Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1643 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, moulded,
Subjects:child lotus musical instrument
Dimensions:Height: 10 centimetres Length: 7 centimetres
Description:
‘Blanc de Chine’ water dropper with transparent glaze. This ‘blanc de Chine’ water dropper is moulded as a small boy, holding the stem of a lotus bud and seated on a spouted drum. He is wearing a baby’s bib and has a single tuft of hair on top of his head. The drum has a ring of bosses at the top and bottom and the dropper has a flat base.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:This was one of only three ‘blanc de Chine’ water droppers to be recovered from the Hatcher shipwreck (see BM 1984.0303.11a-b) and sold at the four Christie’s sales. Another was in the form of a green-glazed reticulated peach and another moulded as a dignitary. The scarcity of comparable pieces suggests that the water dropper was either a sample or perhaps belonged to one of the crew. The appearance of the child has an archaistic resonance, evoking the children portrayed on Song dynasty textiles, ceramics and silver ware. The dropper is filled with water through the spout and could then be used to add water to solid ink sticks to mix black ink for calligraphy and brush painting.
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, moulded,
Subjects:child lotus musical instrument
Dimensions:Height: 10 centimetres Length: 7 centimetres
Description:
‘Blanc de Chine’ water dropper with transparent glaze. This ‘blanc de Chine’ water dropper is moulded as a small boy, holding the stem of a lotus bud and seated on a spouted drum. He is wearing a baby’s bib and has a single tuft of hair on top of his head. The drum has a ring of bosses at the top and bottom and the dropper has a flat base.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:This was one of only three ‘blanc de Chine’ water droppers to be recovered from the Hatcher shipwreck (see BM 1984.0303.11a-b) and sold at the four Christie’s sales. Another was in the form of a green-glazed reticulated peach and another moulded as a dignitary. The scarcity of comparable pieces suggests that the water dropper was either a sample or perhaps belonged to one of the crew. The appearance of the child has an archaistic resonance, evoking the children portrayed on Song dynasty textiles, ceramics and silver ware. The dropper is filled with water through the spout and could then be used to add water to solid ink sticks to mix black ink for calligraphy and brush painting.
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