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18 mai 2012
Water pot in the shape of an elephant. Ming dynasty, about AD 1600–1644.
Water pot in the shape of an elephant. Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue and overglaze red enamel. Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮. Ming dynasty, about AD 1600–1644. Height: 58 millimetres - Diameter: 83 millimetres. On loan from Sir Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art. Registration number: PDF,A.707. © Trustees of the British Museum
Porcelain water-pot in form of recumbent elephant, with opening in the centre of the back. Underglaze blue saddle cloth striped with overglaze red enamel.
The elephant’s saddle is decorated in overglaze red enamel while other details are added in underglaze blue.
Bibliographic reference: - Medley, Margaret, Illustrated Catalogue of Ming Polychrome Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, London, University of London, Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, School of Oriental and African Studies, 1978
- Feng, Rebecca, Illustrated Catalogue of Ming and Ming Style Polychrome Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, London, University of London, Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, School of Oriental and African Studies, 2006
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