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flower-pot
Object Type
flower-pot
Museum number
PDF.36
Description
Jun stoneware flower-pot with globular body, wide flaring neck and everted mouthrim. The flower-pot has greenish blue glaze. There is an inscription, and five round holes, on the base, which is unglazed.
Cultures/periods
Ming dynasty
Production date
1403-1435
Production place
Made in:
Yu Xian
Materials
stoneware
Ware
Jun Ware
Technique
glazed
Dimensions
Diameter:
123 millimetres
(base)
Diameter:
203 millimetres
(mouth)
Diameter:
205 millimetres
Height:
185 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Published PDF date : None recorded in the catalogue
Room 95 label text: PDF 36 Flower pot ‘Official’ Jun wares have been found at a kiln site near the Juntai terrace, inside the north gate of the administrative seat of Yuzhou prefecture (modern Yuxian). They were made in the early Ming period (about AD 1368 to 1435). They are also called ‘Numbered’ Jun because they bear Chinese numbers (from one to ten) incised on their bases. This flower pot has five holes in its base and is incised with the character六 liu , meaning six on its base. Stoneware body covered in blue glaze Official Jun ware官鈞窯 Juntai, Yuxian, Henan province 河南省, 禹縣, 鈞台 Ming dynasty, about AD 1368–1435
PDF36 渣鬥式花盆 鈞台位於禹州州治(原禹縣,今禹州市)北城門內,該處有窯址出土官鈞窯器物,其燒造時間為明代早期(約1368-1435年)。官鈞器也稱作帶數字鈞器,因其底部刻有中文數字(一到十)。此花盆底部有五個排水孔,並刻有數目字“六”。 炻胎,藍色釉 河南省禹縣(今禹州市)鈞台 官鈞窯 明代,約1368-1435年
Bibliographic references
Pierson 1999 / Illustrated catalogue of Ru, Guan, Jun, Guangdong and Yixing wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(p.31, no.36)
Yorke Hardy 1953 / Tung, Ju, Kuan, Chun, Kuang-tung & Glazed I-hsing Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(p.11, no.36, pl.IV)
Hobson 1934 / A Catalogue of Chinese Pottery and Porcelain in the Collection of Sir Percival David Bt., F.S.A.
(p. 66, pl. LXV)
Medley 1975 / Volume 7: Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(Monochrome pl. 83)
Location
On display
(G95/dc14/sh9)
Department
Asia
Registration number
PDF.36