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- Permanent Link:
- http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA005704/00001
Notes
- Scope and Content:
- This small but generously proportioned globular jar from the later years of the Chenghua reign is decorated in underglaze blue outlines with brilliant overglaze washes of green, yellow, aubergine and red. A closely related piece is in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing. The eye-catching design playfully juxtaposes unusually shaped garden rocks with disproportionately large spring blossoms. The doucai ('contrasting colours') technique involved two firings: for the first, the cobalt outlines of the design were drawn and the entire surface covered with a colourless glaze; for the second, at a lower temperature, the outlines were filled with lead-fluxed overglaze enamels. The combination was perfected at the Jingdezhen Imperial kilns during the reign of the Chenghua emperor, whose six-character reign mark is inscribed in underglaze blue on the foot. (Text by John T Carpenter and Yoshiko Yasumura, from the exhibition catalogue: Objects of instruction : treasures of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Anna Contadini, Editor. London : SOAS, University of London, 2007.)
- Donation:
- Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art (PDF 797)
- Funding:
- The 'Objects of instruction : the treasures of SOAS' exhibition was funded through a generous gift from the Foyle Foundation and with the support of the Arts & Humanities Research Council.
- Citation/Reference:
- Cited in: Objects of instruction : treasures of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Anna Contadini, Editor. London : SOAS, University of London, 2007. Listed as object number 15.
- Acquisition:
- This item is now held by the British Museum.
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- British Museum
- Rights Management:
- All applicable rights reserved by the source institution and holding location.
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