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The Oriental Ceramic Society Newsletter, vol. 28, 2020
The Significance of Ceramics in Private Chinese Collections: Notes on a New Set of Catalogues, Th... more The Significance of Ceramics in Private Chinese Collections: Notes on a New Set of Catalogues, The Oriental Ceramic Society Newsletter, vol. 28, 2020, pp. 12-13
新型冠状病毒预防 Prevention against the coronavirus, in Chinese only. Thanks to the generosity and human... more 新型冠状病毒预防 Prevention against the coronavirus, in Chinese only. Thanks to the generosity and humanism of the publisher Hubei Science and Technology Press
Art Institute of Chicago ed., Marvels of Celadon: The Shang Shan Tang Collection of Yaozhou Wares, 2019
Yaozhou Wares and Kiln Gods in Historical Records: Legends and Truth, in Art Institute of Chicago... more Yaozhou Wares and Kiln Gods in Historical Records: Legends and Truth, in Art Institute of Chicago ed., Marvels of Celadon: The Shang Shan Tang Collection of Yaozhou Wares, Chicago, 2019, pp. 40-48.
Oriental Ceramic Society Newsletter, 2019
Li, Baoping (2009). An overview of the 2002-2004 excavations of Ming Dynasty imperial kilns in Ji... more Li, Baoping (2009). An overview of the 2002-2004 excavations of Ming Dynasty imperial kilns in Jingdezhen. In Bei jing da xue kao gu wen bo xue yuan [The Archaeology and Museology School of Beijing University], Jiang xi sheng wen wu kao gu yan jiu suo and Jing de zhen ...
東南アジア考古学 Journal of Southeast Asian Archaeology, Dec 1, 2012
Li, Baoping, Greig, A., Zhao, Jian-Xin and Collerson, KD (2004). Geochemical and isotopic fingerp... more Li, Baoping, Greig, A., Zhao, Jian-Xin and Collerson, KD (2004). Geochemical and isotopic fingerprinting of ancient porcelains. In 17th Australian Geological Convention, 8-13 February 2004, (277-278), Hobart, Tasmania. ... Dynamic earth : past, present and future : 17th Australian ...
Journal of Archaeological Science, 2006
Tang sancai is one of the most important types of Chinese ceramics. To determine the provenance o... more Tang sancai is one of the most important types of Chinese ceramics. To determine the provenance of Tang sancai is important to study ancient trade and other issues. In this paper we compare ICP-MS trace elements and TIMS SrNd isotopes of visibly similar Tang ...
Li, Bao-Ping, Zhao, Jian-xin, Collerson, Kenneth D. and Greig, Alan (2002). ICP-MS Trace Element ... more Li, Bao-Ping, Zhao, Jian-xin, Collerson, Kenneth D. and Greig, Alan (2002). ICP-MS Trace Element Analysis of Ancient Porcelain Bodies from Cizhou Kiln, North China. In: Wu Jun, Its Scientific and Technological Insights (ISAC'02). 2002 International Symposium on Ancient ...
Chinese Science Bulletin, 2003
Thirty-nine trace elements of the Song-Yuan period (960–1368 AD) porcelain bodies from Cizhou, Ji... more Thirty-nine trace elements of the Song-Yuan period (960–1368 AD) porcelain bodies from Cizhou, Jizhou and Longquanwu kilns were analyzed with ICP-MS, a technique rarely used in Chinese archaeometry, to investigate its potential application in such studies. Trace element compositions clearly reflect the distinctive raw materials and their mineralogy at the three kilns and allow their products to be distinguished. Significant
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 2005
We compare the trace element and Sr isotopic compositions of stoneware bodies made in Yaozhou and... more We compare the trace element and Sr isotopic compositions of stoneware bodies made in Yaozhou and Jizhou to characterise these Chinese archaeological ceramics and examine the potential of Sr isotopes in provenance studies. Element concentrations determined by ICP-MS achieve distinct characterisation for Jizhou samples due to their restricted variation, yet had limited success with Yaozhou wares because of their large variability. In contrast, 87 Sr/ 86 Sr ratios in Yaozhou samples have a very small variation and are all significantly lower than those of Jizhou samples, which show a large variation and cannot be well characterised with Sr isotopes. Geochemical interpretation reveals that 87 Sr/ 86 Sr ratios will have greater potential to characterise ceramics made of low Rb/Sr materials such as kaolin clay, yet will show larger variations in ceramics made of high Rb/Sr materials such as porcelain stone.
Chinese Science Bulletin, 2003
Abstract Thirty-nine trace elements of the Song-Yuan period (960-1368 AD) porcelain bodies from C... more Abstract Thirty-nine trace elements of the Song-Yuan period (960-1368 AD) porcelain bodies from Cizhou, Jizhou and Longquanwu kilns were analyzed with ICP-MS, a tech-nique rarely used in Chinese archaeometry, to investigate its potential application in such studies. ...
17th Australian …, 2011
Li, Baoping, Greig, A., Zhao, Jian-Xin and Collerson, KD (2004). Geochemical and isotopic fingerp... more Li, Baoping, Greig, A., Zhao, Jian-Xin and Collerson, KD (2004). Geochemical and isotopic fingerprinting of ancient porcelains. In 17th Australian Geological Convention, 8-13 February 2004, (277-278), Hobart, Tasmania. ... Dynamic earth : past, present and future : 17th Australian ...
of barrel form, the exterior of the rounded sides boldly and freely decorated in the wucai palett... more of barrel form, the exterior of the rounded sides boldly and freely decorated in the wucai palette with four mythical beasts, including two qilin, leaping through through a setting detailed with pine trees and jagged rockwork beneath cloud wisps, the mythical beasts vibrantly coloured and rendered with windswept manes and tails, all between bands of coin diaper and lotus scrolls encircling the rim and foot respectively, the unglazed base of the jar centred with a recessed glazed medallion enclosing an underglaze-blue six-character reign mark within a double-circle, the well-fitted cover with a raised border of multicoloured scrolls, encircling the central medallion enclosing three further mythical beasts beneath a pine tree, the straight sides with a band of waves interrupted by florets 14.6 cm, 5 3/4 in. ESTIMATE 8,000,000-12,000,000 HKD Lot Sold: 11,840,000 HKD CATALOGUE NOTE Amusing the Wanli Emperor with Cricket and Chess Li Baoping It is extremely rare to find covered boxes in barrel form among Ming dynasty porcelain. Potted in a distinctive and pleasing form and inscribed with a reign mark of the Wanli period (1573-1620), the box is painted in attractive, brilliant wucai ('five colour') enamels with fascinating auspicious beasts depicted in lovely postures, including qilin. Its decoration is nearly identical to two other Wanli-marked wucai boxes from the collection of Iver Munthe Daae, a member of the Chinese Maritime Customs Service from 1867 to 1888, although the Daae boxes differ slightly in proportion (fig. 1).
exquisitely and skilfully modelled, depicted standing on a rocky base buffeted with waves, the fi... more exquisitely and skilfully modelled, depicted standing on a rocky base buffeted with waves, the figure wearing a layered robe draped over softly rounded shoulders and opening at the chest to reveal a beaded lotus necklace, the robe gathered at the waist in a loose knot and cascading down in voluminous folds suggesting the weight of the garment with windswept hem billowing behind, the figure grasping the robe in the left hand and with the other gracefully outstretched in vitarkamudra, the face with a benevolent and peaceful expression rendered with the urna of wisdom and flanked by pendulous earlobes, the hair drawn up into an elaborate chignon and secured with a crown and ruyi-headed pin, the reverse impressed with a He Chaozong yin seal mark 51.5 cm, 20 1/4 in. ESTIMATE 6,000,000-8,000,000 HKD The Blanc-de-Chine kilns of Dehua in Quanzhou, Fujian, made Guanyin figures for the Chinese and for a global market from the Ming (1368-1644) through the Qing (1644-1911) dynasties until now, and the current piece ranks among the best of an immense number of Guanyin figures made there. It bears mark of He Chaozong of the late Ming dynasty, the most celebrated master potter of Dehua. It is extremely rare to find any 17th-century figure with He Chaozong mark, and among these the present Guanyin may be the most impressive work in terms of size and sophistication, and is probably unique in the world.
the square body with chamfered corners and supported on a splayed foot, surmounted by a tall cyli... more the square body with chamfered corners and supported on a splayed foot, surmounted by a tall cylindrical neck with lipped rim, flanked by a pair of curved handles issuing from the mouths of moulded dragon heads with short horns, bulging eyes and sharp fangs, the exterior painted on each side with a morning glory borne on a continuous foliate scroll, all between line borders above and below, the base inscribed with a six-character reign mark within double circles 13.8cm., 5 1/2 in. ESTIMATE 200,000-250,000 GBP Lot Sold: 3,845,000 GBP PROVENANCE LITERATURE Takushin Kushi, Shina Min sho tji zikan [China: Early Ming ceramics], Tokyo, 1943, p. 12. Ryoichi Fujioka, Tki zensh. Gen Min sho no sometsuke [The complete works of ceramics: The first blue and white ceramics form Yuan and Ming dynasty], Tokyo, 1960, vol. 11, cat. no. 2. Rysen Shh. Sgy shichij shnen kinen/Mayuyama: Seventy Years, Tokyo, 1976, vol. 1, pl. 779. Ryoichi Fujioka, Tji taikei. Min no sometsuke [The outline of ceramics. Blue and white ceramics of Ming], vol. 42, Tokyo, 1978, pl. 12.
Sotheby's 花賞瑶華：巴黎名藏中國藝術收藏 III 香港 | 05 十月 2016, 11:30 上午 | HK0677 拍品 110
Li Baoping & Li Jian'an, Chinese Storage Jars in China and Beyond, in Louise Allison Cort and And... more Li Baoping & Li Jian'an, Chinese Storage Jars in China and Beyond, in Louise Allison Cort and Andrew M. Watsky (eds.), Chigusa and the Art of Tea, published in 2014 by the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution's Museums of Asian Art) on the occasion of the exhibition that travels to the Princeton University Art Museum in late 2014,
http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/current/gallery/chigusa.asp#northwall
The Oriental Ceramic Society Newsletter, vol. 28, 2020
The Significance of Ceramics in Private Chinese Collections: Notes on a New Set of Catalogues, Th... more The Significance of Ceramics in Private Chinese Collections: Notes on a New Set of Catalogues, The Oriental Ceramic Society Newsletter, vol. 28, 2020, pp. 12-13
新型冠状病毒预防 Prevention against the coronavirus, in Chinese only. Thanks to the generosity and human... more 新型冠状病毒预防 Prevention against the coronavirus, in Chinese only. Thanks to the generosity and humanism of the publisher Hubei Science and Technology Press
Art Institute of Chicago ed., Marvels of Celadon: The Shang Shan Tang Collection of Yaozhou Wares, 2019
Yaozhou Wares and Kiln Gods in Historical Records: Legends and Truth, in Art Institute of Chicago... more Yaozhou Wares and Kiln Gods in Historical Records: Legends and Truth, in Art Institute of Chicago ed., Marvels of Celadon: The Shang Shan Tang Collection of Yaozhou Wares, Chicago, 2019, pp. 40-48.
Oriental Ceramic Society Newsletter, 2019
Li, Baoping (2009). An overview of the 2002-2004 excavations of Ming Dynasty imperial kilns in Ji... more Li, Baoping (2009). An overview of the 2002-2004 excavations of Ming Dynasty imperial kilns in Jingdezhen. In Bei jing da xue kao gu wen bo xue yuan [The Archaeology and Museology School of Beijing University], Jiang xi sheng wen wu kao gu yan jiu suo and Jing de zhen ...
東南アジア考古学 Journal of Southeast Asian Archaeology, Dec 1, 2012
Li, Baoping, Greig, A., Zhao, Jian-Xin and Collerson, KD (2004). Geochemical and isotopic fingerp... more Li, Baoping, Greig, A., Zhao, Jian-Xin and Collerson, KD (2004). Geochemical and isotopic fingerprinting of ancient porcelains. In 17th Australian Geological Convention, 8-13 February 2004, (277-278), Hobart, Tasmania. ... Dynamic earth : past, present and future : 17th Australian ...
Journal of Archaeological Science, 2006
Tang sancai is one of the most important types of Chinese ceramics. To determine the provenance o... more Tang sancai is one of the most important types of Chinese ceramics. To determine the provenance of Tang sancai is important to study ancient trade and other issues. In this paper we compare ICP-MS trace elements and TIMS SrNd isotopes of visibly similar Tang ...
Li, Bao-Ping, Zhao, Jian-xin, Collerson, Kenneth D. and Greig, Alan (2002). ICP-MS Trace Element ... more Li, Bao-Ping, Zhao, Jian-xin, Collerson, Kenneth D. and Greig, Alan (2002). ICP-MS Trace Element Analysis of Ancient Porcelain Bodies from Cizhou Kiln, North China. In: Wu Jun, Its Scientific and Technological Insights (ISAC'02). 2002 International Symposium on Ancient ...
Chinese Science Bulletin, 2003
Thirty-nine trace elements of the Song-Yuan period (960–1368 AD) porcelain bodies from Cizhou, Ji... more Thirty-nine trace elements of the Song-Yuan period (960–1368 AD) porcelain bodies from Cizhou, Jizhou and Longquanwu kilns were analyzed with ICP-MS, a technique rarely used in Chinese archaeometry, to investigate its potential application in such studies. Trace element compositions clearly reflect the distinctive raw materials and their mineralogy at the three kilns and allow their products to be distinguished. Significant
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 2005
We compare the trace element and Sr isotopic compositions of stoneware bodies made in Yaozhou and... more We compare the trace element and Sr isotopic compositions of stoneware bodies made in Yaozhou and Jizhou to characterise these Chinese archaeological ceramics and examine the potential of Sr isotopes in provenance studies. Element concentrations determined by ICP-MS achieve distinct characterisation for Jizhou samples due to their restricted variation, yet had limited success with Yaozhou wares because of their large variability. In contrast, 87 Sr/ 86 Sr ratios in Yaozhou samples have a very small variation and are all significantly lower than those of Jizhou samples, which show a large variation and cannot be well characterised with Sr isotopes. Geochemical interpretation reveals that 87 Sr/ 86 Sr ratios will have greater potential to characterise ceramics made of low Rb/Sr materials such as kaolin clay, yet will show larger variations in ceramics made of high Rb/Sr materials such as porcelain stone.
Chinese Science Bulletin, 2003
Abstract Thirty-nine trace elements of the Song-Yuan period (960-1368 AD) porcelain bodies from C... more Abstract Thirty-nine trace elements of the Song-Yuan period (960-1368 AD) porcelain bodies from Cizhou, Jizhou and Longquanwu kilns were analyzed with ICP-MS, a tech-nique rarely used in Chinese archaeometry, to investigate its potential application in such studies. ...
17th Australian …, 2011
Li, Baoping, Greig, A., Zhao, Jian-Xin and Collerson, KD (2004). Geochemical and isotopic fingerp... more Li, Baoping, Greig, A., Zhao, Jian-Xin and Collerson, KD (2004). Geochemical and isotopic fingerprinting of ancient porcelains. In 17th Australian Geological Convention, 8-13 February 2004, (277-278), Hobart, Tasmania. ... Dynamic earth : past, present and future : 17th Australian ...
of barrel form, the exterior of the rounded sides boldly and freely decorated in the wucai palett... more of barrel form, the exterior of the rounded sides boldly and freely decorated in the wucai palette with four mythical beasts, including two qilin, leaping through through a setting detailed with pine trees and jagged rockwork beneath cloud wisps, the mythical beasts vibrantly coloured and rendered with windswept manes and tails, all between bands of coin diaper and lotus scrolls encircling the rim and foot respectively, the unglazed base of the jar centred with a recessed glazed medallion enclosing an underglaze-blue six-character reign mark within a double-circle, the well-fitted cover with a raised border of multicoloured scrolls, encircling the central medallion enclosing three further mythical beasts beneath a pine tree, the straight sides with a band of waves interrupted by florets 14.6 cm, 5 3/4 in. ESTIMATE 8,000,000-12,000,000 HKD Lot Sold: 11,840,000 HKD CATALOGUE NOTE Amusing the Wanli Emperor with Cricket and Chess Li Baoping It is extremely rare to find covered boxes in barrel form among Ming dynasty porcelain. Potted in a distinctive and pleasing form and inscribed with a reign mark of the Wanli period (1573-1620), the box is painted in attractive, brilliant wucai ('five colour') enamels with fascinating auspicious beasts depicted in lovely postures, including qilin. Its decoration is nearly identical to two other Wanli-marked wucai boxes from the collection of Iver Munthe Daae, a member of the Chinese Maritime Customs Service from 1867 to 1888, although the Daae boxes differ slightly in proportion (fig. 1).
exquisitely and skilfully modelled, depicted standing on a rocky base buffeted with waves, the fi... more exquisitely and skilfully modelled, depicted standing on a rocky base buffeted with waves, the figure wearing a layered robe draped over softly rounded shoulders and opening at the chest to reveal a beaded lotus necklace, the robe gathered at the waist in a loose knot and cascading down in voluminous folds suggesting the weight of the garment with windswept hem billowing behind, the figure grasping the robe in the left hand and with the other gracefully outstretched in vitarkamudra, the face with a benevolent and peaceful expression rendered with the urna of wisdom and flanked by pendulous earlobes, the hair drawn up into an elaborate chignon and secured with a crown and ruyi-headed pin, the reverse impressed with a He Chaozong yin seal mark 51.5 cm, 20 1/4 in. ESTIMATE 6,000,000-8,000,000 HKD The Blanc-de-Chine kilns of Dehua in Quanzhou, Fujian, made Guanyin figures for the Chinese and for a global market from the Ming (1368-1644) through the Qing (1644-1911) dynasties until now, and the current piece ranks among the best of an immense number of Guanyin figures made there. It bears mark of He Chaozong of the late Ming dynasty, the most celebrated master potter of Dehua. It is extremely rare to find any 17th-century figure with He Chaozong mark, and among these the present Guanyin may be the most impressive work in terms of size and sophistication, and is probably unique in the world.
the square body with chamfered corners and supported on a splayed foot, surmounted by a tall cyli... more the square body with chamfered corners and supported on a splayed foot, surmounted by a tall cylindrical neck with lipped rim, flanked by a pair of curved handles issuing from the mouths of moulded dragon heads with short horns, bulging eyes and sharp fangs, the exterior painted on each side with a morning glory borne on a continuous foliate scroll, all between line borders above and below, the base inscribed with a six-character reign mark within double circles 13.8cm., 5 1/2 in. ESTIMATE 200,000-250,000 GBP Lot Sold: 3,845,000 GBP PROVENANCE LITERATURE Takushin Kushi, Shina Min sho tji zikan [China: Early Ming ceramics], Tokyo, 1943, p. 12. Ryoichi Fujioka, Tki zensh. Gen Min sho no sometsuke [The complete works of ceramics: The first blue and white ceramics form Yuan and Ming dynasty], Tokyo, 1960, vol. 11, cat. no. 2. Rysen Shh. Sgy shichij shnen kinen/Mayuyama: Seventy Years, Tokyo, 1976, vol. 1, pl. 779. Ryoichi Fujioka, Tji taikei. Min no sometsuke [The outline of ceramics. Blue and white ceramics of Ming], vol. 42, Tokyo, 1978, pl. 12.
Sotheby's 花賞瑶華：巴黎名藏中國藝術收藏 III 香港 | 05 十月 2016, 11:30 上午 | HK0677 拍品 110
Li Baoping & Li Jian'an, Chinese Storage Jars in China and Beyond, in Louise Allison Cort and And... more Li Baoping & Li Jian'an, Chinese Storage Jars in China and Beyond, in Louise Allison Cort and Andrew M. Watsky (eds.), Chigusa and the Art of Tea, published in 2014 by the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution's Museums of Asian Art) on the occasion of the exhibition that travels to the Princeton University Art Museum in late 2014,
http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/current/gallery/chigusa.asp#northwall