Physical description
Jar of rectangular section with angled corners, the sides rising from the base, spreading gently and then curving in at the shoulder, with straight neck and reinforced lip of the same section. Painted in greyish blue with on three sides a design of cranes among lotus plants and on the fourth, two phoenixes among lotus, the angles with lotus plants; with louts panels round the foot, ruyi heads border on the shoulder and key-fret on the neck.
Place of Origin
China (made)
Date
1506-1521 (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown
Materials and Techniques
Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue
Marks and inscriptions
'Xuande nian zao' in a rectangular cartouche on the base
Dimensions
Height: 11.7 cm, Width: 10.5 cm
Object history note
Previously in the Alfred Clark Collection.
Descriptive line
Jar, porcelain painted in underglaze blue with phoenix, crane and lotus design; China, Ming dynasty, Zhengde period (with Xuande mark)
Production Note
label
Materials
Porcelain; Cobalt oxide
Techniques
Painted; Glazed
Subjects depicted
Phoenix birds; Frets (patterns); Cranes (birds); Lotus flowers; Ruyi
Categories
Ceramics; Porcelain; Containers
Collection
East Asia Collection