Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1465-1487
Materials:porcelain
Technique:doucai, underglazed, painted,
Dimensions:Height: 99 millimetres
Description:
Porcelain jar of guan form with a wide mouth, broad shoulders and a wide base. There are two long-snouted kui dragons with three claws in doucai style, with underglaze cobalt blue outlines and washes, and overglaze green, iron red and yellow enamel in the centre of the exterior, and lotus panel bands above the foot and on the shoulder. There is a mark on the base.
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Comments:Published PDF date : Ming last quarter 15th century Room 95 label text:PDF 784 Doucai jar with dragonsThis ovoid jar is painted in underglaze blue with two 夔 ‘kui dragons’ which have elephant trunks instead of a snout, bifurcated curling tails and wings. The underglaze blue bands of stylised lotus petals around the foot and shoulder are further ornamented with red enamel. The base carries the single character 天 (tian ‘heaven’). This mark was used in the Chenghua era only for jars with doucai decoration. Possibly the jars were used for some ritual purpose involving a celebration of heaven or the mark may simply refer to the emperor who was regarded as the ‘son of heaven’, having received the mandate of heaven to rule.Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue and overglaze enamel decorationJingdezhen, Jiangxi province江西省, 景德鎮Ming dynasty, Chenghua mark and period, AD1465–87 PDF 784鬥彩龍紋罐此卵形罐繪青花夔龍兩條，即以象鼻替代鼻部，卷尾分叉，有翼的形象。環繞圈足及肩部一周飾格式化蓮瓣紋，青花勾邊並加飾紅彩。器底署“天”字款。這種款識只用于成化時期的鬥彩罐。此類天”字罐可能用於和祭天有關的禮儀，也可能款識只是簡單指代帝王，皇帝被認為是“天子”，其受天命而統御。瓷器，青花，釉上彩江西省景德鎮明代，成化，成化款，1465-1487年
Materials:porcelain
Technique:doucai, underglazed, painted,
Dimensions:Height: 99 millimetres
Description:
Porcelain jar of guan form with a wide mouth, broad shoulders and a wide base. There are two long-snouted kui dragons with three claws in doucai style, with underglaze cobalt blue outlines and washes, and overglaze green, iron red and yellow enamel in the centre of the exterior, and lotus panel bands above the foot and on the shoulder. There is a mark on the base.
IMG
Comments:Published PDF date : Ming last quarter 15th century Room 95 label text:PDF 784 Doucai jar with dragonsThis ovoid jar is painted in underglaze blue with two 夔 ‘kui dragons’ which have elephant trunks instead of a snout, bifurcated curling tails and wings. The underglaze blue bands of stylised lotus petals around the foot and shoulder are further ornamented with red enamel. The base carries the single character 天 (tian ‘heaven’). This mark was used in the Chenghua era only for jars with doucai decoration. Possibly the jars were used for some ritual purpose involving a celebration of heaven or the mark may simply refer to the emperor who was regarded as the ‘son of heaven’, having received the mandate of heaven to rule.Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue and overglaze enamel decorationJingdezhen, Jiangxi province江西省, 景德鎮Ming dynasty, Chenghua mark and period, AD1465–87 PDF 784鬥彩龍紋罐此卵形罐繪青花夔龍兩條，即以象鼻替代鼻部，卷尾分叉，有翼的形象。環繞圈足及肩部一周飾格式化蓮瓣紋，青花勾邊並加飾紅彩。器底署“天”字款。這種款識只用于成化時期的鬥彩罐。此類天”字罐可能用於和祭天有關的禮儀，也可能款識只是簡單指代帝王，皇帝被認為是“天子”，其受天命而統御。瓷器，青花，釉上彩江西省景德鎮明代，成化，成化款，1465-1487年
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