A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE JAR, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), Wanli Period (1572-1620)
Height: 11.5cm; 4 ½ ins
BG92
BG92
Further images
Of squat round form, finely potted, supported on a flat base, the rounded sides rising to an inverted aperture, decorated in shades of underglaze blue with fierce fo-lions among ribbons...
Of squat round form, finely potted, supported on a flat base, the rounded sides rising to an inverted aperture, decorated in shades of underglaze blue with fierce fo-lions among ribbons of flame, the base glazed.
Literature
The motif of lions is well known from early 15th century onwards in porcelain decoration, see for instance a jar Xuande mark and period in the Shanghai Museum, Shanghai, illustrated in Lu Minghua, Mingdai guanyao ciqi [Ming imperial porcelain], Shanghai, 2007, pl. 1-32; and a dish in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, included in the Museum's exhibition Ming Xuande ciqi tezhan mulu [Special exhibition of Xuande wares], Taipei, 1980, cat. no. 59.
