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宋 《供御》款 建窯兔毫銀扣茶盞
Provenance:
Collection of Wangzhaolou, Taiwan
Published:
The Wangzhaolou Collection of Ceramics, Song Dynasty, I-II, Taipei, 2017, pp. 194-195
來源:
台灣望曌楼舊藏
出版:
望曌楼藏瓷,宋瓷上下卷,台北,2017 年,頁 194-195
As described by Robert Mowry, "Though treasured by emperors, Jian ware was not an imperial ware per se, in that the kilns did not produce ceramics exclusively for the court, nor were they owned, operated, or supervised by the government. Because Jian tea bowls were prized at court, however, the kilns supplied tribute ware each year." A Jianyao russet-glazed 'hare's fur' tea bowl with gongyu mark in the collection of the Harvard Art Museums is illustrated by Robert Mowry, Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers: Chinese Brown- and Black-Glazed Ceramics, 400-1400, Cambridge, 1996, pp. 204-209, where the author compares the stamped jinzhan ("presentation tea bowl") and the incised gongyu (imperial tribute) marks on the bases of Jianyao tea bowl, with extensive discussion citing known examples and historic records.
Notable examples of Jianyao 'hare's fur' tea bowl with gongyu mark include: in the Meiyintang collection and illustrated by Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, Volume I, London, 1994, p. 285, no. 529; and sold by J.J. Lally & Co., New York, Song Dynasty Ceramics: The Ronald W. Longsdorf Collection, March 15-April 13, 2013, no. 40.