vase BM-PDF.689

Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1522-1566
Materials:porcelain
Technique:underglazed

Dimensions:Height: 302 millimetres

Description:
Porcelain pear-shaped vase (yuhuchun ping) with long tapering neck and flaring mouth rim. There are two fountains, one with an elephant as its base and the other with a horse, in underglaze cobalt blue on the body of the vase, a narrow band of flower heads on a diaper background topped with plantain leaves at the neck. There is a mark on the base.
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Comments:Published PDF date : Ming Jiajing 1522-1566 Room 95 label text:PDF 689Blue-and-white vase with fountainsThe main design on this blue-and-white bottle vase derives from a European print. It features a kneeling horse with a fountain on one side and an elephant with a fountain on the other. Portuguese merchants established direct trade with China in the early sixteenth century. They traded Chinese porcelain which was a treasured commodity in Europe. Most of the ceramics they imported were ordinary underglaze blue painted wares but some items copied European metalwork or ceramics’ shapes and others had designs taken from European sources such as prints, coins, or textiles. Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue decorationJingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮Ming dynasty, Jiajing period, AD 1522–1566 PDF 689青花噴泉圖瓶此青花瓶主紋圖案源於歐洲版畫。其特點是一面繪有一匹跪馬及一個噴泉，另一面繪有一頭象及一個噴泉。十六世紀早期，葡萄牙商人建立了與中國的直接貿易，他們以歐洲的珍貴商品交易中國瓷器。其進口的大多數陶瓷都是普通的青花器物，但也有一些仿歐洲金屬或陶瓷器造型的器物，另外一些器物的紋飾則來源於歐洲版畫、錢幣或紡織品。瓷器，青花江西省景德鎮明代，嘉靖， 1522-1566年