Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1573-1620 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:horse/ass garden
Dimensions:Diameter: 5.50 inches Height: 36.80 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain vase with underglaze blue decoration. The neck of this vase is flanged to accommodate a cover which is now missing. It swells at the shoulder and narrows at the waist before flaring at the foot. It has a stepped foot, broad foot ring and unglazed base. The vase is painted in a range of cloudy blue tones. Four seated scholars are depicted, arranged in two groups, in a garden setting. In one scene a bearded man, wearing a tall hat and loose robes, holds an open fan aloft in his right hand while at his side a younger man is painting a prunus branch on to a hand scroll. Beside them are the accoutrements of scholarship and taste – books, antiquities and a vase containing a branch of coral. The next scene shows a man, wearing a winged hat, talking with another seated at a desk with a pile of the same scholarly paraphernalia. A crane symbolizing longevity separates the scenes. Around the foot is a broad border showing two magical horses flying over stylized waves and rocks. The neck is decorated with two panels reserved in white containing flower sprays, on a maze line ground and with a most unusual vertical inscription which reads ‘Ji Qu zhi yong’ [Bought for the use of Ji Qu].
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001: Ji Qu is not mentioned in the Dictionary of Ming Biography.
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:horse/ass garden
Dimensions:Diameter: 5.50 inches Height: 36.80 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain vase with underglaze blue decoration. The neck of this vase is flanged to accommodate a cover which is now missing. It swells at the shoulder and narrows at the waist before flaring at the foot. It has a stepped foot, broad foot ring and unglazed base. The vase is painted in a range of cloudy blue tones. Four seated scholars are depicted, arranged in two groups, in a garden setting. In one scene a bearded man, wearing a tall hat and loose robes, holds an open fan aloft in his right hand while at his side a younger man is painting a prunus branch on to a hand scroll. Beside them are the accoutrements of scholarship and taste – books, antiquities and a vase containing a branch of coral. The next scene shows a man, wearing a winged hat, talking with another seated at a desk with a pile of the same scholarly paraphernalia. A crane symbolizing longevity separates the scenes. Around the foot is a broad border showing two magical horses flying over stylized waves and rocks. The neck is decorated with two panels reserved in white containing flower sprays, on a maze line ground and with a most unusual vertical inscription which reads ‘Ji Qu zhi yong’ [Bought for the use of Ji Qu].
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001: Ji Qu is not mentioned in the Dictionary of Ming Biography.
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