Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1436-1464
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:lotus
Dimensions:Height: 5.50 centimetres
Description:
Small porcelain globular jar with underglaze blue decoration. This small ‘min yao’ globular jar has a slightly raised tapering neck and a flat base. Around the outside it is painted in a calligraphic style with a Tibetan/ Sanskrit character, resting on a lotus bloom, repeated four times. This character is pronounced as a Buddhist invocation ‘Om’, the first syllable of most Tibetan prayers such as ‘Om-Mani padme-hum’, the great mantra of Tibetan Buddhism invoking the goddess Mahāvidyā, who is the source of knowledge for Avalokiteśvara. The design of resting the character on a lotus is entirely Chinese. The jar has a flat unglazed base which has fired with an orange tinge. The glaze is uneven and covered with iron impurities.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001: ‘Om-Mani padme-hum’, once thought to mean “O, the Jewel in the Lotus: Amen”, was the most frequently repeated of all Prayers, one whose exact meaning is unclear and which has been the subject of much debate over time.Such jars were made commercially over a long period in the Jingdezhen area. However, the dark cobalt employed and the glaze are reminiscent of other Interregnum period porcelains. A water bowl decorated with the Three Friends of Winter, datable to the fourth year of Jingtai (AD 1453), is in the Jingdezhen Ceramics Museum; it is decorated with a band of Tibetan/Sanskrit characters similar to the present ones.
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:lotus
Dimensions:Height: 5.50 centimetres
Description:
Small porcelain globular jar with underglaze blue decoration. This small ‘min yao’ globular jar has a slightly raised tapering neck and a flat base. Around the outside it is painted in a calligraphic style with a Tibetan/ Sanskrit character, resting on a lotus bloom, repeated four times. This character is pronounced as a Buddhist invocation ‘Om’, the first syllable of most Tibetan prayers such as ‘Om-Mani padme-hum’, the great mantra of Tibetan Buddhism invoking the goddess Mahāvidyā, who is the source of knowledge for Avalokiteśvara. The design of resting the character on a lotus is entirely Chinese. The jar has a flat unglazed base which has fired with an orange tinge. The glaze is uneven and covered with iron impurities.
IMG
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001: ‘Om-Mani padme-hum’, once thought to mean “O, the Jewel in the Lotus: Amen”, was the most frequently repeated of all Prayers, one whose exact meaning is unclear and which has been the subject of much debate over time.Such jars were made commercially over a long period in the Jingdezhen area. However, the dark cobalt employed and the glaze are reminiscent of other Interregnum period porcelains. A water bowl decorated with the Three Friends of Winter, datable to the fourth year of Jingtai (AD 1453), is in the Jingdezhen Ceramics Museum; it is decorated with a band of Tibetan/Sanskrit characters similar to the present ones.
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