Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1620-1644 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, painted,
Subjects:lion dog symbol bamboo garden scholar servant/domestic worker
Dimensions:Diameter: 14.50 centimetres Height: 14.50 centimetres (with cover)
Description:
Hexagonal porcelain container and cover painted in polychrome overglaze enamels with traces of gilding. This hexagonal container has straight sides and a spreading bracket-lobed faceted foot. Its six-sided cover has a hollow knob, moulded in the form of a lion-like mythical beast. Inside the cover is unglazed but the container is glazed. The cover has been broken and repaired. Each of the two sides is treated as a single scene, painted in polychrome overglaze enamels and with traces of gilding. In one scene a scholar, dressed in a long red robe and blue under-robe, is standing in front of a desk with a vase containing two peacock feathers and a box, surrounded by ‘Tai Hu’ rocks and bamboo. He is approached by a servant carrying a yellow bird. This scene may be identified as Wang Xizhi receiving a goose (see BM Franks. 1586). The next scene shows an unidentified scholar wearing a yellow-green robe pointing up at the sky while a servant approaches with a large ‘shan’ fan. The third scene presents a scholar gazing at the moon as a servant approaches with a covered tray. The cover is painted with two lion-dogs pursuing brocade balls with auspicious symbols painted in black outlines with green, turquoise, yellow, red and black enamels. Traces of gilding are present on the clothes.
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Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, painted,
Subjects:lion dog symbol bamboo garden scholar servant/domestic worker
Dimensions:Diameter: 14.50 centimetres Height: 14.50 centimetres (with cover)
Description:
Hexagonal porcelain container and cover painted in polychrome overglaze enamels with traces of gilding. This hexagonal container has straight sides and a spreading bracket-lobed faceted foot. Its six-sided cover has a hollow knob, moulded in the form of a lion-like mythical beast. Inside the cover is unglazed but the container is glazed. The cover has been broken and repaired. Each of the two sides is treated as a single scene, painted in polychrome overglaze enamels and with traces of gilding. In one scene a scholar, dressed in a long red robe and blue under-robe, is standing in front of a desk with a vase containing two peacock feathers and a box, surrounded by ‘Tai Hu’ rocks and bamboo. He is approached by a servant carrying a yellow bird. This scene may be identified as Wang Xizhi receiving a goose (see BM Franks. 1586). The next scene shows an unidentified scholar wearing a yellow-green robe pointing up at the sky while a servant approaches with a large ‘shan’ fan. The third scene presents a scholar gazing at the moon as a servant approaches with a covered tray. The cover is painted with two lion-dogs pursuing brocade balls with auspicious symbols painted in black outlines with green, turquoise, yellow, red and black enamels. Traces of gilding are present on the clothes.
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