Meiping vase with incised design. of lotus sprays. Longquan ware. Early Ming Dynasty, 1368-1424.-China Archive

Image Number: K1B006483N000000000PAD
Dynasty: Ming dynasty
Category: Ceramics
Function: Container
Material: Mineral/ceramic/porcelain
Description:
The plum vase has a small mouth and a convex lip edge along the mouth. It has a short straight neck, a wide round shoulder, a long belly, and is inclined from below the shoulder to the bottom. It is slightly tilted near the bottom. The bottom is excavated as a circle foot, the foot edge is beveled, and the foot tip is unglazed, showing a vermilion color. The outer wall is decorated with flowers, the neck is decorated with flower and leaf patterns, the shoulder is decorated with ganoderma lucidum patterns, the main body of the abdomen is decorated with two groups of lotus patterns, and the long stem, double lotus flowers, lotus tents, and lotus leaves are tied at the bottom; The shin is used as a twig flower and a palindrome for one week respectively. The whole vessel has double hooks on the branches and vines, and the lotus is also made of double hooks; The main pattern on the abdomen is similar to the lotus pattern of Yongle blue and white flowers in Jingdezhen. The glaze of the whole vessel is uneven, the glaze juice on the abdomen is thick and thin, and there are many pieces of lines, and the decorative patterns are difficult to identify.