元 景德鎮窯青花瓷折枝花紋八稜瓶|Faceted vase with flowers
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mid-14th century · Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue (Jingdezhen ware) · Asian Art
Inspired by Islamic color aesthetics, Chinese blue-and-white porcelains made in the fourteenth century also unmistakably evoke the form of bronze vases. In contrast to the fluid profile and subtle monochrome glaze of Song ceramics, this vase features an octagonal cross section that is modeled after polygonal bronze vases. Potters divided the surface into registers and painted them with various images, such as triangular leaflike motifs, vines and flowers, and stylized lotus petals.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- mid-14th century
- Medium
- Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue (Jingdezhen ware)
- Culture
- China
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit line
- Gift of Stanley Herzman, in memory of Adele Herzman, 1991
