Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1450-1505 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, cold painted (?), fahua,
Subjects:religious object mammal lotus plant leaf insect
Dimensions:Height: 29.50 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain vase with side handles and ‘fahua’-type decoration. Based on a bronze altar vessel, this vase has a dish mouth and stands on a circular foot ring. On either side of the neck are semi-circular handles which emerge from the open jaws of lion-like beasts and each has a flange attached below. Decorative motifs are outlined in raised slip, then infilled with yellow and turquoise enamels and with transparent glaze on an ink-blue ground. Traces of red pigment are visible on, for example, the petals of fotus flower, indicating that they were once cold-painted or lacquered. Butterflies, giant lotus blooms, pods, leaves and other plants are shown emerging from waves in the main register with three bands above showing lappets, beaded swags with tassels and at the top feathery plantain leaves. The foot is decorated with individual scroll motifs. The base is partially glazed. The body is high-fired porcelain and the coloured glazes are typical of those ‘fahua’ wares made in southern China, presumably at Jingdezhen.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Beading around the neck resembles ornament on fifteenth-century Tibetan bronze altar vessels, or figures of Bodhisattvas. The form of the vase is traditional Chinese.
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, cold painted (?), fahua,
Subjects:religious object mammal lotus plant leaf insect
Dimensions:Height: 29.50 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain vase with side handles and ‘fahua’-type decoration. Based on a bronze altar vessel, this vase has a dish mouth and stands on a circular foot ring. On either side of the neck are semi-circular handles which emerge from the open jaws of lion-like beasts and each has a flange attached below. Decorative motifs are outlined in raised slip, then infilled with yellow and turquoise enamels and with transparent glaze on an ink-blue ground. Traces of red pigment are visible on, for example, the petals of fotus flower, indicating that they were once cold-painted or lacquered. Butterflies, giant lotus blooms, pods, leaves and other plants are shown emerging from waves in the main register with three bands above showing lappets, beaded swags with tassels and at the top feathery plantain leaves. The foot is decorated with individual scroll motifs. The base is partially glazed. The body is high-fired porcelain and the coloured glazes are typical of those ‘fahua’ wares made in southern China, presumably at Jingdezhen.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Beading around the neck resembles ornament on fifteenth-century Tibetan bronze altar vessels, or figures of Bodhisattvas. The form of the vase is traditional Chinese.
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