Detail View: National Palace English: A yellow jar with beast-handles
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Work ID:
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M01A00201
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Title:
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A yellow jar with beast-handles
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Creation Date:
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Qian-long reign, Qing Dynasty
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Start Year Date:
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A.D.1736
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End Year Date:
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A.D.1795
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Dynasty:
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67 Qian-long reign (A.D. 1736~1795)
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Kiln:
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Qian-long ware
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Creation Place:
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China
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Measurements:
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Height: 28.3 cm
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Material:
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Porcelain
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Form:
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Guan (jar)
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Type:
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Ceramics
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Repository:
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The National Palace Museum, Taipei
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Description:
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This vase has a broad mouth, top-heavy body tapering downward, and a flat and somewhat countersunk base. The vessel is plain, and the only decoration is two handles in the form of a beast on the shoulder. It is the so-called "zun" among Qing ritual vessels. The calf-like handles are called "xier". In Qing rituals, yellow porcelain zun is used to hold wine for the altars of the Earth god, agriculture god, and silk god, and it follows the Zhou Li tradition of using yellow to represent the god of the great Earth.The gleaming yellow of this vessel shows tiny air bubbles in the base, where the reign mark, "made in the Qianlong period of Great Qing," is inscribed in seal script. In the Qing Dynasty, yellow was an imperial color. Even misfired vessels with such color were forbidden to be sold on markets.
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ImageV ID:
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M01A00201AS001
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Rights:
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Lee & Lee Communications
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