16 mars 2013

Jar and cover, China, 1670. Porcelain painted in underglaze blue, 48.0 x 34.0 cm. RCIN 1400. Royal Collection © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Provenance: Transferred from Hampton Court to Kensington Palace in September 1973.  A large blue and white porcelain jar and cover of bulbous form, with a short neck and low domed lid with knob; painted all over with formal lotus scrolls and with a petal border about the foot and a band of pendant leaves about neck. The cover is decorated with matching lotus scrolls.

Vase, China, 1650. Porcelain painted in underglaze blue, 42.8 x 21.2 cm. RCIN 1399. Royal Collection © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Provenance: Transferred from Hampton Court to Kensington Palace in September 1973. A tall trumpet-shaped blue and white porcelain vase with a flaring lip, painted with an official and five attendants carrying flags and gifts, introduced to a scholar; on the central area are four formalised rosettes separated by swastika and ‘wheel’ emblems, and below a pendant... [Lire la suite]

Vase, China, 1650. Porcelain painted in underglaze blue, 44.0 x 21.8 cm. RCIN 1398. Royal Collection © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Provenance: Transferred from Hampton Court to Kensington Palace in September 1973. A tall trumpet-shaped blue and white porcelain vase with a flaring lip and foot, painted with an official and attendants carrying banners and bearing gifts, met by a woman at the door of a house, with four quatrefoils below and a frieze of pendant leaves at base.

Tankard, cylindrical, with handle. China, 1645. Porcelain painted in underglaze blue, 20.5 cm. RCIN 1060. Royal Collection © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Painted with a design of a horseman wearing a strangely shaped hat with a long feather. He holds aloft on a support a flaming jewel. A man with a banner is in front and crenellated walls behind.

Baluster vase, China, 1680. Porcelain painted in underglaze blue, 22.2 x 8.5 cm. RCIN 1056. Royal Collection © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Slender baluster vase with straight sides, a narrow neck, a cut mouth and a spreading foot. Painted round the body with leafy scroll with peony and hibiscus blooms, around the shoulder of the vase are borders of chevron pattern and scrollwork.

Vase, China, 1650. Porcelain painted in underglaze blue,19.0 x 10.5 cm. RCIN 1175. Royal Collection © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II A small baluster-shaped vase of porcelain, of slender ovoid form, the sides spreading gently at the foot and curving upwards to a broad mouth, with low-domed flat cover. Round the shoulder is an incised border of chevrons and at the foot a ring band. Painted in violet blue round the sides a flying duck descends towards its mate beside a growing lotus, with a water plant and an... [Lire la suite]

Vase, China, Ming dynasty. Porcelain painted in underglaze blue, 35.0 cm. RCIN 1401. Royal Collection © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II A long-necked, pear-shaped, blue and white porcelain vase, decorated on the neck with two tall stems of pinks in flower, the body depicting the 'Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove', a figurative scene from Chinese mythology.

Pair of ewers, China, Ming dynasty. Porcelain painted in underglaze blue. RCIN 1205. Royal Collection © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Pair of small globular porcelain ewers with short necks and round handles, slightly cupped mouth and spreading foot, a loop handle joining the neck and body. Painted in violet blue with figures in a landscape between petal panel borders below, a floral border on the shoulder and ‘tulip’ sprays on the neck. On No.1 a servant carries a tray towards a man seated on a terrace. On... [Lire la suite]

Pair of vases, China, 1665. Porcelain painted in underglaze blue. RCIN 1191. Royal Collection © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II A pair of 'gu' form vases with trumpet mouth, gently spreading foot and unglazed base, the mouth rim dressed with brown glaze. Painted in violet blue are a raised central band with rocks and flower sprays, with a pendant frieze of large pointed leaves, and above, a band with banana trees and rocks among which appear a large qilin and another goat-like mythical creature among flames,... [Lire la suite]

Pair of Rolwagen vases, China, 1660. Porcelain painted in underglaze blue. RCIN 1205. Royal Collection © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Pair of tall cylindrical vases, tapering slightly towards the base with a blue decoration of bamboos, flowers, birds hunting butterflies, one with bamboo and chrysanthemum, the other with a clump of waterplants.