FLASKA, porslin. Ming dynastin, Chenghua (1465-87).
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Rund med hög uppdragen hals, dekor i underglasyrblått av femkloade drakar bland lotusslingor. Höjd 48 cm.
Litteratur
Regina Krahl; The Emperors broken china. Reconstructing Chenghua porcelain. Sothebys 21 augusti - 22 september 1995. Compare lot 46.
Övrig information
Similar bottles with six character Chenghua reign mark in regular script inscribed horizontally on the ridge of the neck, have also been excavated at Zhushan. This one is unmarked but the five clawed dragons indicate imperial use.
Its shape is closely related to that of a 12th Century Korean celadon bottle decorated with whie flower sprays in the collection of the Museum of Oriental Ceramics in Osaka.
The Lichao Shilu documents (Veritable records of the Yi Dynasty) states that the Emperior is very fond of the gifts coming from Korea" and a Korean shape might have been used as a model for this bottle.