Waterpot 釉裏紅加彩花紋水盂

Ceramics
China

Subject/design:

Floral design

Materials:

Porcelain

Technique:

 Painted in underglaze red and enamels

Date:

Qing dynasty (1644-1911), reign of Kangxi (1662-1722)

Size:

Diam. 13 cm

Place of origin:

China, Jiangxi, imperial kilns of Jingdezhen

Mark:

Mark of Kangxi (1662-1722) : : da Qing Kangxi nian zhi 大清康熙年製 is written in underglaze blue.

Description:

A broad-based circular vessel with sides curving to the shoulder and a broad, open mouth with gently-everted lip; neat, shallow foot. Painted on either side is a rose in underglaze red, the spiky stems and leaves outlined and veined in black and coloured in two tones of green enamel, and a seed-pod painted yellow.

Inventory number:

CB.CC.1935.537

Copyright:

Fondation Baur

Photographer:

Marian Gérard