cup BM-1954-0420.7

Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1426-1435
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, incised, underglazed,
Subjects:dragon
Dimensions:Diameter: 9.80 centimetres Height: 9.20 centimetres

Description:
Porcelain stem cup with reserved and underglaze blue decoration. This delicately potted stem cup has rounded sides, an everted rim and a spreading stem with flat unglazed base. Inside in the centre it is inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character Xuande reign mark in a double ring. Outside five powerful sinewy dragons are reserved in white with incised details on a ground of turbulent blue waves. Depth and texture are lent to the waves through the use of pale and dark washes of cobalt blue and are further highlighted by the crests which have been left white.The base is flat, solid and unglazed.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Another stem cup of this type is in the National Palace Museum, Taipei. A further example is in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, London.