Meiping vase in celadon glaze, Longquan ware. Early Ming dynasty (1368-1450)-China Archive

Image Number: C1B001292N000000000PAB
Dynasty: Ming dynasty
Category: Ceramics
Function: Container
Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
Description:
Small mouth, round lip edge, short neck, round shoulder, long abdomen, upper and middle parts of abdomen are all equally wide and round, and the tibia begins to close down near the bottom; The middle part of the abdomen has obvious contact marks, and some parts lack glaze; Obvious spiral lines; The bottom edge shall be trimmed for a circle, and the inside shall be excavated as a circle foot; Flat bottom, incomplete glaze; The foot tip and the inner and outer walls are unglazed, the color of the body is gray, and the edges are vermilion brown. The whole body is green and heavy. Its shape is similar to that of the celadon plum vase unearthed from the tomb of Yu’s family (the 21st year of Hongwu’s reign, 1388), the wife of the Duke of Guo State in Qijiashan, Nanjing. The device is named Plum Bottle because of its small mouth and long body, but it is shorter than ordinary plum bottles in length width ratio. This kind of small mouth vase often appears in the tombs of the Ming Dynasty. In addition to the tomb of Yu, the shape of the white porcelain pot in Jingdezhen from the tomb of eunuch Jinying in the seventh year of Jingtai in Nanjing (1456) is similar.