Period:Qing dynasty Production date:1685-1710 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, painted,
Subjects:heraldry
Dimensions:Height: 17.50 centimetres
Description:
Polychrome painted apothecary jar with the imperial arms of Russia. The jar is painted in red, green, brown and purple enamels with a double-headed eagle holding a sceptre and a sword, its centre filled by an oval shield with stylized plumes, and with a crown between the two crowned eagle’s heads; all enclosed by entwined thorny branches bearing rose-hips, which form a circular frame.
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![图片[1]-jar BM-Franks.604-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00359125_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-jar BM-Franks.604-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00356865_001.jpg)
![图片[3]-jar BM-Franks.604-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00300041_001.jpg)
Comments:Harrison-Hall and Krahl 1994:The jar originally had a short straight neck and widely flaring rim and thus followed the characteristic shape of European drug jars, which are often decorated with a wreath of flowering or fruiting plants. The plant on the present jar appears to be a rambling rose – on related vessels it is painted complete with blossoms (Arapova, 1992, pl. 1) – depicted in a European style.The double-headed eagle as represented on this jar, holding sceptre and sword, is the heraldic bird of the Austrian Empire. There is no indication, however, of an Austrian order of such jars. The majority of extant jars of this type, as well as of matching ewers for liquid medicine, appears to be preserved in Russia, both in the Hermitage, St. Petersburg, and in the State Historical Museum, Moscow (ibid, pls. 1 and 2, and p. 26, note 5). This set is believed to have been made for Peter I’s (r. 1682 – 1725) Moscow pharmacy, which in 1710 is recorded to have been stocked with jars bearing the imperial Russian eagle (ibid, p. 21). Correctly, however, the Russian heraldic bird is holding sceptre and orb, as it appears on a later Chinese service (BM 1963.0422.17), and the jars in Moscow in 1710 may well have been different ones, possibly made of European faience or glass. The reason for the appearance of the Austrian bird on these pieces, however, is still unresolved.
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, painted,
Subjects:heraldry
Dimensions:Height: 17.50 centimetres
Description:
Polychrome painted apothecary jar with the imperial arms of Russia. The jar is painted in red, green, brown and purple enamels with a double-headed eagle holding a sceptre and a sword, its centre filled by an oval shield with stylized plumes, and with a crown between the two crowned eagle’s heads; all enclosed by entwined thorny branches bearing rose-hips, which form a circular frame.
IMG
Comments:Harrison-Hall and Krahl 1994:The jar originally had a short straight neck and widely flaring rim and thus followed the characteristic shape of European drug jars, which are often decorated with a wreath of flowering or fruiting plants. The plant on the present jar appears to be a rambling rose – on related vessels it is painted complete with blossoms (Arapova, 1992, pl. 1) – depicted in a European style.The double-headed eagle as represented on this jar, holding sceptre and sword, is the heraldic bird of the Austrian Empire. There is no indication, however, of an Austrian order of such jars. The majority of extant jars of this type, as well as of matching ewers for liquid medicine, appears to be preserved in Russia, both in the Hermitage, St. Petersburg, and in the State Historical Museum, Moscow (ibid, pls. 1 and 2, and p. 26, note 5). This set is believed to have been made for Peter I’s (r. 1682 – 1725) Moscow pharmacy, which in 1710 is recorded to have been stocked with jars bearing the imperial Russian eagle (ibid, p. 21). Correctly, however, the Russian heraldic bird is holding sceptre and orb, as it appears on a later Chinese service (BM 1963.0422.17), and the jars in Moscow in 1710 may well have been different ones, possibly made of European faience or glass. The reason for the appearance of the Austrian bird on these pieces, however, is still unresolved.
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