Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1506-1540 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, gilded, underglazed,
Subjects:lotus
Dimensions:Diameter: 15 centimetres (maximum) Height: 15 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain octagonal ewer with underglaze blue decoration and with traces of gilding. This ewer has a rounded octagonal body with eight raised vertical ribs, an angular handle, a spout joined to the body by a horizontal strut with curlicue ends, an octagonal neck with a dish mouth and a raised eight-sided collar. The underglaze blue decoration is blurred and shows lotus and possibly peony, camellia and other flower scrolls in the upright panels, plantain leaves around the neck, and leaves and scroll work on the foot, spout and handle. Once this ewer was gilded but now only traces of gold remain on the veins on the leaves, petals and stamens of the flowers. The base carries a four-character apocryphal Xuande reign mark.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:The present ewer was made in the Zhengde or early Jiajing era. A ewer of identical size and form, together with a domed faceted cover with a lotus-bud finial, and with minor variations in the decoration of the spout and in the selection of floral motifs but with a four-character Zhengde mark on the base, is in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Another octagonal ewer of the same size and shape but with a figure on the middle panel on either side and with an auspicious “fushou k’ang ning” (sic, but probably “fushou changming”) mark in a double square on the base is in the Ardebil shrine, predating the inventory of 1611. Such ewers were sold in Europe as well as the Near East. For example, a ewer of a similar form but with a rounded handle, decorated with boys, and mounted in silver appears as a detail in a painting by Wilhelm Kalf (1613-93) in the Thyssen Bornemisza Collection, Schloss Rohonsz. The angular body, raised ribs and squared-off handle suggest that the form of this ewer is based on metal work. The thickened collar around the neck may suggest a sheet metal, possibly Near Eastern, silver prototype as the collar would be more appropriate on a silver vessel where it would be applied to hide the join of the body to the neck.
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, gilded, underglazed,
Subjects:lotus
Dimensions:Diameter: 15 centimetres (maximum) Height: 15 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain octagonal ewer with underglaze blue decoration and with traces of gilding. This ewer has a rounded octagonal body with eight raised vertical ribs, an angular handle, a spout joined to the body by a horizontal strut with curlicue ends, an octagonal neck with a dish mouth and a raised eight-sided collar. The underglaze blue decoration is blurred and shows lotus and possibly peony, camellia and other flower scrolls in the upright panels, plantain leaves around the neck, and leaves and scroll work on the foot, spout and handle. Once this ewer was gilded but now only traces of gold remain on the veins on the leaves, petals and stamens of the flowers. The base carries a four-character apocryphal Xuande reign mark.
IMG
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:The present ewer was made in the Zhengde or early Jiajing era. A ewer of identical size and form, together with a domed faceted cover with a lotus-bud finial, and with minor variations in the decoration of the spout and in the selection of floral motifs but with a four-character Zhengde mark on the base, is in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Another octagonal ewer of the same size and shape but with a figure on the middle panel on either side and with an auspicious “fushou k’ang ning” (sic, but probably “fushou changming”) mark in a double square on the base is in the Ardebil shrine, predating the inventory of 1611. Such ewers were sold in Europe as well as the Near East. For example, a ewer of a similar form but with a rounded handle, decorated with boys, and mounted in silver appears as a detail in a painting by Wilhelm Kalf (1613-93) in the Thyssen Bornemisza Collection, Schloss Rohonsz. The angular body, raised ribs and squared-off handle suggest that the form of this ewer is based on metal work. The thickened collar around the neck may suggest a sheet metal, possibly Near Eastern, silver prototype as the collar would be more appropriate on a silver vessel where it would be applied to hide the join of the body to the neck.
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