Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1426-1435
Materials:bronze, enamel, gold,
Technique:gilded, cloisonné (enamelling), engraved,
Subjects:lotus
Dimensions:Height: 20.30 centimetres
Description:
Kundika (water sprinkler) with lid, decorated with lotus scrolls with petal border; the filling aperture with a hinged lid and triple flaming pearls. The double ‘vajra’ on the base was added in the 18th century. Made of gilded cloisonné; also engraved bronze.
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![图片[1]-kundika; vajra BM-1977-0718.1-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Bronzes/mid_00064109_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-kundika; vajra BM-1977-0718.1-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Bronzes/mid_00303106_001.jpg)
![图片[3]-kundika; vajra BM-1977-0718.1-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Bronzes/mid_00332642_001.jpg)
Comments:Zwalf 1985This type of vessel, related to the larger ‘kuṇḍikā’ flasks, and known in Tibet as a ‘spyi-blugs’, was used by monks to wash their mouths after meals. The lotus scroll around the body is a common ornament on 15th- and 16th-century Chinese cloisonne vessels, and especially appropriate for those connected with Buddhist ritual. The gilt underside of this opulent example is incised with a ‘viśvavajra’. Rawson 1992:Although cloisonné was a foreign technique and was first considered extremely vulgar and garish, the Chinese seem to have grown to like it, perfecting the tecnique during the fifteenth century and producing some superb vessels for palace and temple use. Some of the vessel shapes were borrowed from ancient Chinese bronzes, while others resembled contemporary porcelain and lacquer. The decorative motifs used on cloisonné were those already common on porcelain and lacquer, such as lotus scrolls, vines, dragons, birds, flowers and landscapes.
Materials:bronze, enamel, gold,
Technique:gilded, cloisonné (enamelling), engraved,
Subjects:lotus
Dimensions:Height: 20.30 centimetres
Description:
Kundika (water sprinkler) with lid, decorated with lotus scrolls with petal border; the filling aperture with a hinged lid and triple flaming pearls. The double ‘vajra’ on the base was added in the 18th century. Made of gilded cloisonné; also engraved bronze.
IMG
Comments:Zwalf 1985This type of vessel, related to the larger ‘kuṇḍikā’ flasks, and known in Tibet as a ‘spyi-blugs’, was used by monks to wash their mouths after meals. The lotus scroll around the body is a common ornament on 15th- and 16th-century Chinese cloisonne vessels, and especially appropriate for those connected with Buddhist ritual. The gilt underside of this opulent example is incised with a ‘viśvavajra’. Rawson 1992:Although cloisonné was a foreign technique and was first considered extremely vulgar and garish, the Chinese seem to have grown to like it, perfecting the tecnique during the fifteenth century and producing some superb vessels for palace and temple use. Some of the vessel shapes were borrowed from ancient Chinese bronzes, while others resembled contemporary porcelain and lacquer. The decorative motifs used on cloisonné were those already common on porcelain and lacquer, such as lotus scrolls, vines, dragons, birds, flowers and landscapes.
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