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拍品专文
A Xuande ovoid jar with floral sprays was exhibited in Tokyo in 1977 in the Exhibition of Far Eastern Blue and White Porcelain, no. 33. Ovoid jars with double floral sprays, like the current example are very rare, but double sprays appear on the sides of an octagonal candlestick which was excavated from the Xuande stratum at the Imperial Ming kilns at Jingdezhen in 1982. This candlestick, which is illustrated in Xuande Imperial Porcelain excavated at Jingdezhen, (Taipei, Chang Foundation, 1998), no. 25, shares with the current jar a horizontally written six-character Xuande mark.
Floral sprays on vessels of various forms began to be popular on blue and white porcelains in the Hongwu reign, as can be seen from the two bowls excavated from the Hongwu stratum at the Ming Imperial kiln site in 1994, illustrated in Imperial Hongwu and Yongle Porcelain excavated at Jingdezhen, (Taipei, Chang Foundation, 1996), nos. 11 and 12. The sprays became more naturalistic in the Yongle reign as shown by those in the lobed panels of the cavetto of a Yongle dish excavated from the Imperial kiln site in 1996, and illustrated in Jingdezhen chutu yuan ming guanyao ciqi, (Beijing, 1999), no. 76.
Double sprays both of fruit and flowers became a feature of undeglaze blue decorated porcelain in the Xuande reign. Double fruiting sprays appear on a Xuande bowl in the collection of the National Palace Museum, and illustrated in Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Selected Hsuan-te Imperial Porcelains of the Ming Dynasty, (Taipei 1998). The double fruiting sprays on this bowl, like the double floral sprays on the candlestick, share with those on the current jar the feature of a final stem which looks as it it has been torn, rather than cut, from the branch.
The distinctive and well-painted overlapping plantain band around the foot of the current vessel, as well as the elegant depiction of the petal band around the shoulder, are mirrored on a slightly wider Xuande jar with double sprays in the collection of the National Palace Museum and published in their catalogue Special Exhibition of Early Ming Porcelains, (Taipei, 1982), no. 17.
Floral sprays on vessels of various forms began to be popular on blue and white porcelains in the Hongwu reign, as can be seen from the two bowls excavated from the Hongwu stratum at the Ming Imperial kiln site in 1994, illustrated in Imperial Hongwu and Yongle Porcelain excavated at Jingdezhen, (Taipei, Chang Foundation, 1996), nos. 11 and 12. The sprays became more naturalistic in the Yongle reign as shown by those in the lobed panels of the cavetto of a Yongle dish excavated from the Imperial kiln site in 1996, and illustrated in Jingdezhen chutu yuan ming guanyao ciqi, (Beijing, 1999), no. 76.
Double sprays both of fruit and flowers became a feature of undeglaze blue decorated porcelain in the Xuande reign. Double fruiting sprays appear on a Xuande bowl in the collection of the National Palace Museum, and illustrated in Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Selected Hsuan-te Imperial Porcelains of the Ming Dynasty, (Taipei 1998). The double fruiting sprays on this bowl, like the double floral sprays on the candlestick, share with those on the current jar the feature of a final stem which looks as it it has been torn, rather than cut, from the branch.
The distinctive and well-painted overlapping plantain band around the foot of the current vessel, as well as the elegant depiction of the petal band around the shoulder, are mirrored on a slightly wider Xuande jar with double sprays in the collection of the National Palace Museum and published in their catalogue Special Exhibition of Early Ming Porcelains, (Taipei, 1982), no. 17.