dish BM-PDF-A.773

Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1488-1505
Materials:porcelain
Technique:underglazed, painted,

Dimensions:Diameter: 264 millimetres Height: 47 millimetres

Description:
Porcelain dish. Decorated inside with gardenia floral spray in the centre and sprays of pomegranate, persimmon, grapevine and lotus in the cavetto. Gardenia scrolls on the exterior. All motifs painted in underglaze blue on yellow overglaze enamel ground. There is a mark on the base.
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Comments:Published PDF date : Ming Hongzhi 1488-1505 Room 95 label text:PDF A773Dish with flowering gardeniaThis design, invented in the early fifteenth century, was made continuously for one hundred years at Jingdezhen with minor variations and later was revived in the Qing dynasty (AD 1644–1911). The dish is decorated inside with gardenia and sprays of pomegranate, persimmon, grapevine and lotus in the cavetto. The branches have ragged ends, following a well-known convention, indicating they were broken from a tree. On the exterior are gardenia scrolls and a six-character Hongzhi reign mark written on the base. Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration and yellow glaze Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮Ming dynasty, Hongzhi mark and period, AD 1488–1505 PDF A773梔子花紋盤本件瓷器的圖案為十五世紀早期首創，在景德鎮持續使用了一百年，后來在清代（1644–1911年）又復燒。瓷盤中心裝飾梔子花，內壁為折枝石榴、柿子、葡萄藤及蓮花。遵循一種有名的傳統表現手法，枝條末端都参差不齊，顯示它們是從樹上折下的。瓷盤外部是纏枝梔子花，外底署六字弘治年款。瓷器，青花，黃釉江西省景德鎮明代，弘治，弘治款，1488–1505年