TING YAO of the Sung dynasty. Copy of an ancient Sacrificial Vessel of Wen Wang.
宋定窑仿古文王鼎
KUAN YAO of the Sung dynasty. Copy of an ancient T’ao-t’ich Sacrificial Vessel.
宋官窑仿古饕餮鼎
Purple TING YAO of the Sung dynasty. Copy of an ancient Sacrificial Vessel engraved with cicada designs.
宋紫定窑仿古蝉文鼎
TING YAO of the Sung dynasty. Ancestral Vessel with monsters’ heads and band of scroll design.
宋定窑仿古兽面雷文彝
KUAN YAO of the Sung dynasty. Incense Burner with loop handles and manmillated feet.
宋官窑冲耳乳炉
HSUAN YAO of the Ming dynasty. Antique Censer with fish-shaped handles decorated in deep red with ruddy clouds melting in the sunat dawn.
明宣窑积红朱霞映雪鱼耳香炉
HUNG-CHIH YAO of the Ming dynasty. Small Incense Burner shaped as an archaic ‘oak basket’.
明弘治窑象篮小鼎
KUAN YAO of the Sung dynasty. Ink Palette inscribed with an augury of great peace.
宋官窑太平有象砚
HSUAN YAO of the Ming dynasty. Ink Palette painted in blue with dragons.
明宣窑青花龙纹砚
HSUAN YAO of the Ming dynasty. Water Dropper in the form of two persimmons coloured deep red.
明宣窑积红双柿水注
KO YAO of the Sung dynasty. Brush Rest shaped as a mountain with five peaks.
宋哥窑五峯砚山
LUNG-CH’UAN YAO of the Sung dynasty.Water Pot of tazza shape with cover.
宋龙泉窑高足豆水丞
KUAN YAO of the Sung dynasty. Water Pot engraved with cicada designs.
宋官窑蝉文水丞
Purple TING YAO of the Sung dynasty. Water Pot for washing brushes of fluted form with band of coiling silkworms.
宋紫定窑百摺卧蚕洗水丞
KUAN YAO of the Sung dynasty. Brush Rest in the form of hills with a tall peak.
宋官窑高峯砚山
LUNG-CH’UAN YAO of the Sung dynasty. Water Pot with monster mask handles.
宋龙泉窑兽面水丞
KUAN YAO of the Sung dynasty. Quadrangular Vase with ringed monster-head handles.
宋官窑兽耳方壶
Purple TING YAO of the Sung dynasty.Sacrificial Jar with horned dragons.
宋紫定窑蟠虬壶
JU YAO of the Sung dynasty. Trumpet-shaped Vase engraved with palm-leaves and scrolled designs.
宋汝窑蕉叶雷文觚
CHUN YAO of the Sung dynasty. Small Jar moulded with two phoenixes as handles.
宋均窑双凤小尊
SHU FU YAO of the Yuan dynasty. Small Vase with garlic-shaped mouth ornamented with designs lightly tooled in the paste under the glaze.
元朝枢府窑暗花小蒜蒲瓶
JU YAO of the Sung dynasty.Small rounded Beaker of old bronze design.
宋汝窑小圆觚
LUNG-CH’UAN YAO of the Sung dynasty. Hot-water Bottle with swelling garlic-shaped mouth.
宋龙泉窑蒜囊温壶
Purple TING YAO of the Sung dynasty. Small quadrangular Vase to hold divining-rods.
宋紫定窑小蓍草瓶
LUNG-CH’UAN YAO of the Sung dynasty. Flower Receptacle with several mouths.
宋龙泉窑多嘴花囊
LUNG-CH’UAN YAO of the Sung dynasty. Lobed Vase of hexagonal form.
宋龙泉窑六角方瓶
27LUNG-CH’U AN YAO of the Sung dynasty. Small Vase for a single flower.
宋龙泉窑一只小瓶
TING YAO of the Sung dynasty. Small Vase with two handles and bands of scrolled design.
宋定窑双耳雷文小瓶
LUNG-CH’UAN YAO of the Sung dynasty. Vase fashioned in the form of a whorl of palm leaves.
宋龙泉窑蕉叶瓶
CHUN YAO of the Sung dynasty. Miniature Vase for one flower with finely engraved decoration.
宋均窑细花一只小瓶
HSUAN YAO of the Ming dynasty. Blue-and-white Vase fashioned as a section of bamboo.
明宣窑青花竹节杖头瓶
LUNG-CH’UAN YAO of the Sung dynasty.Wine Jar modelled in the form of a hornless rhinoceros.
宋龙泉窑牺尊
TING YAO of the Sung dynasty. Wine Jar in the form of an elephant.
宋定窑象尊
JU YAO of the Sung dynasty. Wine Ewer in the shape of a duck.
宋汝窑凫尊
Black TING YAO of the Sung dynasty. Duck-headed Wine Vase.
宋墨定凫尊
LUNG-CH’UAN YAO of the Sung dynasty. Wine Jar in the shape of a recumbent gourd.
宋龙泉窑匏尊
HSUAN YAO of the Ming dynasty. Wine Jar in the shape of a goose painted in blue on a white ground.
明宣窑青花鹅壶
CH’UNG YAO of the Ming dynasty. Melon-shaped Wine Pot decorated with coloured glazes.
明成窑五彩甜瓜壶
HSUAN YAO of the Ming dynasty. Elephant Jar painted in blue.
明宣窑青花象尊
HSUAN YAO of the Ming dynasty. Deep red Wine Pot with phoenix-headed spout.
明宣窑积红凤首壶
CHUN YAO of the Sung dynasty. Wine Pot of flattened form decorated with floral scrolls.
宋均窑匾蒲壶
HUNG-CHIH YAO of the Ming dynasty. Gourd-shaped Wine Pot with pale yellow ground.
明弘治窑娇黄葫芦壶
HSUAN YAO of the Ming dynasty. Rouge Pot overspread with deep red ground.
明宣窑积红卣壶
YI-HSING YAO of the Ming dynasty. Tea Pot of Kung Ch’un’s make with ‘transmutation’ pale brown body.
明宜兴变窑褐色龚春茶壶
YI-HSING YAO of the Ming dynasty. Tea Pot of Kung Ch’un’s make with ‘transmutation’ vermilion red body.
明宜兴变窑积红龚春茶壶
HUNG-CHIH YAO of the Ming dynasty. Pair of Tea Cups shaped as hibiscus flowers enamelled pale yellow.
明弘治窑娇黄葵花茶杯
KUAN YAO of the Sung dynasty.Tea Cup shaped like a Buddha’s hand citron.
宋官窑佛指甲茶杯
HSUAN YAO of the Ming dynasty. Set of Tea Cups decorated in blue with dragon pines.
明宣窑青花龙松茶杯
CH’UNG YAO of the Ming dynasty. Wine Cup simulating a crimson blossom of the Magnolia Yulan.
明成窑紫玉兰杯
KUAN YAO of the Sung dynasty.A Sacrificial Cup with dragon’s-head handle.
宋官窑螭首爵
51Purple TING YAO of the Sung dynasty. Sacrificial Wine Vessel with grotesque dragon scrolls.
宋紫定窑蟠虬壶
CHUNG YAO of the Ming dynasty. Libation Cup of plain rounded form.
明正德窑素腹爵
KUAN YAO of the Sung dynasty.Libation Cup decorated with scrolled designs.
宋官窑雷文爵
HSUAN YAO of the Ming dynasty. Tazza-shaped Cup decorated in deep red with three fish.
明宣窑积红三鱼把杯
HC’UNG YAO of the Ming dynasty. Tazza-shaped Cup decorated in enamel colours with grapes.
明成窑五彩葡萄把杯
HSUAN YAO of the Ming dynasty. Tazza-shaped Cup painted in deep red with three pairs of peaches.
明宣窑积红双桃把杯
TING YAO of the Sung dynasty. Cup fashioned like a plaited willow basket.
宋定窑柳斗杯
HSUAN YAO of the Ming dynasty. Conical Wine Cup of archaic form painted in deep red.
明宣窑积红斗笠杯
CH’ENG YAO of the Ming dynasty. Pair of little Wine Cups painted in ‘five colours’ with flowers and insects.
明成窑五彩草虫小杯二只
HSUAN YAO of the Ming dynasty. Small bowl-shaped Wine Cup decorated in deep red with three fish.
明宣窑积红四鱼小盏
YUNG-LO YAO of the Ming dynasty. Small Eggshell Cup with dragons and phoenixes engraved in the paste under the glaze.
明永乐窑脱胎龙凤暗花小杯
CH’UNG YAO of the Ming dynasty. Flat-bottomed Cup painted in five colours with geese.
明成窑五彩鹅缸杯
CH’ NG YAO of the Ming dynasty. Flat-bottomed Cup painted in five colours with chicken.
明成窑五彩鸡缸杯
CH’UNG YAO of the Ming dynasty. Small Wine Cup shaped like a chrysanthemum blossom and decorated in colours.
明成窑五彩小菊杯
CH’U NG YAO of the Ming dynasty. Wine Cup shaped like the root of a tree painted in colours.
明成窑五彩树根杯
HUNG-CHIH YAO of the Ming dynasty. Wine Vessel moulded in the form of two winged monsters.
明弘治窑蟠虬卣
LUNG-CH’UAN YAO of the Sung dynasty. Wine Vessel with a transverse bowed handle attached by chains engraved with four deer.
宋龙泉窑四鹿提梁卣
HSUAN YAO of the Ming dynasty. Sacrificial Vessel of archaic form decorated in blue and white.
明宣窑青花文姬匜
HSUAN YAO of the Ming dynasty. Palace Rice-Bowl decorated in deep red with three fish.
明宣窑积红三鱼宫碗
TUNG CH’ING TZ’of the Sung dynasty. Hexagonal Bowl for washing brushes, engraved with floral scrolls.
宋东青磁菱花池洗
HSUAN YAO of the Ming dynasty. Dish for washing brushes, decorated in deep red with pairs of fishes.
明宣窑积红双鱼洗141
HSUAN YAO of the Ming dynasty. Palace Dish decorated outside in deep red, with dragons engraved in the paste underneath.
明宣窑积红龙文宫碟
KUAN YAO of the Sung dynasty. Shaped Saucer engraved with carved lacquer ornamentation.
宋官窑雕文撇托
HSUAN YAO of the Ming dynasty. Round Box perforated through the middle, painted in deep red.
明宣窑绩红穿心盒
CH’UNG YAO of the Ming dynasty. Round Box for rouge decorated in enamel colours.
明成窑五彩胭脂盒
HSUAN YAO of the Ming dynasty. Relic Pagoda painted in five colours.
明宣窑五彩舍利塔
CHUN YAO of the Sung dynasty. Dragon Oil Lamp.
宋均窑蛟灯
LUNG-CH’UAN YAO of the Sung dynasty. Oil Lamp with a branched pedestal supported by a clawed foot.
宋龙泉窑乙花鸡足灯
CHUNG-TE YAO of the Ming dynasty. Saucer-shaped Lamp with projecting handle supported by phoenix and tortoise.
明正德窑有柄凤龟灯
CH’ENG YAO of the Ming dynasty. Oil Lamp in the form of a Nelumbium lotus decorated in enamel colours.
明成窑五彩莲花灯
TING YAO of the Sung dynasty. Pricket Candlestick with phoenix and lotus-blossom details.
宋定窑凤莲灯
HSUAN YAO of the Ming dynasty. Oil Lamp with four nozzles painted in blue with white ground.
明宣窑青花四台灯
项元汴,明代著名收藏家、鉴赏家。工绘画,兼擅书法,造诣极深。本书中图片概由其描绘所呈,别致而有感染力,可见其对古瓷的理解与艺术修养之精深,历经四百多年后仍为世人所喜爱。1868年1月,英国医生卜士礼,前往北京担任英国驻华使馆医师,并兼任京师同文馆医学教习。他在中国居住长达32年,期间不仅精通了中文,还撰写了许多关于中国艺术、钱币学、地理、历史等方面的论文。1900年退休后回到英国,此后出版了《中国美术》(Chinese Art,1905年-1906年)、《中国瓷器》(Chinese Porcelain,1908年)、《中国陶瓷图说》(Description of Chinese Pottery and Porcelain,1910年)等著作,并翻译了明代收藏家项元汴先生的《历代名瓷图谱》。
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