Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1488-1522 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:applied, incised, fahua,
Subjects:deity musician tree/bush immortal
Dimensions:Height: 43.50 centimetres (with cover)
Description:
Porcelain wine jar and cover with incised and ‘fahua’-type decoration. This heavily potted globular porcelain wine jar has a short neck with a rolled lip, rounded shoulders and a flared foot. Its domed overhanging cover is surmounted by a figure of a cross-eyed old man with a beard and a huge pot belly. He may be the poet Li Bai, who is associated with excessive drinking. Two flowering and budding branches, made from thinly cut and applied sections of clay with incised details such as the veining of the leaves and petals, are applied to the cover. Illustrated around the jar is the popular legend of the Eight Daoist Immortals’ visit to Shoulao, the stellar god of longevity. Shoulao is identified by his extended bald cranium, long beard, accompanying deer and crane. His status as a god is indicated by the aura that surrounds his head, the three-legged incense burner, and the fact that he sits on a raised rock pedestal above the immortals who process in pairs towards him beneath pine motifs. The immortals first to reach Shoulaoare Li Tieguai, holding the elixir of immortality in a gourd and leaning on his iron crutch, and He Xiangu, carrying her magic lotus pod. Behind them are Zhongli Quan and Lu Dongbin with his demon-slaying sword. Then come the musicians Zhang Guolao, holding his drum and drumsticks, and Han Xiangzi, Paying his flute. Finally come Cao Guojiu, holding castanets, and Lan Caihe with a basket of flowers. ‘Ruyi’ cloud scrolls mark the end of the procession.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:’Fahua’ decoration of this kind is typical of the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries at Jingdezhen, with the ground divided into distinct conventional registers. A ‘ruyi’ collar around the neck contains the Eight Treasures of Buddhism – the wheel of the law, endless knot, paired fish, lidded jar, lotus, canopy, parasol, conch shell -all encircled by a lotus flower with streamers. There are large lappets around the base, alternating between those which are plain and those which contain inverted lotus motifs. Around the neck are ‘ruyi’ clouds and a band of lappets. The designs are outlined in raised clay and biscuit-fired areas such as the faces and hands of the figures are combined with areas coloured in the ‘fahua’ palette (turquoise, aubergine, yellow) and a rich blue background. Further details such as the bark of the tree are incised.
Materials:porcelain
Technique:applied, incised, fahua,
Subjects:deity musician tree/bush immortal
Dimensions:Height: 43.50 centimetres (with cover)
Description:
Porcelain wine jar and cover with incised and ‘fahua’-type decoration. This heavily potted globular porcelain wine jar has a short neck with a rolled lip, rounded shoulders and a flared foot. Its domed overhanging cover is surmounted by a figure of a cross-eyed old man with a beard and a huge pot belly. He may be the poet Li Bai, who is associated with excessive drinking. Two flowering and budding branches, made from thinly cut and applied sections of clay with incised details such as the veining of the leaves and petals, are applied to the cover. Illustrated around the jar is the popular legend of the Eight Daoist Immortals’ visit to Shoulao, the stellar god of longevity. Shoulao is identified by his extended bald cranium, long beard, accompanying deer and crane. His status as a god is indicated by the aura that surrounds his head, the three-legged incense burner, and the fact that he sits on a raised rock pedestal above the immortals who process in pairs towards him beneath pine motifs. The immortals first to reach Shoulaoare Li Tieguai, holding the elixir of immortality in a gourd and leaning on his iron crutch, and He Xiangu, carrying her magic lotus pod. Behind them are Zhongli Quan and Lu Dongbin with his demon-slaying sword. Then come the musicians Zhang Guolao, holding his drum and drumsticks, and Han Xiangzi, Paying his flute. Finally come Cao Guojiu, holding castanets, and Lan Caihe with a basket of flowers. ‘Ruyi’ cloud scrolls mark the end of the procession.
IMG
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:’Fahua’ decoration of this kind is typical of the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries at Jingdezhen, with the ground divided into distinct conventional registers. A ‘ruyi’ collar around the neck contains the Eight Treasures of Buddhism – the wheel of the law, endless knot, paired fish, lidded jar, lotus, canopy, parasol, conch shell -all encircled by a lotus flower with streamers. There are large lappets around the base, alternating between those which are plain and those which contain inverted lotus motifs. Around the neck are ‘ruyi’ clouds and a band of lappets. The designs are outlined in raised clay and biscuit-fired areas such as the faces and hands of the figures are combined with areas coloured in the ‘fahua’ palette (turquoise, aubergine, yellow) and a rich blue background. Further details such as the bark of the tree are incised.
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