Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1506-1521
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Dimensions:Diameter: 11 centimetres (c.) Height: 13.50 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain vase with underglaze blue decoration and cut down neck. This thickly potted vase has a cube-shaped belly, flat shoulders with bevelled edges, a high flared foot and a cut-down neck. It is decorated on two oppposing sides with partially vocalized Arabic inscriptions in cursive script (see BM Franks.147B) in a pair of roundels and on the other sides with ‘ruyi’ scrolls. The foot has a border of dots and the base a six-character Zhengde reign mark in a double ring.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:A complete vase of this type is in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. It has a cube-shaped belly and an intact tubular neck with side handles in the form of ‘ruyi’ heads, terminating in a dome-shaped end pierced with seven holes. It is adorned with ten roundels framing different Arabic inscriptions from those on the present piece, eight around the belly and one on either side of the neck.
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Dimensions:Diameter: 11 centimetres (c.) Height: 13.50 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain vase with underglaze blue decoration and cut down neck. This thickly potted vase has a cube-shaped belly, flat shoulders with bevelled edges, a high flared foot and a cut-down neck. It is decorated on two oppposing sides with partially vocalized Arabic inscriptions in cursive script (see BM Franks.147B) in a pair of roundels and on the other sides with ‘ruyi’ scrolls. The foot has a border of dots and the base a six-character Zhengde reign mark in a double ring.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:A complete vase of this type is in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. It has a cube-shaped belly and an intact tubular neck with side handles in the form of ‘ruyi’ heads, terminating in a dome-shaped end pierced with seven holes. It is adorned with ten roundels framing different Arabic inscriptions from those on the present piece, eight around the belly and one on either side of the neck.
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