Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1403-1424
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed
Dimensions:Height: 12.80 centimetres Width: 16.50 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain jar with four lugs covered with a monochrome tianbai glaze. This broad-based jar has a wide open mouth, short neck, broad sloping shoulders and sides which taper gently towards the base. Attached to the shoulder are four small looped lugs. The jar is covered inside and out with a tianbai glaze. The flat base is glazed.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Originally it may have been part of a set of ritual vessels. A broad ewer decorated with the same sweet-white glaze and with a similar placement of four round lugs on the shoulder was excavated in 1982 at the imperial kiln site at Zhushan, Jingdezhen.1 Typical of the sweet-white wares of the Yongle era, this pure white lustrous glaze was simply not achieved before the Yongle reign and was never quite emulated again in later reign periods. Chemical analysis of excavated shards of sweet-white wares from the Yongle strata have revealed physical differences between these and earlier wares. They have a far higher proportion of kaolin in the clay than previous white wares and a reduction of limestone in the glaze. They are therefore fired at a higher temperature. Aluminium oxide is greater in the paste, and calcium oxide is lower and potassium oxide higher in the glaze.Originally this jar may have had a shallow flat cover which fitted over the low neck. Its quality suggests that it may have been used for imperial ceremonies, possibly connected with mourning the Yongle emperor’s parents.
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed
Dimensions:Height: 12.80 centimetres Width: 16.50 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain jar with four lugs covered with a monochrome tianbai glaze. This broad-based jar has a wide open mouth, short neck, broad sloping shoulders and sides which taper gently towards the base. Attached to the shoulder are four small looped lugs. The jar is covered inside and out with a tianbai glaze. The flat base is glazed.
IMG
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Originally it may have been part of a set of ritual vessels. A broad ewer decorated with the same sweet-white glaze and with a similar placement of four round lugs on the shoulder was excavated in 1982 at the imperial kiln site at Zhushan, Jingdezhen.1 Typical of the sweet-white wares of the Yongle era, this pure white lustrous glaze was simply not achieved before the Yongle reign and was never quite emulated again in later reign periods. Chemical analysis of excavated shards of sweet-white wares from the Yongle strata have revealed physical differences between these and earlier wares. They have a far higher proportion of kaolin in the clay than previous white wares and a reduction of limestone in the glaze. They are therefore fired at a higher temperature. Aluminium oxide is greater in the paste, and calcium oxide is lower and potassium oxide higher in the glaze.Originally this jar may have had a shallow flat cover which fitted over the low neck. Its quality suggests that it may have been used for imperial ceremonies, possibly connected with mourning the Yongle emperor’s parents.
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