Period:Yuan dynasty Production date:1320-1368 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:celadon-glazed, moulded, carved,
Subjects:monster
Dimensions:Diameter: 36 centimetres Height: 33.70 centimetres
Description:
Large ‘guan’ with high-relief decoration. This large heavily potted jar has an ovoid body, a short rimmed neck and monster-mask handles on either side at the shoulder with holes for rings. The base has been formed by a separate dish which was inserted from the inside and sealed with glaze. Its wide foot ring is unglazed. Around the outside in high relief are four figural scenes. On one side, a man and a woman are shown in a domestic scene and a man is shown, with a wine bottle and two wine cups on the table, inside a wine shop labelled ‘Yue yang’. He is pointing to the Daoist Immortal Lu Dongbin with his demon-slaying sword floating down on a cloud. On the other side, a man, accompanied by a woman carrying a box, is pointing to a gateway labelled ‘Shengxian’ [Ascending into the realm of the immortals], and then in the next scene the same figures are shown burning incense. These scenes are bordered with plantain leaves below.
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![图片[1]-jar BM-1936-1012.38-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Yuan dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00274550_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-jar BM-1936-1012.38-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Yuan dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00274551_001.jpg)
![图片[3]-jar BM-1936-1012.38-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Yuan dynasty/Ceramics/mid_01236325_001.jpg)
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:The story represented here is “Lu Dongbin Gets Drunk in the Yue Yang Pavilion”. This is a Yuan dynasty ‘zaju’ play compiled by Ma Zhiyuan (1260-1325). Ma Zhiyuan, a native of Dadu (modern Beijing), once served in the Jiangxi provincial government. Apart from Autumn in the Han Palace, Ma’s other plays are dominated by his interest in Daoism, describing the life of Daoist Immortals or Daoist recluses. The method of inserting a bowl as a base and sealing it with glaze is typical of large-scale celadon vases and jars made at Longquan kilns in the Yuan period.
Materials:porcelain
Technique:celadon-glazed, moulded, carved,
Subjects:monster
Dimensions:Diameter: 36 centimetres Height: 33.70 centimetres
Description:
Large ‘guan’ with high-relief decoration. This large heavily potted jar has an ovoid body, a short rimmed neck and monster-mask handles on either side at the shoulder with holes for rings. The base has been formed by a separate dish which was inserted from the inside and sealed with glaze. Its wide foot ring is unglazed. Around the outside in high relief are four figural scenes. On one side, a man and a woman are shown in a domestic scene and a man is shown, with a wine bottle and two wine cups on the table, inside a wine shop labelled ‘Yue yang’. He is pointing to the Daoist Immortal Lu Dongbin with his demon-slaying sword floating down on a cloud. On the other side, a man, accompanied by a woman carrying a box, is pointing to a gateway labelled ‘Shengxian’ [Ascending into the realm of the immortals], and then in the next scene the same figures are shown burning incense. These scenes are bordered with plantain leaves below.
IMG
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:The story represented here is “Lu Dongbin Gets Drunk in the Yue Yang Pavilion”. This is a Yuan dynasty ‘zaju’ play compiled by Ma Zhiyuan (1260-1325). Ma Zhiyuan, a native of Dadu (modern Beijing), once served in the Jiangxi provincial government. Apart from Autumn in the Han Palace, Ma’s other plays are dominated by his interest in Daoism, describing the life of Daoist Immortals or Daoist recluses. The method of inserting a bowl as a base and sealing it with glaze is typical of large-scale celadon vases and jars made at Longquan kilns in the Yuan period.
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