Blue and white visiting friends with piano picture plum vase

[Blue and white plum vase with zither to visit friends]

Blue and white plum vase with zither to visit friends, tomorrow is smooth, 32.5 cm high, 5.4 cm caliber, 10.5 cm foot diameter
The bottle has a small mouth, wide neck and shoulders, and long belly. Full body blue and white decoration. The shoulder is decorated with sea water pattern and seahorse pattern, the belly is painted with a picture of visiting friends with piano, and the feet are decorated with sea water pattern. No glaze on plain bottom. The blue and white porcelain in the Tianshun period of the Ming Dynasty has the characteristics of this dynasty. Taking this blue and white plum vase as an example, the blue and white porcelain at that time has a variety of rich dark blue and grayish light blue. The imported blue and white cobalt material is used for this porcelain, which is rich in color and has black crystal spots. The painting is natural and sketched with one stroke, especially the clouds and figures painted by the center stroke are unique, showing a high level of painting. The blue and white pattern is not like the halo of Xuande, nor is it like the fineness of Chenghua, with a sense of elegance. Most of the characters in the picture are moving against the wind, with their crowns and clothes blowing and their looks relaxed. In front of the foot is the strong grass under the strong wind, and behind the foot is the towering mountains and forests covered by clouds. The cloud pattern painted is bold and unrestrained, in the shape of ganoderma lucidum, and there are layers of small circles densely distributed on one side of the cloud. This special flow cloud pattern is different from the simple style in the early Ming Dynasty and the round and soft style after Chenghua. Its era characteristics are more prominent. The body and shape of Tianshun blue and white porcelain also reflect the characteristics of the times. Generally, the body is heavier than that of Chenghua period, and the shape is higher than that of Xuande period. This bottle is no exception, and its style is simple and honest.

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