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Jar and lid, China, Ming dynasty, Hongzhi period (1488-1505). Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue. Height: 12.4cm. Bequeathed by F. E. Colthurst, C.40&A-1946. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Ovoid jar, with domed and knobbed lid. Recessed foot, unglazed beneath, where the paste shows pinkish discolouration. Painted on the lid, a row of radiating formal leaves, this repeated on the shoulder. Round the base, painted gadroons. Main frieze painted with human figures and landscapes.

Jar and cover, China, Ming dynasty, Hongzhi period (1488-1505). Porcelain painted in underground cobalt blue (Jingdezhen). Height: 12.4cm, Diameter: 9.2cm. Given by Sir Leigh Ashton, C.13&A-1923. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Jar and cover of porcelain, painted in underglaze blue. Globular with short neck and domed cover. Round the body, two sages in a landscape; above, a band of plantain-leaves.

Jar and lid, China, Ming dynasty, Hongzhi period (1488-1505). Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue. Height: 12.1cm, Diameter: 9.5cm. Given by Sir Leigh Ashton, C.926&A-1922. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Lidded jar of porcelain, pear-shaped, with domed cover, painted with scrolls and blue conical knob. Painted in underglaze blue on the sides with two clusters of peony flowers and foliage, on the shoulder with a border of radiating formal pointed leaves, and at the foot with a band of irregular vertical stroke.

Dish with floral and fruit design, Hongzhi mark and period (1488-1505), Jingdezhen kilns, south China. Porcelain painted in cobalt blue, the white ground filled with yellow enamel. Diameter: 26cm. Museum no. C.320-1921. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. In the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) Jingdezhen became the major ceramic-manufacturing centre. Imperial kilns were established to produce fine porcelain for the exclusive use of the emperors. The tradition of inscribing the emperor's reign title on the wares also started in the... [Lire la suite]

Dish, China, Ming dynasty, Hongzhi mark and period (1488-1505). Porcelain covered with yellow enamel, on the back with diamond-engraved Persian inscription. Diameter: 21.6cm. Museum no 551-1878. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Porcelain dish, covered with yellow enamel, except on the base. On the back, diamond-engraved inscription in Persian, Jahangir Shah-e Akbar Shah 1021 (1612-13 AD), meaning that it was owned by the Mughal emperor Jahangir, son of, and successor to, Akbar.

Dish made of porcelain with yellow glaze, China, Ming dynasty, Hongzhi mark and period, 1488-1505. Diameter: 21.6cm. Given by Miss Dorothy Bushell, FE.115-1975. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Dish of saucer-shaped with rounded sides rising at the rim; straight footring sloped on the outside. The dish is covered overglaze with a light yellow glaze, the base having a plain glaze.

Dish, Ming dynasty, Hongzhi period (1488-1505). Porcelain with dragon design incised and painted in green enamel (Jingdezhen). Diameter: 17.8cm. Museum no C.26-1953. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Dish of porcelain, saucer-shaped, with rounded sides and turned out lip, and tapering footring. Inside in the centre is incised a five-clawed scaly dragon among cloud scrolls, painted in green enamel and enclosed in a ring with another ring below the lip. The underside similarly shows two running dragons on a ground of delicately... [Lire la suite]

Dish, Ming dynasty, Hongzhi mark and period (1488-1505). Porcelain with dragon design incised under a clear glaze and painted in green (Jingdezhen). Height: 5.1cm, Diameter: 22.5cm. Museum no CIRC.60-1931. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.  

Lacquer Plate inlaid Mother-of-pearl, Qing Dynasty, 17th-18th Century, Nanjing Museum

Covered Jar (one of a pair), Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Kangxi Period (1662-1722). Porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration, 48.3 x 21 cm. Cover: 6.7 x 17.2 cm. The Alfred and Margaret Caspary Memorial Gift, 1955. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1955-50-112a,b.