Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1573-1620
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, mould-made, wucai, underglazed,
Subjects:religious object bird phoenix animal dragon
Dimensions:Height: 47 centimetres Width: 14 centimetres
Description:
Square porcelain altar vase in the shape of a ‘zun’ with underglaze blue and polychrome enamel ‘wucai’ decoration. Applied to each side around the middle are relief-moulded heads of fantastical lion-like beasts painted in underglaze blue and enamels, pierced through for the attachment of rings. It has a horizontal six-character Wanli reign mark below the rim among a border of underglaze blue and overglaze red, green and black scroll work. The long neck, two bands of the body and high foot are all decorated with a horned and scaly dragon with a phoenix above waves on a flower-scroll ground. It is glazed inside but the base, which has a low outer footband, is unglazed.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:This square altar vase is modelled after an ancient bronze wine container called a ‘zun’. It is probable, because of its elongated proportions, that the shape was copied from a printed illustration rather than from an original Bronze Age vessel.
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, mould-made, wucai, underglazed,
Subjects:religious object bird phoenix animal dragon
Dimensions:Height: 47 centimetres Width: 14 centimetres
Description:
Square porcelain altar vase in the shape of a ‘zun’ with underglaze blue and polychrome enamel ‘wucai’ decoration. Applied to each side around the middle are relief-moulded heads of fantastical lion-like beasts painted in underglaze blue and enamels, pierced through for the attachment of rings. It has a horizontal six-character Wanli reign mark below the rim among a border of underglaze blue and overglaze red, green and black scroll work. The long neck, two bands of the body and high foot are all decorated with a horned and scaly dragon with a phoenix above waves on a flower-scroll ground. It is glazed inside but the base, which has a low outer footband, is unglazed.
IMG
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:This square altar vase is modelled after an ancient bronze wine container called a ‘zun’. It is probable, because of its elongated proportions, that the shape was copied from a printed illustration rather than from an original Bronze Age vessel.
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