Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1540-1566 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:bamboo fish lotus
Dimensions:Diameter: 13.20 centimetres Height: 11 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain stem cup with underglaze blue decoration. This robust stem cup has a rounded bowl and a tall hollow flared stem. It is painted beneath the glaze in a vivid cobalt blue which has smudged in places. At the bottom of the bowl there is a double-edged roundel encircling a design of a large fish leaping from waves to the sun. Lotus flowers are arranged in a zigzag border around the rim. Outside the bowl is decorated with fish in different attitudes, leaping from a pond with water weeds and clumps of flowering lotus above a lappet border. The stem is painted with stylized rocks, waves and bamboo. Inside the stem is glazed.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Fish are an emblem of wealth or abundance because of the similarity in the pronounciation of the word 渔 ‘yu’, meaning fish, and the word ‘yu’, meaning excess or superfluity. The carp is also a symbol of perseverance. A carp leaping from the sea towards the sun symbolizes scholastic success, passing the civil service examinations with distinction. Carp which navigated the Yangzi River were believed to be transformed into dragons. Men who navigated the official examination system rose to official rank and power. This type of decoration also occurs on saucer-shaped dishes with commendation marks of the second half of the sixteenth century. For example, a dish with an inscription, 福 贵 佳 器 Fu gui jia qi [Fine vessel for the rich and honourable], bordered by a square on the base is in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul. The decoration of this stem cup may be regarded as archaistic. A stem cup decorated with a similar design but in underglaze red and blue, dating to the earlier Chenghua era, is in the Chang Foundation, Taipei.
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:bamboo fish lotus
Dimensions:Diameter: 13.20 centimetres Height: 11 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain stem cup with underglaze blue decoration. This robust stem cup has a rounded bowl and a tall hollow flared stem. It is painted beneath the glaze in a vivid cobalt blue which has smudged in places. At the bottom of the bowl there is a double-edged roundel encircling a design of a large fish leaping from waves to the sun. Lotus flowers are arranged in a zigzag border around the rim. Outside the bowl is decorated with fish in different attitudes, leaping from a pond with water weeds and clumps of flowering lotus above a lappet border. The stem is painted with stylized rocks, waves and bamboo. Inside the stem is glazed.
IMG
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Fish are an emblem of wealth or abundance because of the similarity in the pronounciation of the word 渔 ‘yu’, meaning fish, and the word ‘yu’, meaning excess or superfluity. The carp is also a symbol of perseverance. A carp leaping from the sea towards the sun symbolizes scholastic success, passing the civil service examinations with distinction. Carp which navigated the Yangzi River were believed to be transformed into dragons. Men who navigated the official examination system rose to official rank and power. This type of decoration also occurs on saucer-shaped dishes with commendation marks of the second half of the sixteenth century. For example, a dish with an inscription, 福 贵 佳 器 Fu gui jia qi [Fine vessel for the rich and honourable], bordered by a square on the base is in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul. The decoration of this stem cup may be regarded as archaistic. A stem cup decorated with a similar design but in underglaze red and blue, dating to the earlier Chenghua era, is in the Chang Foundation, Taipei.
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