Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1600-1620 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:mythical figure/creature dragon horse/ass
Dimensions:Diameter: 7.20 centimetres Height: 7 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain stem cup with underglaze blue decoration. This finely potted stem cup has a deep bowl with rounded sides and an everted rim, a flared solid stem with stepped edge and a recessed base. Five magical creatures – a dragon with wings and a fish tail, a horse, a goat-like creature, a hare and a ‘tianlu’ [heavenly deer] – are depicted in white on a ground of swirling blue white-crested waves on the outside of the bowl. Inside on a similar ground is a conch shell reserved in white. A design of stylized rocks and waves decorates the stem. A four-character Chenghua mark in a double ring is painted in underglaze blue on the base.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:This example is dated by stylistic comparison to a stem cup of identical size and form and with similar decoration, of sea creatures among waves, recovered from a datable shipwreck. The Dutch East Indiaman the Witte Leeuw [White Lion] sank on her homeward-bound journey in 1613 in a sea fight with Portuguese carracks at anchor in the harbour off Jamestown, also known as Kerk Baaij, St Helena, in the South Atlantic Ocean. The wreck was discovered in 1976 by the French Groupe de Recherche Archeologique Sous-Marine Post-Medievale. Recovered from her cargo were 300 complete or reconstituted Chinese porcelains together with 300-400 kg of shards. The main porcelain types were plates and dishes, bowls, pouring vessels and covered boxes, mostly made at Jingdezhen. In addition to the Chinese ceramic cargo a number of the ship’s armaments, cooking utensils, instruments, European ceramics, personal objects and spices were retrieved.As well as apocryphal Chenghua marks, stem cups of this type are also known bearing Xuande marks. A stem cup with a similar profile showing mythical beasts with a conch shell inside and a Xuande mark is in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, London.
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:mythical figure/creature dragon horse/ass
Dimensions:Diameter: 7.20 centimetres Height: 7 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain stem cup with underglaze blue decoration. This finely potted stem cup has a deep bowl with rounded sides and an everted rim, a flared solid stem with stepped edge and a recessed base. Five magical creatures – a dragon with wings and a fish tail, a horse, a goat-like creature, a hare and a ‘tianlu’ [heavenly deer] – are depicted in white on a ground of swirling blue white-crested waves on the outside of the bowl. Inside on a similar ground is a conch shell reserved in white. A design of stylized rocks and waves decorates the stem. A four-character Chenghua mark in a double ring is painted in underglaze blue on the base.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:This example is dated by stylistic comparison to a stem cup of identical size and form and with similar decoration, of sea creatures among waves, recovered from a datable shipwreck. The Dutch East Indiaman the Witte Leeuw [White Lion] sank on her homeward-bound journey in 1613 in a sea fight with Portuguese carracks at anchor in the harbour off Jamestown, also known as Kerk Baaij, St Helena, in the South Atlantic Ocean. The wreck was discovered in 1976 by the French Groupe de Recherche Archeologique Sous-Marine Post-Medievale. Recovered from her cargo were 300 complete or reconstituted Chinese porcelains together with 300-400 kg of shards. The main porcelain types were plates and dishes, bowls, pouring vessels and covered boxes, mostly made at Jingdezhen. In addition to the Chinese ceramic cargo a number of the ship’s armaments, cooking utensils, instruments, European ceramics, personal objects and spices were retrieved.As well as apocryphal Chenghua marks, stem cups of this type are also known bearing Xuande marks. A stem cup with a similar profile showing mythical beasts with a conch shell inside and a Xuande mark is in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, London.
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