Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1573-1620 (circa)
Materials:porcelain, silver,
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:lotus
Dimensions:Diameter: 32 centimetres Height: 41.50 centimetres (including lid)
Description:
Large porcelain jar and cover in underglaze blue with replacement silver knob. This ovoid jar has a short neck with a thickened rim and a recessed unglazed base with a broad foot ring. The overhanging lid is domed and its porcelain knob replaced by a silver knob with spiralling ribbing resting on a flower-head base. Both jar and cover are decorated in rich blue with large lotus-bloom scroll work and with a classic scroll border at the neck and lappets at the foot.
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![图片[1]-jar BM-Franks.143-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00949319_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-jar BM-Franks.143-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00141462_001.jpg)
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:The silver mount with spiralling ribbing on the cover of the present jar was probably added in Mughal India or Turkey. Ewers with round bellies with this type of ice-cream swirl design were made in both north India and the Deccan in the sixteenth century and Turkey in the seventeenth century. Three similar jars without matching covers are in the Topkapi Saray Museum in Istanbul. Another example, with four monster mask handles on the shoulder, is in the Burghley House collection and was documented between 1688 and 1690 in an inventory of goods, at the request of the Third Earl of Devonshire.
Materials:porcelain, silver,
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:lotus
Dimensions:Diameter: 32 centimetres Height: 41.50 centimetres (including lid)
Description:
Large porcelain jar and cover in underglaze blue with replacement silver knob. This ovoid jar has a short neck with a thickened rim and a recessed unglazed base with a broad foot ring. The overhanging lid is domed and its porcelain knob replaced by a silver knob with spiralling ribbing resting on a flower-head base. Both jar and cover are decorated in rich blue with large lotus-bloom scroll work and with a classic scroll border at the neck and lappets at the foot.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:The silver mount with spiralling ribbing on the cover of the present jar was probably added in Mughal India or Turkey. Ewers with round bellies with this type of ice-cream swirl design were made in both north India and the Deccan in the sixteenth century and Turkey in the seventeenth century. Three similar jars without matching covers are in the Topkapi Saray Museum in Istanbul. Another example, with four monster mask handles on the shoulder, is in the Burghley House collection and was documented between 1688 and 1690 in an inventory of goods, at the request of the Third Earl of Devonshire.
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