Covered jar with flying horses above waves in tou-ts’ai colors, t’ian(heaven) characters mark, Ch’eng-hua reign (1465-1487), Ming dynasty

Covered jar with flying horses above waves in tou-ts’ai colors, t’ian(heaven) characters mark, Ch’eng-hua reign (1465-1487), Ming dynasty

• Image Number: K1B010941N000000000PAI
• Dynasty: Ming dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
• Description:
  Pot, caulked mouth, short neck, plump shoulder, caulked belly, shallow round foot, concave, with flat top cover. The whole decoration is outlined with underglaze blue and white, and colored glazes are added. The cover is painted with red flying elephants, with a Ruyi cloud pattern on the top and waves on the bottom. Cover the mural with cloud pattern and add two green lines. The shoulder and abdomen are each surrounded by blue and white flowers filled with yellow banana leaves. In the belly of the pot, there are four flying elephants, two red and two yellow, flying on the waves, decorated with blue and white clouds. The flat bottom is printed in blue and white with the word “Tian” in regular script. The mouth edge is slightly angular, and the sole is flat.