Jar
ca. 1987 (dated)
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Waisted jar with wide inturned lip and flat base. Derived from a simple "pickle jar" form, but probably owing some influence to the forms of Japanese tea ceramics. Glazed inside and out, with a circle of glaze in the middle of the unglazed base inscribed with the mark 'Gong Xunming, Jingdezhen'. Both the mark and the exterior decoration are painted in flowing grey-blue cobalt, which has precipitated in dark patches in many places. The decoration, painted in a free style, is of leaves, peaches or cherries on a lattice ground.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in underglaze blue |
| Brief description | Jar, porcelain with decoration in underglaze blue; painted by Gong Xunming, China (Jingdezhen), ca. 1987 |
| Physical description | Waisted jar with wide inturned lip and flat base. Derived from a simple "pickle jar" form, but probably owing some influence to the forms of Japanese tea ceramics. Glazed inside and out, with a circle of glaze in the middle of the unglazed base inscribed with the mark 'Gong Xunming, Jingdezhen'. Both the mark and the exterior decoration are painted in flowing grey-blue cobalt, which has precipitated in dark patches in many places. The decoration, painted in a free style, is of leaves, peaches or cherries on a lattice ground. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Gong Xunming, Jingdezhen' inscribed in underglaze blue on the base |
| Credit line | Given by Mr Simon Kwan |
| Object history | Historical significance: A group of craftsmen are working to revive a hand-painted type of blue-and-white porcelain at the Ceramics Research Institute at Jingdezhen, by way of contrast with mass-produced ceramics from the State-run kilns. |
| Production | Register |
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| Bibliographic reference | Ceramics Research Insitute of Jiangxi Province, compiled. Modern Folk Ceramic Art. Jiangxi: Jiangxi Renmin Chubanshe, 1988, pp. 90, 91, 102, 103, 104, 105 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | FE.55-1990 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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