Description: Five dynasties, 10th century
The ovoid vase carved with seven lotus leaves, the shoulder applied with four knobs below the cylindrical neck, the domed flower-form cover with branch finial, covered in a pale seagreen glaze suffused with a delicate crackle and pooling at the recesses, the glaze stopping short above the foot, revealing the burnt orange and cream buff.
H. 14.2 cm
Provenance:
- E. Pranger Oriental Arts (PAN Amsterdam 2004)
- Collection Drs. Koos de Jong, Amsterdam
Compare:
- [exhib.cat.] Inaugural Exhibition, Vol. 1. Chinese Ceramics, The Museum of East Asian Art, Bath 1993, no. 41, p. 79
- R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyingtang Collection, London 1994, Vol. 1, no. 319, p. 186
Note:
The shape of this elegant vase refers to Buddhism, of which the white lotus, rising from the muddy waters, is pre-eminently the symbol.