Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1522-1566
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, painted,
Subjects:dragon
Dimensions:Height: 21.80 centimetres
Description:
Ovoid porcelain jar with dragons in yellow and black enamel reserved on an overglaze red ground. This large ovoid jar has a short neck with an out-turned lip and a recessed base. Inside it is fully glazed. Outside it is painted with two open-jawed cartoonlike dragons charging after one another amid ‘ruyi’ clouds over groups of stylized wave-drenched rocks. Around the shoulder is a band of scroll work and below at the foot a band of ‘ruyi’ heads. First a yellow overglaze was fired on to the jar, then red enamel was added with the designs in reserve; later black enamel was used to add the details. The decoration is very sketchily executed and the glaze is much worn. The base is marked with a vertical Jiajing six-character reign mark arranged in two parallel rows but not encircled by a ring.
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![图片[1]-jar BM-1930-0719.48-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00268939_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-jar BM-1930-0719.48-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00333165_001.jpg)
![图片[3]-jar BM-1930-0719.48-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Ceramics/mid_RRC_8638_base.jpg)
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:This decorative scheme was an invention of the Jiajing era. Identical jars are in the Jingdezhen Ceramics Museum and in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Such jars would originally have had domed overhanging covers with lotus-bud finials. An example of this type of jar which retains its lid is in the Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka.
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, painted,
Subjects:dragon
Dimensions:Height: 21.80 centimetres
Description:
Ovoid porcelain jar with dragons in yellow and black enamel reserved on an overglaze red ground. This large ovoid jar has a short neck with an out-turned lip and a recessed base. Inside it is fully glazed. Outside it is painted with two open-jawed cartoonlike dragons charging after one another amid ‘ruyi’ clouds over groups of stylized wave-drenched rocks. Around the shoulder is a band of scroll work and below at the foot a band of ‘ruyi’ heads. First a yellow overglaze was fired on to the jar, then red enamel was added with the designs in reserve; later black enamel was used to add the details. The decoration is very sketchily executed and the glaze is much worn. The base is marked with a vertical Jiajing six-character reign mark arranged in two parallel rows but not encircled by a ring.
IMG
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:This decorative scheme was an invention of the Jiajing era. Identical jars are in the Jingdezhen Ceramics Museum and in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Such jars would originally have had domed overhanging covers with lotus-bud finials. An example of this type of jar which retains its lid is in the Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka.
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