Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1488-1505 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:insect
Dimensions:Height: 10.50 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain jar with underglaze blue decoration. This jar has a narrow raised neck, rounded body and tapering foot. On the unglazed base the spiral marks resulting from turning the jar on the potter’s wheel are clearly visible. Inside the join of the upper and lower sections of the jar can be seen. Outside a flowering branch and insects are shown on either side, around the neck is a double ring with ‘ruyi’ heads forming a collar and stylized lappets surround the foot. The glaze is rather degraded and the base is unglazed, revealing a dark red clay body.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Originally this ‘min yao’ jar would have had an overhanging domed cover with a finial knob. A similar jar and cover with banana leaves in place of the band of ‘ruyi’ is in the Jingdezhen Ceramics Museum. Such jars were made over a long period, as previously discussed, although the borders around the neck and foot are similar to those of examples excavated in a burial of 1513 (see BM 1984.0202.70).
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:insect
Dimensions:Height: 10.50 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain jar with underglaze blue decoration. This jar has a narrow raised neck, rounded body and tapering foot. On the unglazed base the spiral marks resulting from turning the jar on the potter’s wheel are clearly visible. Inside the join of the upper and lower sections of the jar can be seen. Outside a flowering branch and insects are shown on either side, around the neck is a double ring with ‘ruyi’ heads forming a collar and stylized lappets surround the foot. The glaze is rather degraded and the base is unglazed, revealing a dark red clay body.
IMG
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Originally this ‘min yao’ jar would have had an overhanging domed cover with a finial knob. A similar jar and cover with banana leaves in place of the band of ‘ruyi’ is in the Jingdezhen Ceramics Museum. Such jars were made over a long period, as previously discussed, although the borders around the neck and foot are similar to those of examples excavated in a burial of 1513 (see BM 1984.0202.70).
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