Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1506-1521 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:lotus
Dimensions:Height: 15.80 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain vase with underglaze blue decoration. This thickly potted vase has a compressed globular body, a tubular neck with semicircular handles attached on either side, a dish-shaped mouth and a high spreading foot with a broad unglazed foot ring. Horizontal bands of underglaze blue decoration cover the surface. From the top these are: a ‘ruyi’ cloud motif, scroll work, quatrefoil medallions, flowering lotus scroll, ‘ruyi’ heads and billowing lines, and finally a border of undulating lines and dots.
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![图片[1]-vase(with handles) BM-1947-0712.200-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00267175_001.jpg)
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Various features of the decoration suggest a date in the Zhengde period. First the body material, greenish-white glaze and mid-tones of cobalt blue are all typical of Zhengde porcelain. Second the border around the foot of a chain of stylized pendant ‘ruyi’ framing dots can be seen in a slightly more complex version on a round box with a Zhengde mark in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. The method of depicting the lotus scroll with spindly stems and leaves is typical of this period. Finally the motifs around the neck are similar to designs found on a stand with Arabic inscriptions and a Zhengde mark formerly in the Reginald Howard Reed Palmer (1878-1970) Collection.
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:lotus
Dimensions:Height: 15.80 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain vase with underglaze blue decoration. This thickly potted vase has a compressed globular body, a tubular neck with semicircular handles attached on either side, a dish-shaped mouth and a high spreading foot with a broad unglazed foot ring. Horizontal bands of underglaze blue decoration cover the surface. From the top these are: a ‘ruyi’ cloud motif, scroll work, quatrefoil medallions, flowering lotus scroll, ‘ruyi’ heads and billowing lines, and finally a border of undulating lines and dots.
IMG
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Various features of the decoration suggest a date in the Zhengde period. First the body material, greenish-white glaze and mid-tones of cobalt blue are all typical of Zhengde porcelain. Second the border around the foot of a chain of stylized pendant ‘ruyi’ framing dots can be seen in a slightly more complex version on a round box with a Zhengde mark in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. The method of depicting the lotus scroll with spindly stems and leaves is typical of this period. Finally the motifs around the neck are similar to designs found on a stand with Arabic inscriptions and a Zhengde mark formerly in the Reginald Howard Reed Palmer (1878-1970) Collection.
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