明晚期 磁州窯白地褐彩大酒甕|Large wine jar

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late 16th century · Stoneware painted and inscribed in dark brown on white ground (Cizhou ware) · Asian Art

The inscription reads: Top line: 三六學仕攤[貪]盃懶[攬]去登瀛州[洲]，二四神仙醉後不知歸 洞府 Eighteen scholars, in the thrall of their [wine] cups, are too lazy to ascend Yingzhou [to serve as officials]. Eight immortals, once they are drunk, know not how to return to their grottoes. Bottom line: 紫府瓊漿，瑤池玉夜[液] Sweet wine of the Purple Abode, jade liquor of the Jasper Lake.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 16th century

Medium

Stoneware painted and inscribed in dark brown on white ground (Cizhou ware)

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Stanley Herzman, in memory of Adele Herzman, 1991