Period:Yuan dynasty Production date:1300-1400 (circa)
Materials:stoneware
Technique:celadon-glazed, impressed,
Dimensions:Diameter: 12.50 centimetres Height: 11.30 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain stem cup with ribbed stem and impressed floral medallion beneath a green glaze. This heavily potted stem cup has an everted rim and a flared stem in three sections divided by horizontal ribs imitating a stalk of bamboo. The stem is partially hollow and this conical section is glazed; the foot ring is unglazed and ground down. The centre of the bowl is decorated with an indistinct impressed floral and leaf motif within a ring.
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![图片[1]-stem cup BM-1943-0215.9-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Yuan dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00273719_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-stem cup BM-1943-0215.9-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Yuan dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00354668_001.jpg)
![图片[3]-stem cup BM-1943-0215.9-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Yuan dynasty/Ceramics/mid_RRC11840_RRC13061_DSC0763_tif.jpg)
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Reasons for the suitability of bamboo as subject matter for imitation are complex but may be partially explained by the Chinese language’s adaptability to punning. For example ‘jie’, meaning a man of upright principles, sounds like ‘jie’, meaning nodule or node (the horizontal ridge on a bamboo stem). Bamboo is assigned Confucian qualities which are much admired in a man – it does not break under pressure, and is constant, never losing its colour even in adverse conditions.Many stem cups of this type survive in private and public collections. For example, another was in the private collection of Mr and Mrs Jack Chia.
Materials:stoneware
Technique:celadon-glazed, impressed,
Dimensions:Diameter: 12.50 centimetres Height: 11.30 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain stem cup with ribbed stem and impressed floral medallion beneath a green glaze. This heavily potted stem cup has an everted rim and a flared stem in three sections divided by horizontal ribs imitating a stalk of bamboo. The stem is partially hollow and this conical section is glazed; the foot ring is unglazed and ground down. The centre of the bowl is decorated with an indistinct impressed floral and leaf motif within a ring.
IMG
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Reasons for the suitability of bamboo as subject matter for imitation are complex but may be partially explained by the Chinese language’s adaptability to punning. For example ‘jie’, meaning a man of upright principles, sounds like ‘jie’, meaning nodule or node (the horizontal ridge on a bamboo stem). Bamboo is assigned Confucian qualities which are much admired in a man – it does not break under pressure, and is constant, never losing its colour even in adverse conditions.Many stem cups of this type survive in private and public collections. For example, another was in the private collection of Mr and Mrs Jack Chia.
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