Period:Ming dynasty Production date:16thC-17thC
Materials:porcelain
Technique:underglazed, wucai,
Dimensions:Height: 130 millimetres Width: 153 millimetres Depth: 111 millimetres
Description:
Porcelain wine vessel in form of a pair of mandarin ducks, with female’s head lying flat behind that of the drake. Decorated in wucai style with underglaze blue and overglaze green, red and yellow enamels. Water weeds and lotus leaves below the wings. In centre of female’s back, a low neck with lid in form of a lotus seed pod. Spout formed by drake’s beak. Base unglazed.
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Comments:Published PDF date : Ming 16th century Room 95 label text:PDF A761Wucai wine ewer in the form of paired Mandarin ducksPotters decorated this wine ewer in a twice-fired technique called 五彩 (wucai ‘five colours’) composed of underglaze blue and overglaze red, yellow, and green. The duck’s head lies flat behind the drake’s head. In the centre of the duck’s back is a cover in the form of a lotus seed pod. The spout is formed by the drake’s beak. Pairs of mandarin ducks are an emblem of marital bliss.Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue and overglaze wucai enamels Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province江西省, 景德鎮Ming dynasty, Wanli period, AD 1573–1620 PDF A761五彩鴛鴦酒壺酒壺為成對鴛鴦形，陶工用二次燒成的五彩技術裝飾，包括第一次的釉下青花及第二次的釉上紅、黃、綠彩。雌鴨頭部平倚在雄鴨頭部之後，其背部中心為蓮蓬形壺蓋。雄鴨喙部為壺流。鴛鴦成雙象征婚姻美滿。瓷器，青花，釉上五彩江西省景德鎮明代，萬歷，1573–1620年
Materials:porcelain
Technique:underglazed, wucai,
Dimensions:Height: 130 millimetres Width: 153 millimetres Depth: 111 millimetres
Description:
Porcelain wine vessel in form of a pair of mandarin ducks, with female’s head lying flat behind that of the drake. Decorated in wucai style with underglaze blue and overglaze green, red and yellow enamels. Water weeds and lotus leaves below the wings. In centre of female’s back, a low neck with lid in form of a lotus seed pod. Spout formed by drake’s beak. Base unglazed.
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Comments:Published PDF date : Ming 16th century Room 95 label text:PDF A761Wucai wine ewer in the form of paired Mandarin ducksPotters decorated this wine ewer in a twice-fired technique called 五彩 (wucai ‘five colours’) composed of underglaze blue and overglaze red, yellow, and green. The duck’s head lies flat behind the drake’s head. In the centre of the duck’s back is a cover in the form of a lotus seed pod. The spout is formed by the drake’s beak. Pairs of mandarin ducks are an emblem of marital bliss.Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue and overglaze wucai enamels Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province江西省, 景德鎮Ming dynasty, Wanli period, AD 1573–1620 PDF A761五彩鴛鴦酒壺酒壺為成對鴛鴦形，陶工用二次燒成的五彩技術裝飾，包括第一次的釉下青花及第二次的釉上紅、黃、綠彩。雌鴨頭部平倚在雄鴨頭部之後，其背部中心為蓮蓬形壺蓋。雄鴨喙部為壺流。鴛鴦成雙象征婚姻美滿。瓷器，青花，釉上五彩江西省景德鎮明代，萬歷，1573–1620年
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