Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1628-1644 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:flower symbol landscape scholar servant/domestic worker
Dimensions:Height: 21.60 centimetres
Description:
Double-gourd-shaped porcelain bottle with underglaze blue decoration. This porcelain bottle is gourd-shaped, with the upper bulb formed into a pear-shaped vase with outwardly flaring neck, a globular lower bulb and a foot ring. The lower bulb shows a scholar, identified by his black gauze cap, wearing a round-necked long robe, pointing at the sun, attended by a servant with tonsured hair holding a fan. Surrounding them is a landscape with grass depicted by ‘V’ marks typical of the Chongzhen period. Above in the upper bulb are two tulips spaced by auspicious emblems.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Only one double-gourd bottle was found on the Hatcher shipwreck of c. 1643 and it also has tulips around the neck and a scene of figures scene below. The present bottle was probably made for export to Europe.
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:flower symbol landscape scholar servant/domestic worker
Dimensions:Height: 21.60 centimetres
Description:
Double-gourd-shaped porcelain bottle with underglaze blue decoration. This porcelain bottle is gourd-shaped, with the upper bulb formed into a pear-shaped vase with outwardly flaring neck, a globular lower bulb and a foot ring. The lower bulb shows a scholar, identified by his black gauze cap, wearing a round-necked long robe, pointing at the sun, attended by a servant with tonsured hair holding a fan. Surrounding them is a landscape with grass depicted by ‘V’ marks typical of the Chongzhen period. Above in the upper bulb are two tulips spaced by auspicious emblems.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Only one double-gourd bottle was found on the Hatcher shipwreck of c. 1643 and it also has tulips around the neck and a scene of figures scene below. The present bottle was probably made for export to Europe.
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