Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1600-1620 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:eight treasures of buddhism
Dimensions:Height: 27.50 centimetres
Description:
A pair of porcelain bottles with ‘kraak’-type underglaze blue decoration. These two ‘kraak’-type bottles are each pear-shaped with a long neck, flared foot ring and moulded body and with twelve panels shaped like upright and upside-down tennis rackets. On one vase the upright panels contain flowers and some of the Eight Treasures of Buddhism. Clockwise these are: paired fish and a peony; a canopy and a lotus; a lidded jar and a peony; a conch shell and a lotus; the wheel of the law and a peony; the endless knot and a lotus. The alternating panels are decorated with diaper and plants. Above these panels is a band of fret work and flower heads with two cartouches containing highly stylized designs. Around the neck is a budding and flowering lotus scroll and four Tibetan/Sanskrit script characters, which have no independent meaning but may be part of a mantra. One of the two has its border painted with two comical bats and in place of the paired fish the canopy is repeated.
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![图片[2]-bottle BM-Franks.136-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00264938_001.jpg)
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Less sophisticated ‘kraak’-style bottles of a similar shape were recovered from the wrecked cargo of the Witte Leeuw which sank in 1613 (see BM 1921.1107.1).
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:eight treasures of buddhism
Dimensions:Height: 27.50 centimetres
Description:
A pair of porcelain bottles with ‘kraak’-type underglaze blue decoration. These two ‘kraak’-type bottles are each pear-shaped with a long neck, flared foot ring and moulded body and with twelve panels shaped like upright and upside-down tennis rackets. On one vase the upright panels contain flowers and some of the Eight Treasures of Buddhism. Clockwise these are: paired fish and a peony; a canopy and a lotus; a lidded jar and a peony; a conch shell and a lotus; the wheel of the law and a peony; the endless knot and a lotus. The alternating panels are decorated with diaper and plants. Above these panels is a band of fret work and flower heads with two cartouches containing highly stylized designs. Around the neck is a budding and flowering lotus scroll and four Tibetan/Sanskrit script characters, which have no independent meaning but may be part of a mantra. One of the two has its border painted with two comical bats and in place of the paired fish the canopy is repeated.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Less sophisticated ‘kraak’-style bottles of a similar shape were recovered from the wrecked cargo of the Witte Leeuw which sank in 1613 (see BM 1921.1107.1).
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