White-glazed gold-painted cloud and dragon pot

[White-glazed gold-painted Yunlong pot]

White-glazed gold-painted Yunlong pot, Ming Jiajing, 14.5 cm high, 7 cm caliber, 7.7 cm foot diameter
Straight mouth, short neck, round belly, gradually close under the belly, circle the foot. The whole white glaze is painted with gold, and most of the gold color falls off. It can be seen that the gold color on the belly is decorated with double dragon patterns, and the lotus petal patterns are decorated near the feet. A yellow paper is pasted on the outer wall of the jar, and the ink on the paper is “Qili San”. There are traces of used in the jar, so it is speculated that this jar is a palace medicine jar
The use of gold color in ceramics began in the Tang Dynasty. There are two decorative techniques for gold color: gold painting and gilding. Gold painting is to put the gold powder into an appropriate amount of glue, dip it with a brush, and then paint on the porcelain surface. In the Ming Dynasty, Jingdezhen decorative porcelain with gold color was more common, and was mostly used for multicolored wares. However, it is rare to paint the decorative patterns directly with gold color as in this jar