Vase
1450-1500 (made)
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Vase of tall, slender ovoid shape spreading out of the foot, and with a shallow footring. The original neck is missing and has been replaced with a small cylindrical neck of later porcelain. Painted in red, green and yellow enamels with a band round the body containing a subject of three sages accompanied by a boy, who carries a wrapped scroll, in a landscape scene. Below are a frieze of ruyi pattern and a broader band of stiff leaves above the foot; and round the shoulder is a band of lotus scroll, with ruyi patterned frieze below the neck.
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Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels |
Brief description | Vase, porcelain painted in overglaze enamels, China (Jingdezhen), Ming dynasty, 1450-1500 |
Physical description | Vase of tall, slender ovoid shape spreading out of the foot, and with a shallow footring. The original neck is missing and has been replaced with a small cylindrical neck of later porcelain. Painted in red, green and yellow enamels with a band round the body containing a subject of three sages accompanied by a boy, who carries a wrapped scroll, in a landscape scene. Below are a frieze of ruyi pattern and a broader band of stiff leaves above the foot; and round the shoulder is a band of lotus scroll, with ruyi patterned frieze below the neck. |
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Credit line | Given from the collection of the late Surgeon-Captain J.A. Forrest, R.N. |
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Accession number | C.64-1954 |
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Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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