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Covered Bowl

The covered bowl was also a common vessel type in iron-painted decoration during the Northern Song Dynasty, typically decorated only on the exterior, primarily with splashed speckle patterns. Products from kilns in present-day Henan Province are relatively numerous, while the origins of some pieces are difficult to determine.

Archaeological Materials

Excavated artifacts from the Zhanggongxiang kiln site in Ruzhou

Excavated artifacts from the Qingliangsi kiln site in Baofeng

Excavated in 2006 from the Pishan Cemetery in Xiangcheng District

Xiangyang Museum

Collections in Institutions Worldwide

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery 🇺🇸

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 🇺🇸

Saint Louis Art Museum 🇺🇸

Harvard Art Museums 🇺🇸

Art Institute of Chicago 🇺🇸

Royal Ontario Museum 🇨🇦

Museum of East Asian Art, Cologne 🇩🇪

(The support marks on the inner bottom are characteristic of Cizhou or Hebi kilns)

National Gallery of Victoria 🇦🇺

Victoria and Albert Museum 🇬🇧

Tokyo Fuji Art Museum 🇯🇵

Private collection

Dish

Dishes are a relatively uncommon vessel type in Northern Song iron-painted ware, primarily decorated with splashed sauce-colored dots. The Duandian kiln produced them in greater quantities.

Archaeological materials

Collected from the Jingxing kiln site

Lushan Yangnan site

Collections in overseas and domestic institutions

Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Sweden 🇸🇪

(Also can be called a bowl. Possibly a product of the Zibo kiln)

Auction materials

Christie's Hong Kong, 2002

Sold for USD 99,500

Christie's Hong Kong, 2017

Sold for HKD 14,500,000

Bowl

The bowl is characterized by its constricted mouth and flat (or slightly concave) base. It was primarily produced at the Qingliangsi and Duandian kiln sites in western Henan.

Archaeological Materials

Excavated from Zone I of the Qingliangsi Ru Ware Kiln Site in 1988

Collected from the Duandian Kiln Site in Lushan

Excavated artifacts from the Jingxing Kiln Site

Jar

There are many forms, broadly divided into two categories: those without lugs and those with double lugs. The main kilns include those in the Henan region and the Guantai Kiln.

Jar without lugs

Archaeological Materials

Kilns in the Shandong region

Collected in 1980

Collection of the Ningyang County Museum

Pingshan Liangcha Song Tomb

Collections in domestic and international institutions

Former collection of Yang Yongde

Philadelphia Museum of Art🇺🇸

Chrysler Museum of Art🇺🇸‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery 🇺🇸

The Metropolitan Museum of Art 🇺🇸

Harvard Art Museums 🇺🇸

The British Museum 🇬🇧

Victoria and Albert Museum 🇬🇧

National Museum of Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Private Collection

Auction Material

Christie's New York, 2006

Sold for USD 6,600

Double-System Jar

Archaeological Material

Excavated Artifacts from Guantai Kiln Site

Collections in Domestic and International Institutions

Capital Museum

Philadelphia Museum of Art🇺🇸

Freer and Sackler Galleries🇺🇸

Asian Art Museum of San Francisco🇺🇸

Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina🇺🇸

Former Collection of Lin Yushan

Private Collection

Auction Material

Bonhams London, 2004

Estimate: 670,000–960,000 JPY

Christie's Hong Kong, 2005

Sold for 3,840 HKD

Box

The Lushan Duandian Kiln produced many vessels of this type, which are rarely found in other kilns.

Archaeological Material

Excavated at the Yangnan Site, Lushan, 2010

Pingdingshan Museum

Excavated at the Yangnan Site, Lushan, 2010

Pingdingshan Museum

Excavated at the Yangnan Site, Lushan, 2010

Jars

Archaeological Materials

Collected from the Luduan Dian Kiln Site in Lushan

Excavated Artifacts from the Qingliang Temple Kiln Site in Baofeng

Collections in Domestic and International Institutions

Auction Items from Zhongmao Shengjia

Vases

Meiping (Prunus Vases)

Currently, meiping vases have been discovered at kiln sites including Ding Kiln, Jingxing Kiln, Dangyangyu Kiln, Duandian Kiln, and Yuci Kiln.

Archaeological Materials

Collected from the Luduan Dian Kiln Site in Lushan

Excavated from the Rescue Excavation of the Xinyuan Kiln Site (Jingxing Kiln)

HebeiHeld by the Institute of Cultural Relics

Collected from the Yuci Kiln in Shanxi

The second year of the Jingkang reign (1127)

Excavated in 1981 from the tomb of the Zhang family in Wuyuan, Jiangxi

Wuyuan Museum

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Domestic and international collecting institutions

Tianjin Museum

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston🇺🇸

Philadelphia Museum of Art🇺🇸

Dayton Art Institute🇺🇸

Cleveland Museum of Art🇺🇸‍‍‍‍

Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina🇺🇸

SONG DYNASTY CERAMICS: The Ronald W. Longsdorf Collection March 15 - April 1 2013 J.J.Lally

Indianapolis Museum of Art🇺🇸

Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford🇬🇧

Kochukyo🇯🇵

Meiyintang🇨🇭

National Museum of Korea🇰🇷

Auction materials

Christie's New York, 2001

Sold for USD 58,750

Zhongmao Shengjia lot

2023, J. J. Lally & Co. special sale

Sold forUSD 52,920

Sotheby's, 2015

Sold for USD 200,000

Long-neck vase

Collections worldwideInstitutions

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston🇺🇸

Auction materials

Christie's New York, 2016

Price realized 47,500 USD

Sotheby's New York

Estimate: 18,000-25,000 USD

Incense Burner

Archaeological Material

Excavated in 1989 at the Qingliangsi Kiln Site, Baofeng CountyUncovered

Collected from the Lushan Duandian Kiln Site (LD3225)

Domestic and International Collecting Institutions

Shandong Museum

Zibo Kiln

Auction Material

Sotheby's Hong Kong

Estimate: 20,000-30,000 HKD

Pillow

Excavated in Boshan, Zibo

Summary

Iron rust decoration roughly began in the late Northern Song Dynasty (around 1100 AD). It was widely produced in the late Song period, marking its first peak of popularity.The decorative patterns can be broadly divided into three categories: the first consists of dot-shaped or strip-like splashes (such as those on Cizhou kiln bowls), more commonly found in the region north of the Yellow River (eastern foothills of the Taihang Mountains); the second features block-shaped or banded motifs (such as those on Yaozhou kiln bowls), which are characteristic products of the Huangbao Yaozhou kiln; the third includes painted figurative designs (such as the floral-patterned bowl from Duandian kiln), discovered in western Henan and at the Jingxing kiln.

Regarding the reasons for the innovation of iron rust decorated porcelain,we have not yet found conclusive evidence, and currently can only make reasonable inferences. At present, the most likely driving factor is closely related to the northward spread of Jian kiln hare's fur bowls in the late Northern Song Dynasty, which became a prevailing trend. Based on the already mature black glaze and brown glaze (purple-gold glaze) techniques in the north, the decoration evolved from splashing to imitate Jian kiln hare's fur or oil-spot crystalline glazes to directly painting abstract simple patterns, and expanded from tea vessels and bowls to various standing ornamental pieces. With no significant technical barriers and a simple yet elegant style, this variety spread explosively in the late Northern Song Dynasty, becoming a mainstream product.

Many of the objects selected in this article were dated to the Jin Dynasty in the original materials, but in fact they should mainly date to the late Northern Song Dynasty, with a few possibly extending to the early Jin period. Overall, the academic community tends to date iron rust decorated wares of the Northern Song period somewhat late, and a comprehensive examination of similar products may lead to a deeper understanding of them.

编号	藏品名称	成交价
202404023	三星堆面具	￥3000
202404024	三星堆铜像	￥4000
202404025	三星堆象牙	￥2000