Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1436-1456
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:lotus
Dimensions:Height: 17.50 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain water sprinkler with underglaze blue decoration. This water sprinkler has a long narrow tapering neck, a squat eight-lobed body and a straight foot. It is painted in bright blue tones beneath a yellowish glaze. Painted around the body are three lotus flowers on a continuous scroll, with three inverted plantain leaves around the neck and a scrolling band around the mouth. The base is unglazed.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:In contrast to the pure-white-bodied porcelains with fine underglaze blue decoration fired for the court during the preceding Xuande era, this coarser water sprinkler was made at a ‘min yao’ [commercial kiln] in the Jingdezhen area for a less exalted clientele. Iron impurities in the glaze, dark cobalt blue and less refined clay are characteristic of private-kiln-fired porcelains.Initially derived from an Indian metal-work shape, this water sprinkler would have contained pure scented water which was used by a Buddhist priest to libate on to the ground, creating a sacred space for the Buddha. Rituals still exist today in which a priest sprinkles water in a circle and the inside space is believed to be the heavenly realm of Mount Meru where a Buddha exists.
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:lotus
Dimensions:Height: 17.50 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain water sprinkler with underglaze blue decoration. This water sprinkler has a long narrow tapering neck, a squat eight-lobed body and a straight foot. It is painted in bright blue tones beneath a yellowish glaze. Painted around the body are three lotus flowers on a continuous scroll, with three inverted plantain leaves around the neck and a scrolling band around the mouth. The base is unglazed.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:In contrast to the pure-white-bodied porcelains with fine underglaze blue decoration fired for the court during the preceding Xuande era, this coarser water sprinkler was made at a ‘min yao’ [commercial kiln] in the Jingdezhen area for a less exalted clientele. Iron impurities in the glaze, dark cobalt blue and less refined clay are characteristic of private-kiln-fired porcelains.Initially derived from an Indian metal-work shape, this water sprinkler would have contained pure scented water which was used by a Buddhist priest to libate on to the ground, creating a sacred space for the Buddha. Rituals still exist today in which a priest sprinkles water in a circle and the inside space is believed to be the heavenly realm of Mount Meru where a Buddha exists.
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