建窯의 “供御”·“進琖”銘黑釉碗에 대한 기초적 검토

Abstract

This study examined a few basic issues related to the black glazed bowls marked with “Gongyu(供御)” or “Jinzhan(進琖)” based on the findings of the previous two series of field research on the Jian kiln(建窯) site and its surrounding area, and the following conclusions were reached. Pieces marked with “Gongyu” or “Jinzhan” can be divided into two types: black glazed bowls and buttons (墊餠). In the Jian kiln, soft buttons were used to stably fix black glazed bowls to saggars (匣鉢) when firing the bowls, which inevitably left the reversed marks of “Gongyu” or “Jinzhan” on the buttons that were used to support the black glazed bowls marked with “Gongyu” or “Jinzhan”. Black glazed bowls that were produced in the Jian kiln as a present to the palace were basically marked with words of “Gongyu” or “Jinzhan” that mean they are royal wares. Those marks were not always found on every type of black glazed bowls produced in the Jian kiln, but only on certain types of bowls including Shukou-type (束口型) and Piekou-type (撇口型) bowls. This can be attributed to the standardized sizes and forms (見 樣) of the black glazed bowls marked with “Gongyu” or “Jinzhan” that were provided by the palace in the manner of preparation in request (製樣須索). In addition, while only a small quantity of black glazed bowls marked with “Gongyu” or “Jinzhan” were excavated from the Jian kiln, a large quantity were excavated from Shuiweilan (水尾嵐), a dock on the Nanpuxi River (南浦溪) near the Jian kiln. A pile of ceramic shards of the black glazed bowls marked with “Gongyu” or “Jinzhan” seemed to be created in the Shuiweilan site, which is inseparable from the finding that they were supplied in the manner of preparation in request(製樣須索). In other words, black glazed bowls marked with “Gongyu” or “Jinzhan” were produced in several kilns according to the standards provided by the palace, were transferred to the Shuiweilan, and were inspected by officials in Jianzhou (建州) or Ouningxian (甌寧縣) under the supervision of the Forwarding Magistrate of Fujianlu (福建 路轉運使). The finally selected bowls were transfered to the palace of the Song Dynasty, and the rest were discarded in the Shuiweilan site. Therefore, the pile of ceramic shards created in the site is one of the results of preparation in request. It has been widely known that ceramics for royal use were supplied from several private kilns in the manner of preparation in request in the Song Dynasty. The method seems to have started in earnest in the late Northern Song Dynasty, but little has been known about the specific process of preparation in request that was executed in the period. The findings of this study obtained through the research and analysis on the black glazed bowls marked with “Gongyu” or “Jinzhan” that were produced in the Jian kiln are expected to have clarified the process to some extent, which can be the most meaningful achievement and contribution of this study.