Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1573-1620
Materials:porcelain, wood,
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:dragon
Dimensions:Diameter: 40 centimetres Height: 40 centimetres
Description:
Large porcelain jar decorated in underglaze blue. This globular jar has an inturned neck which has been ground down. The recessed base has a broad foot ring and is unglazed except for a central circular depression which carries an underglaze blue six-character Wanli reign mark. It is decorated with five-clawed winged dragons on a ‘ruyi’ scroll ground above a border of ‘ruyi’ heads and below a ring of alternating white and blue lappets around the neck. With wooden lid in the shape of the top of a fruit.
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![图片[1]-jar; lid BM-1973-0726.370-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00262123_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-jar; lid BM-1973-0726.370-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Ceramics/mid_01092498_001.jpg)
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Such large jars were extremely difficult to fire without warping in the kiln and are a testimony to the technical virtuosity of the Jingdezhen potters in the late Ming period.
Materials:porcelain, wood,
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:dragon
Dimensions:Diameter: 40 centimetres Height: 40 centimetres
Description:
Large porcelain jar decorated in underglaze blue. This globular jar has an inturned neck which has been ground down. The recessed base has a broad foot ring and is unglazed except for a central circular depression which carries an underglaze blue six-character Wanli reign mark. It is decorated with five-clawed winged dragons on a ‘ruyi’ scroll ground above a border of ‘ruyi’ heads and below a ring of alternating white and blue lappets around the neck. With wooden lid in the shape of the top of a fruit.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Such large jars were extremely difficult to fire without warping in the kiln and are a testimony to the technical virtuosity of the Jingdezhen potters in the late Ming period.
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