Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1628-1644 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, incised, underglazed,
Subjects:leaf peasant/villager landscape moon scholar servant/domestic worker
Dimensions:Diameter: 21.30 centimetres Height: 42.30 centimetres
Description:
‘Gu’-shaped porcelain vase with underglaze blue decoration. This tall ‘gu’-shaped vase flares out at the foot and mouth. It has an unglazed base which is slightly recessed in the centre. It is painted in shades of high ‘transitional’ vibrant blue with a night-time landscape populated by a well-dressed man pointing out the moon to a peasant who has dropped his fishing rod and has a drum strapped to his waist, accompanied by three others – a man leaning on a staff, another holding a branch and a third smaller figure. The lower figural panel shows a scholar seated at ease, approached by a servant carrying a gift or possibly a ‘qin’. Around the neck the vase is incised with a simple band of flower scroll, between the two figural panels with parallel lines and above the bottom panel of inverted leaves with waves.
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![图片[1]-vase BM-Franks.113-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00066274_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-vase BM-Franks.113-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00255245_001.jpg)
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:This beaker form with blue-and-white decoration was introduced to Jingdezhen in the late Ming period and does not occur before the reign of the last Ming emperor Chongzhen. Later in the Shunzhi era (1644-61) the shapes of such beakers became more elongated.
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, incised, underglazed,
Subjects:leaf peasant/villager landscape moon scholar servant/domestic worker
Dimensions:Diameter: 21.30 centimetres Height: 42.30 centimetres
Description:
‘Gu’-shaped porcelain vase with underglaze blue decoration. This tall ‘gu’-shaped vase flares out at the foot and mouth. It has an unglazed base which is slightly recessed in the centre. It is painted in shades of high ‘transitional’ vibrant blue with a night-time landscape populated by a well-dressed man pointing out the moon to a peasant who has dropped his fishing rod and has a drum strapped to his waist, accompanied by three others – a man leaning on a staff, another holding a branch and a third smaller figure. The lower figural panel shows a scholar seated at ease, approached by a servant carrying a gift or possibly a ‘qin’. Around the neck the vase is incised with a simple band of flower scroll, between the two figural panels with parallel lines and above the bottom panel of inverted leaves with waves.
IMG
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:This beaker form with blue-and-white decoration was introduced to Jingdezhen in the late Ming period and does not occur before the reign of the last Ming emperor Chongzhen. Later in the Shunzhi era (1644-61) the shapes of such beakers became more elongated.
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