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Ming Blue Monochrome Fahua Lotus double gourd vase - 15th - 17th Century Chinese Porcelain
Ming Blue Monochrome Fahua Lotus double gourd vase - 15th - 17th Century Chinese Porcelain
Ming Blue Monochrome Fahua Lotus double gourd vase - 15th - 17th Century Chinese Porcelain
Ming Blue Monochrome Fahua Lotus double gourd vase - 15th - 17th Century Chinese Porcelain
Ming Blue Monochrome Fahua Lotus double gourd vase - 15th - 17th Century Chinese Porcelain
Ming Blue Monochrome Fahua Lotus double gourd vase - 15th - 17th Century Chinese Porcelain
Ming Blue Monochrome Fahua Lotus double gourd vase - 15th - 17th Century Chinese Porcelain
Ming Blue Monochrome Fahua Lotus double gourd vase - 15th - 17th Century Chinese Porcelain
Ming Blue Monochrome Fahua Lotus double gourd vase - 15th - 17th Century Chinese Porcelain
Ming Blue Monochrome Fahua Lotus double gourd vase - 15th - 17th Century Chinese Porcelain
Ming Blue Monochrome Fahua Lotus double gourd vase - 15th - 17th Century Chinese Porcelain
Ming Blue Monochrome Fahua Lotus double gourd vase - 15th - 17th Century Chinese Porcelain
Ming Blue Monochrome Fahua Lotus double gourd vase - 15th - 17th Century Chinese Porcelain
Ming Blue Monochrome Fahua Lotus double gourd vase - 15th - 17th Century Chinese Porcelain
Ming Blue Monochrome Fahua Lotus double gourd vase - 15th - 17th Century Chinese Porcelain
Ming Blue Monochrome Fahua Lotus double gourd vase - 15th - 17th Century Chinese Porcelain
Ming Blue Monochrome Fahua Lotus double gourd vase - 15th - 17th Century Chinese Porcelain
Ming Blue Monochrome Fahua Lotus double gourd vase - 15th - 17th Century Chinese Porcelain
Ming Blue Monochrome Fahua Lotus double gourd vase - 15th - 17th Century Chinese Porcelain
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Ming Blue Monochrome Fahua Lotus double gourd vase - 15th - 17th Century Chinese Porcelain

$1,300.00 $1,500.00

 

Ming Blue Monochrome Fahua Lotus double gourd vase 

- Ming Dynasty 15th - 17th Century Chinese Porcelain

This double gourd  vase is finely potted and delicately decorated on the exterior using locally sourced cobalt blue pigment  with four Indian lotuses borne on an undulating stem. From the soft and elegant tone of the underglaze blue, the fluid and confident outlines of the design, to the thick and unctuous transparent glaze. 

The motif of Indian lotuses was reserved exclusively for the use of the Ming imperial court. According to an entry listed under the heading chaofu, ‘court attire’ in the section of guanfu ‘headdresses in Ming huidian (The Code of the Great Ming Dynasty), “In the 2nd year of the Tianshun reign (1458), an imperial decree was issued forbidding the use of mang dragons and Indian lotuses on attires of the officials and civilians.” In the 1620 edition of Libu zhigao (Drafted Monograph of the Board of Rites) , an entry dated to the 16th year of the Hongwu reign records the restriction in the use of Indian lotus to members of the imperial court, while another entry dated to the 2nd year of the Chenghua reign (1466) forbids officials and civilians from wearing colours and designs that are beyond their social statuses.

 

Height = 21.5cm / 8.5 inches


Condition: Two minor small firing crack on the top lip. Please check photos