拍品 23
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A RARE MING YELLOW-GROUND IRON-RED-DECORATED ENAMEL JAR
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A RARE MING YELLOW-GROUND IRON-RED-DECORATED ENAMEL JAR

JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-66)

细节
A RARE MING YELLOW-GROUND IRON-RED-DECORATED ENAMEL JAR
Jiajing six-character mark and of the period (1522-66)
Enamelled in iron-red on a yellow ground to leave the designs in reserve, the black enamel outlining bunches of grapes with florets and leaves alternating with flowering branches, all between a border of panels with stylised scrolls around the base and a ruyi band around the shoulder, the short waisted neck with a yellow ring and a band of upright leaves
5½ in. (14 cm.) high, box
来源
Lord Cunliffe
出版
Soame Jenyns, Ming Porcelain and Pottery, London, 1953, pl. 90B.
注意事项
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拍品专文

The complex technique required to produce this kind of decoration meant that the piece had first to be fired either in the biscuit or with a normal porcelain glaze, then the yellow enamel was applied and the piece fired again. The overglaze iron red was then added to provide the ground for the reserved floral design, which thus appears in yellow on a red ground, and the vessel was fired a third time. It is hardly surprising that pieces decorated in this way are so rare.

A somewhat larger jar, decorated with dragons, using this technique is in the Ataka Collection, Osaka, illustrated in Sekai Toji Zenshu, vol. 14, Tokyo, 1976, no. 80.