Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1403-1424
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:lotus
Dimensions:Height: 31.40 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain yuhuchun bottle decorated in underglaze blue. This heavily potted pear-shaped yuhuchun bottle has an out-turned rim and stands on a spreading foot ring. It is decorated beneath the glaze in cobalt blue with a flower scroll around the body, possibly of camellias, and with two bands of formal lotus scroll separated by a band of lotus petals around the neck. The shoulder and area above the foot are painted with a band of pendant flowers. The foot is ornamented with key-fret.
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![图片[1]-yuhuchun ping BM-1947-0712.198-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00262379_001.jpg)
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Such yuhuchun bottles were made at the imperial factory at Jingdezhen. In 1994 comparable examples of the same form but with a different decorative arrangement were excavated in the Yongle strata at Dongmentou, Zhushan. As with BM 1947.0712.239b, another yuhuchun bottle of identical form and design is in the Shah Abbas collection at the Ardebil shrine, Iran. It is possible that such decorative bottles served as luxury presentation containers for alcoholic beverages. Wine was widely used as a gift among the Chinese elite in the Ming era.
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:lotus
Dimensions:Height: 31.40 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain yuhuchun bottle decorated in underglaze blue. This heavily potted pear-shaped yuhuchun bottle has an out-turned rim and stands on a spreading foot ring. It is decorated beneath the glaze in cobalt blue with a flower scroll around the body, possibly of camellias, and with two bands of formal lotus scroll separated by a band of lotus petals around the neck. The shoulder and area above the foot are painted with a band of pendant flowers. The foot is ornamented with key-fret.
IMG
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Such yuhuchun bottles were made at the imperial factory at Jingdezhen. In 1994 comparable examples of the same form but with a different decorative arrangement were excavated in the Yongle strata at Dongmentou, Zhushan. As with BM 1947.0712.239b, another yuhuchun bottle of identical form and design is in the Shah Abbas collection at the Ardebil shrine, Iran. It is possible that such decorative bottles served as luxury presentation containers for alcoholic beverages. Wine was widely used as a gift among the Chinese elite in the Ming era.
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