Covered jar. Jiangxi province, China. Ming dynasty, Jiajing era, 1522-1566. Porcelain painted with underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze enamels (Jingdezhen ware). Asia Society collection [6112×6112] [OC]
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Covered jar. Jiangxi province, China. Ming dynasty, Jiajing era, 1522-1566. Porcelain painted with underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze enamels (Jingdezhen ware). Asia Society collection [6112×6112] [OC]
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[Covered Jar
China, Jiangxi Province
Ming dynasty, Jiajing reign mark and era, 1522-1566
Porcelain painted with underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze enamels (Jingdezhen ware)
Asia Society, New York: Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection, 1979.182a.b
Provenance: Bequest of John D. Rockefeller 3rd, New York, NY, in 1979; acquired from John Sparks, Ltd., London in 1963
An important innovation in the Jiajing era at the imperial kilns at Jingdezhen was “five-color” (wucai) decoration, a combination of underglaze blue and overglaze polychrome enamels, used here to create a dramatic depiction of gold carp darting among reeds. The shoulder of the vessel is decorated with a lotus-petal motif. The Chinese character for fish (yu) is a homophone for “abundance,” and the one for lotus (lian) is a homophone for “continuous”; the combination becomes a rebus to represent the phrase, “May you continuously have abundance year after year” (liannian youyu), and it also signifies career advancement, as in one leaping to success.]