Chinese Ming dynasty wine ewer with lid

dc.contributor.other	Van Tilburg, J.A.
dc.date.accessioned	2016-07-06T14:57:17Z
dc.date.available	2016-07-06T14:57:17Z
dc.date.created	1573
dc.date.issued	2010
dc.description	This porcelain wine ewer with a curved spout and overhead handle is decorated in pale silvery underglaze blue with alternating panels of flowers and qilin and formal patterns round the neck and on the lid. The base is sunken, glazed and unmarked. A qilin is a fabulous creature which appears in various forms and is associated with the wish for sons. In Europe it is sometimes described as a unicorn. Similar wine ewers were recovered from the cargo of the Witte Leeuw, lost off St Helena in 1613.	en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorship	Ceramic 101	en_ZA
dc.format.extent	215 mm x 140 mm	en_ZA
dc.format.medium	Underglaze blue-and-white porcelain	en_ZA
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53921
dc.publisher	Department of the University of Pretoria Art	en_ZA
dc.relation.ispartofseries	UP-Art : paintings, drawings and sculptures	en_ZA
dc.relation.ispartofseries	D700265	en_ZA
dc.rights	Copyright of the electronic version, University of Pretoria.	en_ZA
dc.subject	wine ewer	en_ZA
dc.title	Chinese Ming dynasty wine ewer with lid	en_ZA
dc.type	Image	en_ZA