Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1506-1540 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Dimensions:Height: 15.50 centimetres
Description:
Octagonal porcelain flower vase with ring handles and underglaze blue decoration. This small octagonal vase has square handles attached either side of the neck supporting rings. Medallions of peonies adorn either side, flanked by ‘ruyi’ motifs and with lotus scroll in between. Above this is a band of ‘ruyi’ scrolls and octofoil cartouches containing flowers, plantain leaves around the neck and lappets around the foot. The base is marked with four characters in a double square which read 大 明 年 造 ‘Da Ming nian zao’ [Made in the Ming dynasty].
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![图片[1]-flower-vase(with ring handles) BM-1947-0712.208-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00267283_001.jpg)
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:The shape of this porcelain vase is an amalgamation of features prevalent among contemporary and earlier Ming bronze vases. For example, at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, there is an hexagonal vase on a higher foot of similar form. The square handles would also be more appropriate for a bronze than a porcelain vessel.
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Dimensions:Height: 15.50 centimetres
Description:
Octagonal porcelain flower vase with ring handles and underglaze blue decoration. This small octagonal vase has square handles attached either side of the neck supporting rings. Medallions of peonies adorn either side, flanked by ‘ruyi’ motifs and with lotus scroll in between. Above this is a band of ‘ruyi’ scrolls and octofoil cartouches containing flowers, plantain leaves around the neck and lappets around the foot. The base is marked with four characters in a double square which read 大 明 年 造 ‘Da Ming nian zao’ [Made in the Ming dynasty].
IMG
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:The shape of this porcelain vase is an amalgamation of features prevalent among contemporary and earlier Ming bronze vases. For example, at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, there is an hexagonal vase on a higher foot of similar form. The square handles would also be more appropriate for a bronze than a porcelain vessel.
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