Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1368-1398 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:lotus,flower
Dimensions:Diameter: 19.40 centimetres Height: 5.50 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain cup stand with bracket-lobed rim and underglaze red decoration. This cup stand was made by pressing leather-hard clay into a mould. It has lobed sides, a flattened out-turned rim with a thickened bracket-lobed edge and a flat unglazed base cut with a very narrow foot and covered with a pale orange wash. In the centre of the cup stand is a raised circular ridge in which a cup would have originally rested. It is painted in underglaze copper red with a stylized flower head in the centre. The ridge is decorated with a ruyi head border. Surrounding this in concentric circles are a band of blooming peony scroll, formal lotus in the cavetto and classic scroll on the rim. The edge of the rim is painted with key-fret and the exterior with formal lappets.
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![图片[1]-cup-stand BM-1928-0718.2-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00255193_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-cup-stand BM-1928-0718.2-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00355414_001.jpg)
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Cup stands of this type were made to serve wine. They support a small straight-sided cup with a slightly recessed base cut with a narrow foot. Such cups and cup stands, decorated in underglaze blue, have now been excavated in the Hongwu strata at Dongmentou, Zhushan, Jingdezhen. Cup stands of this form originated in silver and were copied in lacquer and porcelain.
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:lotus,flower
Dimensions:Diameter: 19.40 centimetres Height: 5.50 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain cup stand with bracket-lobed rim and underglaze red decoration. This cup stand was made by pressing leather-hard clay into a mould. It has lobed sides, a flattened out-turned rim with a thickened bracket-lobed edge and a flat unglazed base cut with a very narrow foot and covered with a pale orange wash. In the centre of the cup stand is a raised circular ridge in which a cup would have originally rested. It is painted in underglaze copper red with a stylized flower head in the centre. The ridge is decorated with a ruyi head border. Surrounding this in concentric circles are a band of blooming peony scroll, formal lotus in the cavetto and classic scroll on the rim. The edge of the rim is painted with key-fret and the exterior with formal lappets.
IMG
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Cup stands of this type were made to serve wine. They support a small straight-sided cup with a slightly recessed base cut with a narrow foot. Such cups and cup stands, decorated in underglaze blue, have now been excavated in the Hongwu strata at Dongmentou, Zhushan, Jingdezhen. Cup stands of this form originated in silver and were copied in lacquer and porcelain.
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