Ritual vessel 藍釉金紋爵

Ceramics
China

Subject/design:

After the form of the archaic bronze jue

Materials:

Porcelain

Technique:

Blue glaze with relief and biscuit motifs decorated with gold

Date:

Ming dynasty (1368-1644),  reign of Jiajing (1522-1566)

Size:

Height 15 cm

Place of origin:

China, Jiangxi, imperial kilns of Jingdezhen

Mark:

Mark of Jiajing (1522-1566) : da Ming Jiajing nian zhi 大明嘉靖年製

Description:

After the form of the archaic bronze jue, helmet shaped, with two vertical knobbed posts rising from the rim, a side loop-handle, and three slender legs. Striding five-clawed dragons moulded in relief on either side dispute a flaming pearl; at the other end is a cloud motive. The designs, post finials and two ribs encircling the rim are left in unglazed biscuit and picked out in gilt, on a ground of deep violet-blue glaze. The six-character reign mark appears in moulded relief on the underside, picked out in gilt.

Inventory number:

CB.CC.1951.167

Copyright:

Fondation Baur

Photographer:

Marian Gérard