Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1465-1487
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:dragon lotus
Dimensions:Diameter: 18 centimetres Height: 4.20 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain dish with underglaze blue decoration. This dish has rounded sides and an out-turned rim and stands on a narrow tapering foot ring. Plain inside, it is painted around the outside with two five-clawed dragons on a lotus scroll ground and with a ruyi head border around the foot. The foot, join of foot to dish and the rim are all outlined with double blue lines. The unmarked base is covered by a glaze with a yellowish tinge characteristic of Chenghua period porcelains.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:This dish is particularly interesting as it bears all the characteristics of Chenghua period porcelains but without the reign mark. As we have seen from the recent excavations at the Jingdezhen imperial factory site of the Chenghua reign, most imperial porcelains at this time had to go through rigorous quality checking procedures. If they were not up to scratch, they were broken rather than sent to court. A larger Chenghua mark and period dish decorated inside and outside with dragons on a lotus scroll ground was excavated at Jingdezhen.
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:dragon lotus
Dimensions:Diameter: 18 centimetres Height: 4.20 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain dish with underglaze blue decoration. This dish has rounded sides and an out-turned rim and stands on a narrow tapering foot ring. Plain inside, it is painted around the outside with two five-clawed dragons on a lotus scroll ground and with a ruyi head border around the foot. The foot, join of foot to dish and the rim are all outlined with double blue lines. The unmarked base is covered by a glaze with a yellowish tinge characteristic of Chenghua period porcelains.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:This dish is particularly interesting as it bears all the characteristics of Chenghua period porcelains but without the reign mark. As we have seen from the recent excavations at the Jingdezhen imperial factory site of the Chenghua reign, most imperial porcelains at this time had to go through rigorous quality checking procedures. If they were not up to scratch, they were broken rather than sent to court. A larger Chenghua mark and period dish decorated inside and outside with dragons on a lotus scroll ground was excavated at Jingdezhen.
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