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A VERY RARE CHINESE XING WHITE GLAZED JAR AND COVER, HANLIN MARK, TANG DYNASTY, 10TH CENTURY
The robustly-potted ovoid body is rising from a flat base to a short flaring neck, covered overall in an even white glaze, the similarly glazed domed cover surmounted by a knop finial, the base inscribed hanlin mark. With a fitted box.
Xing ware, produced in Hebei during the Tang dynasty (618-907), is renowned for its refined white glaze and technical sophistication. Two marks-Ying and Hanlin-are closely associated with court-commissioned Xing wares. The Ying mark is generally understood as shorthand for 大盈庫 (Da Ying Ku), meaning the "Repository of Great Abundance," the palace storehouse to which jars would have been sent as tribute. In contrast, pieces bearing the Hanlin (翰林) mark are much rarer. This mark denotes the prestigious Hanlin Academy, an elite institution of the imperial court, and implies either an imperial commission or use in official or scholarly contexts rather than ordinary domestic consumption. Together, these marks highlight the exceptional craftsmanship of Xing kilns and their close connection to Tang imperial administration.
A particularly distinctive feature of this jar is the faint traces of the Ying mark beneath the later Hanlin inscription, suggesting that the craftsman may have initially intended to inscribe it with Ying but, for unknown reasons, ultimately replaced it with the Hanlin mark.
Another almost identical jar also with Hanlin mark, in the PBS Arts Foundation, see A Symphony of Colours: Chinese Ceramics From Six Dynasties to Yuan Dynasty, 2024, pp.174 - 175.
唐 十世紀 邢窯白釉「翰林」款蓋罐
器形碩壯，橢圓腹由平底起，頸部短而外撇，通體
施均勻白釉，蓋呈圓頂形，頂飾鈕，底部刻「翰
林」款。附盒。
邢窯為唐代（618–907年）河北著名窯口，以其潔
白釉色與高超技藝著稱。常見「盈」與「翰林」兩
款，前者為「大盈庫」簡稱，為宮廷貢品所藏之
處；後者則極為罕見，代表翰林院，為帝王近臣與
文士機構，顯示此類器物或為御製，或供文士使
用，非尋常民間器。兩款皆彰顯邢窯與唐代宮廷之
密切關係與卓越工藝。
此罐尤為特出之處，在於「翰林」款下隱約可見「
盈」字痕跡，或為工匠原擬刻「盈」款，後改為「
翰林」，其原因未明。
一件與此蓋罐相似的作品，同樣底部刻有「翰林」款，現藏於桃花源藝術基金會，見其2024年出版的《彩：六朝至元代的中國瓷器》，頁：174-175。
源流：
宋瓷古美術，香港；
悉尼Allan Rae收藏。
19.5cm high
Unsold
Lot 112
The robustly-potted ovoid body is rising from a flat base to a short flaring neck, covered overall in an even white glaze, the similarly glazed domed cover surmounted by a knop finial, the base inscribed hanlin mark. With a fitted box.
Xing ware, produced in Hebei during the Tang dynasty (618-907), is renowned for its refined white glaze and technical sophistication. Two marks-Ying and Hanlin-are closely associated with court-commissioned Xing wares. The Ying mark is generally understood as shorthand for 大盈庫 (Da Ying Ku), meaning the "Repository of Great Abundance," the palace storehouse to which jars would have been sent as tribute. In contrast, pieces bearing the Hanlin (翰林) mark are much rarer. This mark denotes the prestigious Hanlin Academy, an elite institution of the imperial court, and implies either an imperial commission or use in official or scholarly contexts rather than ordinary domestic consumption. Together, these marks highlight the exceptional craftsmanship of Xing kilns and their close connection to Tang imperial administration.
A particularly distinctive feature of this jar is the faint traces of the Ying mark beneath the later Hanlin inscription, suggesting that the craftsman may have initially intended to inscribe it with Ying but, for unknown reasons, ultimately replaced it with the Hanlin mark.
Another almost identical jar also with Hanlin mark, in the PBS Arts Foundation, see A Symphony of Colours: Chinese Ceramics From Six Dynasties to Yuan Dynasty, 2024, pp.174 - 175.
唐 十世紀 邢窯白釉「翰林」款蓋罐
器形碩壯，橢圓腹由平底起，頸部短而外撇，通體
施均勻白釉，蓋呈圓頂形，頂飾鈕，底部刻「翰
林」款。附盒。
邢窯為唐代（618–907年）河北著名窯口，以其潔
白釉色與高超技藝著稱。常見「盈」與「翰林」兩
款，前者為「大盈庫」簡稱，為宮廷貢品所藏之
處；後者則極為罕見，代表翰林院，為帝王近臣與
文士機構，顯示此類器物或為御製，或供文士使
用，非尋常民間器。兩款皆彰顯邢窯與唐代宮廷之
密切關係與卓越工藝。
此罐尤為特出之處，在於「翰林」款下隱約可見「
盈」字痕跡，或為工匠原擬刻「盈」款，後改為「
翰林」，其原因未明。
一件與此蓋罐相似的作品，同樣底部刻有「翰林」款，現藏於桃花源藝術基金會，見其2024年出版的《彩：六朝至元代的中國瓷器》，頁：174-175。
源流：
宋瓷古美術，香港；
悉尼Allan Rae收藏。
19.5cm high
Estimate $35,000 - $55,000
There is an area measured 6 x 1.8cm has been restored and sprayed, it's very hard to identify the condition underneath, the cover is in overall good condition.
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