Lidded jar with children at play in undergalze blue, Ming dynasty, Jiajing reign (1522-1566)

Lidded jar with children at play in undergalze blue, Ming dynasty, Jiajing reign (1522-1566)

• Image Number: K1B014973N000000000PAE
• Dynasty: Ming dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Description:
  This blue and white porcelain pot has a thick skeleton, a round mouth, a short neck, a large shoulder, a tight belly, a light round foot, and a cover. The white glaze is bright and lustrous, and the blue and white hair is bright and bright, showing the characteristics of the blue and white porcelain of the Jiajing period. The jar body is decorated from top to bottom with Ruyi cloud patterns, tangled branches and lotus flowers, and playing with children. The top is painted with cloud patterns, the top is painted with sixteen children, and the top and bottom are decorated with lotus flowers. At the bottom, there is a blue and white regular script recognition of “made in Jiajing year of the Ming Dynasty”. The picture of baby play is one of the main decorative patterns of Jiajing official kiln. Similar and interesting pictures also appear on plates, bowls, goblets and other shapes.