Yuhuchun vase with decoration of plantain, bamboo and garden stone in underglaze red, Ming dynasty, Hongwu reign (1368-1398)

Yuhuchun vase with decoration of plantain, bamboo and garden stone in underglaze red, Ming dynasty, Hongwu reign (1368-1398)

• Image Number: C1B001575N000000000PAE
• Dynasty: Ming dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
• Description:
  This kind of instrument is called “Jade Pot Spring Bottle”, which has an open mouth, a straight neck, a round belly and a short circle foot. The whole vessel is decorated with underglaze red painting patterns, with a circle of curly grass patterns painted along the inner hook of the mouth, and a circle of banana leaf, ripple and twig flower and leaf patterns painted on the neck of the outer wall of the vessel; The belly is painted with bamboo, stone and plantain patterns, and decorated with ganoderma lucidum and orchid patterns, just like a small garden landscape. This piece has dark red hair color in the glaze, which is dark gray. The white glaze is grayish green, and the foot edge of the outer bottom is unglazed. The fetal bone is slightly thick, and there is an obvious joint mark on the shoulder and abdomen, which is also the feature of Hongwu Jade Spring Bottle. The same phenomenon can also be seen on the blue and white jade spring bottle. The jade pot spring vase is one of the common porcelain shapes from the Yuan Dynasty to the Hongwu Period. The holding pot, which was popular in the early Ming Dynasty, is in the shape of a jade pot spring vase, characterized by a large lower abdomen and a slightly thick neck. And the slender jade pot spring bottle of the Song Dynasty