Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1450-1550 (circa)
Materials:stoneware
Technique:glazed, fahua,
Subjects:fish
Dimensions:Height: 14.80 centimetres
Description:
Stoneware vase moulded in the form of twin fish decorated in the ‘fahua’ palette. The fish have their bellies pressed together, their tails fan out to form the foot, and their fins on either side merge into two small loop handles which in turn connect with the fishes’ heads. The raised neck has a dish mouth. Details such as the scales, fins and eyes are incised. The vase is painted in turquoise, aubergine and amber overglaze enamels. The body material is a sandy yellow stoneware, which identifies it as a northern product.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Lead-alkaline glazes were used for glazing bricks and tiles in north China and the similarities between this vase and some Chinese roof ornaments suggest that the vase was a by-product of a Shanxi tile-works kiln. Tile-works kilns are known to have produced figures and vessels as well as ridge ornaments, roof tiles and bricks.Inside the unglazed base is an ink inscription, ‘hong’, literally meaning a type of wild swan but used as a surname. Possibly the vase belonged to a member of the Hong family before its arrival at the Museum in 1911. Alternatively this may be a workshop mark.Another twin-fish vase decorated in the fahua palette is in the Degawa Fine Art Museum collections. It is slightly larger, measuring 20 cm in height, and the mouths of the fish form the mouth of the vase.
Materials:stoneware
Technique:glazed, fahua,
Subjects:fish
Dimensions:Height: 14.80 centimetres
Description:
Stoneware vase moulded in the form of twin fish decorated in the ‘fahua’ palette. The fish have their bellies pressed together, their tails fan out to form the foot, and their fins on either side merge into two small loop handles which in turn connect with the fishes’ heads. The raised neck has a dish mouth. Details such as the scales, fins and eyes are incised. The vase is painted in turquoise, aubergine and amber overglaze enamels. The body material is a sandy yellow stoneware, which identifies it as a northern product.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Lead-alkaline glazes were used for glazing bricks and tiles in north China and the similarities between this vase and some Chinese roof ornaments suggest that the vase was a by-product of a Shanxi tile-works kiln. Tile-works kilns are known to have produced figures and vessels as well as ridge ornaments, roof tiles and bricks.Inside the unglazed base is an ink inscription, ‘hong’, literally meaning a type of wild swan but used as a surname. Possibly the vase belonged to a member of the Hong family before its arrival at the Museum in 1911. Alternatively this may be a workshop mark.Another twin-fish vase decorated in the fahua palette is in the Degawa Fine Art Museum collections. It is slightly larger, measuring 20 cm in height, and the mouths of the fish form the mouth of the vase.
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