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cup
Object Type
cup
Museum number
PDF.602
Description
Set of five porcelain cups with rounded sides and high, straight foot. There is a night scene of a boat drifting near a shrine on the banks of a river. The cups are inscribed and marked.
Cultures/periods
Ming dynasty
Tianqi
Production date
1621-1627
Production place
Made in:
Jingdezhen
Materials
porcelain
Technique
underglazed
Dimensions
Diameter:
66 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Published PDF date : Ming 17th century
Room 95 label text: PDF 602 Set of five cups with a night scene As demand for the court declined, Jingdezhen potters eagerly accepted orders from middle-class customers in China, as well as exporting wares to the Middle East, Europe and Japan. These cups are table wares which were made in sets of five for Japanese clients. The base has an apocryphal underglaze blue Chenghua reign mark. Each cup is painted with a night scene and with a seven-character inscription reading夜半籦聲到客船 (Yeban zhong sheng daoke chuan ‘At midnight the sound of the bell reaches the traveller's boat’]. Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue decoration Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮 Ming dynasty, Tianqi period, AD 1621–1627
PDF 602 夜景圖杯(一套五件) 隨著宮廷對瓷器需求的下降,景德鎮的陶工們既熱切接受來自中國中產階層消費者的訂單,也出口產品至中東、歐洲及日本。這一套五件的杯子即為日本客戶訂燒的餐具。器底署青花成化偽託年款。每只杯子都繪有夜景圖,並附一句七言詩文“夜半鐘聲到客船”(在午夜,旅客的船上聽到了鐘聲)。 瓷器,青花 江西省景德鎮 明代,天啟,1621-1627年
Bibliographic references
Pierson 2004 / Illustrated Catalogue of Underglaze Blue and Copper Red Decorated Porcelains in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(p.22, no.602)
Medley 1976 / Illustrated Catalogue of Underglaze Blue and Copper Red Decorated Porcelains
(p.15, no.602, pl.I)
Hobson 1934 / A Catalogue of Chinese Pottery and Porcelain in the Collection of Sir Percival David Bt., F.S.A.
(p. 142, pl. CXLI(d))
Location
On display
(G95/dc23/sh4)
Department
Asia
Registration number
PDF.602