Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1488-1522 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:carved, fahua,
Subjects:leaf,flower tree/bush servant/domestic worker musical instrument
Dimensions:Diameter: 6.80 inches Height: 34.50 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain meiping carved in openwork and enamelled in the ‘fahua’ palette. This unusual porcelain meiping vase has rounded shoulders, a slim waist, a flared foot with bevelled edge and a partially glazed base. It is carved in openwork with a scene of an old man standing beyond his house, beneath a pine tree, watching for the arrival of a young servant carrying a ‘qin’, the stringed musical instrument which resembles a zither. The swirling clouds between the house and the servant suggest the end of the scene. Above is a border of peonies and leaves and below a band of lappets. All the decoration is in the palette used for fahua wares.
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Comments:
Materials:porcelain
Technique:carved, fahua,
Subjects:leaf,flower tree/bush servant/domestic worker musical instrument
Dimensions:Diameter: 6.80 inches Height: 34.50 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain meiping carved in openwork and enamelled in the ‘fahua’ palette. This unusual porcelain meiping vase has rounded shoulders, a slim waist, a flared foot with bevelled edge and a partially glazed base. It is carved in openwork with a scene of an old man standing beyond his house, beneath a pine tree, watching for the arrival of a young servant carrying a ‘qin’, the stringed musical instrument which resembles a zither. The swirling clouds between the house and the servant suggest the end of the scene. Above is a border of peonies and leaves and below a band of lappets. All the decoration is in the palette used for fahua wares.
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