vase; altar BM-1936-1012.85

Period:Yuan dynasty Production date:1300-1368
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, painted,
Subjects:lotus dragon
Dimensions:Height: 17.70 inches

Description:
Altar vase for flowers. Jizhou ware. Decorated with a design of lotus on the neck with two dragon or fish-shape handles; on each side of the vase is a fourteen-lobed medallion filled with a design of breaking waves. Basket weave pattern on the neck and zig-zag patterns round the foot. Decoration painted in brown and white beneath a transparent glaze.
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Comments:Rawson 1992:This Jizhou flask with its brown colour and pronounced horizontal bands is based upon a bronze. See BM 1988.0416.1.