Covered meiping vase. Longquan ware. Early Ming Dynasty, 1368-1500.-China Archive

Image Number: K1B006484N000000000PAB
Dynasty: Ming dynasty
Category: Ceramics
Function: Container
Material: Mineral/ceramic/porcelain
Description:
Plum bottle, with closed mouth, round lip edge, oblique short neck, wide round shoulder, and slender body; The upper abdomen is extremely plump, wide and round, the lower abdomen is sharp, and the shin is stretched out again, forming a beautiful curve with large arc of contour sidelines. With a double bucket cover, the cover wall is oblique and straight, the cover surface with three steps of uplift, the top of the pearl, and the center of the cover is vermilion brown without glaze, and there are signs of ring mat burning support. The whole vessel is full of glaze, green and bright. Only the foot end has no glaze, but the glaze juice flows. The top color of the vessel mouth and lid is light, while the foot edge and lid edge have accumulated glaze. Plum bottle, commonly known as small mouth, wide shoulder, long body and thin bottom bottle, has been the form of wine bottle since the Tang and Song Dynasties. After the middle of the Ming Dynasty, it was often used to make soy sauce.