Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1600-1620 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:fruit
Dimensions:Diameter: 5.50 centimetres (mouth) Height: 6.20 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain stem cup with underglaze blue decoration. This tiny archaistic stem cup has a round bowl and a flaring stem with a recessed base. It is delicately decorated with pale blue cobalt, inside with a fruiting peach branch in a double ring medallion and outside with three plants including convolvulus or morning glory. The stem is painted with three ‘lingzhi’ sprays and the base is marked with a four-character apocryphal Chenghua mark.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Chenghua porcelains were highly prized during the Wanli era and were first imitated during the Wanli reign. In this case the Chenghua mark was added to the cup not to deceive us into thinking it was made in the fifteenth century but as an indication of its quality. Wanli porcelains have a blue-white glaze whereas Chenghua porcelains often have a yellow-tinged glaze. The blue pigment is also much smoother in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries than it was in previous times. The small size indicates that such cups were used for a very potent alcoholic spirit.
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:fruit
Dimensions:Diameter: 5.50 centimetres (mouth) Height: 6.20 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain stem cup with underglaze blue decoration. This tiny archaistic stem cup has a round bowl and a flaring stem with a recessed base. It is delicately decorated with pale blue cobalt, inside with a fruiting peach branch in a double ring medallion and outside with three plants including convolvulus or morning glory. The stem is painted with three ‘lingzhi’ sprays and the base is marked with a four-character apocryphal Chenghua mark.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Chenghua porcelains were highly prized during the Wanli era and were first imitated during the Wanli reign. In this case the Chenghua mark was added to the cup not to deceive us into thinking it was made in the fifteenth century but as an indication of its quality. Wanli porcelains have a blue-white glaze whereas Chenghua porcelains often have a yellow-tinged glaze. The blue pigment is also much smoother in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries than it was in previous times. The small size indicates that such cups were used for a very potent alcoholic spirit.
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