Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1621-1627
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, painted, underglazed,
Subjects:tree/bush fruit immortal landscape sun/moon
Dimensions:Diameter: 15 centimetres Height: 3 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain dish decorated in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels. Superior in quality, lacking a gritty base and chatter marks, this dish is untypical of its class. It has rounded sides and a flat upturned rim with a rolled edge and a tapering foot. Underglaze blue has been used to depict the Daoist immortal Lu Dongbin, identified by his fly whisk and sword attached to his back, together with the Daoist immortal He Xiangu, who traditionally carries a magic lotus flower, with rocks in the foreground and background. Other designs such as fruiting branches, the sun, clouds and details on the mens’ robes are painted in enamel colours. Outside two underglaze blue branches emanate from the rim and bear red fruit. The base has an underglaze blue four-character Tianqi reign mark in a double ring.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Lu Dongbin and He Xiangu are two of the Eight Daoist Immortals. Lu Dongbin’s character is based on a historical figure, a scholar-recluse who lived in the Tang period and who attained immortality wandering around the world, combating evil. He Xiangu is the only consistently female immortal who, according to legend, was rescued by Lu Dongbin and then joined with the other immortals.An identical dish is in the Weishaupt Collection.
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, painted, underglazed,
Subjects:tree/bush fruit immortal landscape sun/moon
Dimensions:Diameter: 15 centimetres Height: 3 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain dish decorated in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels. Superior in quality, lacking a gritty base and chatter marks, this dish is untypical of its class. It has rounded sides and a flat upturned rim with a rolled edge and a tapering foot. Underglaze blue has been used to depict the Daoist immortal Lu Dongbin, identified by his fly whisk and sword attached to his back, together with the Daoist immortal He Xiangu, who traditionally carries a magic lotus flower, with rocks in the foreground and background. Other designs such as fruiting branches, the sun, clouds and details on the mens’ robes are painted in enamel colours. Outside two underglaze blue branches emanate from the rim and bear red fruit. The base has an underglaze blue four-character Tianqi reign mark in a double ring.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Lu Dongbin and He Xiangu are two of the Eight Daoist Immortals. Lu Dongbin’s character is based on a historical figure, a scholar-recluse who lived in the Tang period and who attained immortality wandering around the world, combating evil. He Xiangu is the only consistently female immortal who, according to legend, was rescued by Lu Dongbin and then joined with the other immortals.An identical dish is in the Weishaupt Collection.
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