Period:Yuan dynasty Production date:1280-1368 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:incised, glazed,
Subjects:lotus
Dimensions:Diameter: 12.20 centimetres Height: 23.70 centimetres
Description:
Pear-shaped ‘yuhuchun’ bottle with incised decoration and ‘luanbai’ glaze. Typically made in four horizontal sections, this pear-shaped ‘yuhuchun’ bottle has an out-turned flat rim and stands on a thick flared foot ring. Beneath its matte opaque ‘luanbai’ glaze it is incised with two sketchily drawn lotus sprays around the belly, framed above and below by four incised horizontal rings. Inside the foot ring it is roughly glazed.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:A large ‘yuhuchun’ bottle is depicted together with lidded wine jars, ewers and wine cups in a mural showing scenes of daily life on the western wall of a Yuan tomb in Baoshan, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia. Wine was transferred from large vats into this type of bottle and then poured into small cups for consumption rather as we use glass decanters for wine today. Luanbai glazed bottles have been recovered from domestic contexts in China. For example, a similar Yuan bottle with a peony design was excavated in Jiangxi province. However, they were also exported to countries in east and south-east Asia. This example was found in Indonesia. One, with incised chrysanthemum sprays in place of the lotus design and with more ornate decoration around the neck, was recovered from the Sinan shipwreck of 1323. An almost identical bottle is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. As is the case with many porcelain forms, the shape of this bottle is also known from Yuan silver ware. A slightly larger silver bottle, measuring 28 cm in height, is in the Inner Mongolia Museum, Hohhot.The lotus has been associated with Buddhism since the introduction of that religion to China. For example, Buddha and other deities are frequently seated on a lotus throne. Yet it is mentioned in Chinese literature as early as the Zhou dynasty in the Book of Odes. The lotus symbolizes the perfect man as it grows in murky water but emerges with unsullied blooms despite its environment. It is also the symbol of summer in paintings of the four seasons. The lotus is believed to occur naturally in Asia from Iran to Japan and south as far as Australia.
Materials:porcelain
Technique:incised, glazed,
Subjects:lotus
Dimensions:Diameter: 12.20 centimetres Height: 23.70 centimetres
Description:
Pear-shaped ‘yuhuchun’ bottle with incised decoration and ‘luanbai’ glaze. Typically made in four horizontal sections, this pear-shaped ‘yuhuchun’ bottle has an out-turned flat rim and stands on a thick flared foot ring. Beneath its matte opaque ‘luanbai’ glaze it is incised with two sketchily drawn lotus sprays around the belly, framed above and below by four incised horizontal rings. Inside the foot ring it is roughly glazed.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:A large ‘yuhuchun’ bottle is depicted together with lidded wine jars, ewers and wine cups in a mural showing scenes of daily life on the western wall of a Yuan tomb in Baoshan, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia. Wine was transferred from large vats into this type of bottle and then poured into small cups for consumption rather as we use glass decanters for wine today. Luanbai glazed bottles have been recovered from domestic contexts in China. For example, a similar Yuan bottle with a peony design was excavated in Jiangxi province. However, they were also exported to countries in east and south-east Asia. This example was found in Indonesia. One, with incised chrysanthemum sprays in place of the lotus design and with more ornate decoration around the neck, was recovered from the Sinan shipwreck of 1323. An almost identical bottle is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. As is the case with many porcelain forms, the shape of this bottle is also known from Yuan silver ware. A slightly larger silver bottle, measuring 28 cm in height, is in the Inner Mongolia Museum, Hohhot.The lotus has been associated with Buddhism since the introduction of that religion to China. For example, Buddha and other deities are frequently seated on a lotus throne. Yet it is mentioned in Chinese literature as early as the Zhou dynasty in the Book of Odes. The lotus symbolizes the perfect man as it grows in murky water but emerges with unsullied blooms despite its environment. It is also the symbol of summer in paintings of the four seasons. The lotus is believed to occur naturally in Asia from Iran to Japan and south as far as Australia.
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