C.128-1911

Mid Ming dynasty

W: 13 cm, H: 24.1 cm

Bequeathed by John Anderson, MD, C.1158-1917

Mid Ming dynasty, 16th century Vase in bronze form zun