Chinese Qing dynasty polychrome Ling-lung bottle vase

dc.contributor.other	Van Tilburg, J.A.
dc.date.accessioned	2016-07-07T06:43:56Z
dc.date.available	2016-07-07T06:43:56Z
dc.date.created	1735
dc.date.issued	2010
dc.description	This polychrome porcelain Ling-lung bottle vase is decorated with t’ao-t’ie masks and bats on a fine openwork background of stylised clouds beneath a leaf pattern around the neck and ruyi pattern on the shoulder, all in aubergine, green, black and yellow. It has a fret pattern around the mouth and a pointed border around the base. The base is sunken, glazed and marked with six engraved Kangxi character marks. This type of vessel was considered to be Devil’s work or Ling-lung because the sides were perforated and pierced, but the vessel did not leak the fluids that were put into it. This vase is an example of the San-ts’ai glazing technique also known as fa-hua. The porcelain is fired first without glaze to a porcelain temperature and it is then decorated with enamel colours and fired again at a much lower temperature, the colours being separated from each other either by incised lines or by small, carefully applied threads of slip, as in the case of this vase.	en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorship	Ceramic 101	en_ZA
dc.format.extent	320 mm x 220 mm	en_ZA
dc.format.medium	Overglaze enamelled porcelain	en_ZA
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53985
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	D707976	en_ZA
dc.rights	Copyright of the electronic version, University of Pretoria.	en_ZA
dc.subject	Ling-lung bottle vase	en_ZA
dc.title	Chinese Qing dynasty polychrome Ling-lung bottle vase	en_ZA
dc.type	Image	en_ZA