Email From Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, southern China, Ming dynasty, Hongwu period, 14th century Large underglaze-painted jar, 14th century, Ming dynasty, Hongwu period, Jingdezhen, 67.2 cm tall, Jiangxi province, southern China © Trustees of the British Museum Chinese porcelain decoration: underglaze blue and red Though Chinese potters developed underglaze red decoration during the Yuan dynasty (1279-1368 C.E.), pottery […]
Monthly Archives: August 2018
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The Yuan dynasty (1271–1368) was a transitional age in the development of Chinese porcelain. As the Mongols invaded from the north, many potters fled south, contributing to the expansion of southern kilns. During this period, Jingdezhen (景德鎮) in Jiangxi Province became the center of porcelain production for the entire empire. Most representative of Yuan dynasty […]
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Blue and White Barbed Rim Dish, Yuan Dynasty, 14th Century, sought by the St. Louis Art Museum and purchased last month by London art dealer Guiseppe Eskanazi for $4.2 million ST. LOUIS • Curators at the St. Louis Art Museum had their hearts set on a 650-year-old porcelain dish from China’s Yuan Dynasty. They inspected its hand-painted, hair-thin […]
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An exceptionally rare and important blue and white jar, Guan Yuan Dynasty, mid 14th century. 13 in. (33 cm.) diam. LONDON, ENGLAND.- Christie’s sold the most expensive Asian Work of Art ever today when an exceptionally rare and important blue and white jar, Yuan Dynasty, 14th century, realized £15,688,000 /$27,679,100 / €22,731,912. After a fierce bidding […]
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::__IHACKLOG_REMOTE_IMAGE_AUTODOWN_BLOCK__::0 Magnificent Blue And White ‘Peony’ Jar, Guan, Yuan Dynasty, Mid 14th Century (est. £400,000-600,000). Sold for: £2.6 million/$4.1 million. Photo: Sotheby’s. LONDON.- This morning at Sotheby’s London a rare and magnificent Yuan Dynasty Blue and White ‘Peony’ Jar, Guan sold for the exceptional sum of £2.6 million/$4.1 million, more than six times pre-sale expectations (estimate: £400,000-600,000), in […]
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A rare blue and white jar, guan, Yuan Dynasty, early to mid 14th century The wide-shouldered baluster body tapering to the foot, freely painted in a spacious composition with a wide register of a single undulating stem bearing lobed leaves and six peony blossoms seen from the front, sides and back, the shoulders painted with a […]
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YUAN DYNASTY BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE VASE Yunnan Province, Southwest China, Yuan Dynasty, 14th Century
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Of pear or bottle vase form, the Yunnan-ware blue and white yuhuchunping, with slender neck and trumpet mouth, having a grainy glaze and blue-black underglaze painting with classical horizontal divisions, featuring floral panels and stiff palmette leaves to the neck Condition: well done invisible repair to rim Note: The production of blue and white decoration on […]
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Further information: Jingdezhen ware The true development of blue and white ware in China started with the first half of the 14th century, when it progressively replaced the century-long tradition of bluish-white ware, or Qingbai. The main production center was in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province. Blue and white ware also began making its appareance in Japan, where it was known […]