Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1573-1620 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:slipped, glazed, fahua,
Subjects:flower
Dimensions:Height: 48.80 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain vase with chrysanthemum-spray handles and ‘fahua’-type decoration. This baluster vase has gently sloping shoulders, an out-turned foot and a tall neck which flares out at the mouth. Attached on either side at the neck are handles in the form of back-to-back chrysanthemum sprays with ‘lingzhi’-fungus terminals. Both sides show the same design of a single white peony with foliage growing from a stylized rock. The design is outlined in raised slip and painted with white, turquoise and yellow enamels on a dark blue ground. Inside it is glazed, but the base is unglazed, revealing a porcelain body.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:A similar vase with three flowers rather than one on each side once belonged to the Sir Frank Swettenham Collection. Another vase with a replaced top is in the Princessehof Museum, Leeuwarden. A further vase of this shape decorated with chrysanthemums, and with peony handles, is in the Musee Chinois de l’lmperatrice Eugenie, Fontainebleau. This example was collected during the French sacking of the Chinese Summer Palace in Beijing. These vases with relief-moulded handles in the form of chrysanthemums were also made with different floral decoration and decorated in a different palette. One with chrysanthemums on a turquoise ground is in the National Museum of Chinese History, Beijing.
Materials:porcelain
Technique:slipped, glazed, fahua,
Subjects:flower
Dimensions:Height: 48.80 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain vase with chrysanthemum-spray handles and ‘fahua’-type decoration. This baluster vase has gently sloping shoulders, an out-turned foot and a tall neck which flares out at the mouth. Attached on either side at the neck are handles in the form of back-to-back chrysanthemum sprays with ‘lingzhi’-fungus terminals. Both sides show the same design of a single white peony with foliage growing from a stylized rock. The design is outlined in raised slip and painted with white, turquoise and yellow enamels on a dark blue ground. Inside it is glazed, but the base is unglazed, revealing a porcelain body.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:A similar vase with three flowers rather than one on each side once belonged to the Sir Frank Swettenham Collection. Another vase with a replaced top is in the Princessehof Museum, Leeuwarden. A further vase of this shape decorated with chrysanthemums, and with peony handles, is in the Musee Chinois de l’lmperatrice Eugenie, Fontainebleau. This example was collected during the French sacking of the Chinese Summer Palace in Beijing. These vases with relief-moulded handles in the form of chrysanthemums were also made with different floral decoration and decorated in a different palette. One with chrysanthemums on a turquoise ground is in the National Museum of Chinese History, Beijing.
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