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Condition: A crack in the bottom.
H: 20 cm
Exact dimensions:
Top rim: 7,5 cm diameter
Neck: 6,5 cm diameter
Widest point: 16,5 cm diameter
Base: 10,5 cm diameterPossibly imperial, most likely made at the official kilns in Jingdezhen.
Provenance: A Dutch private collection
The
Ge kilns have always been a mystery in the history of ceramics.
Although authentic Ge porcelain wares are on display in the Beijing
Palace Museum, Shanghai Museum and the Palace Museum of Taipei and so
on, there is no surviving documentation from the Song dynasty, nor had
any kiln sites ever been identified.
From existing Ge ware, we
see all kinds of stoves, vases and dishes, including tripod cauldrons,
cauldrons with fish-shaped handles, cauldron with glazed feet and double
handles, cylindrical vases, thin-necked urns, bet bodied plates and so
on, mostly imitating the design of ritualistic bronze ware, usually
intended for court use. Thus it had common elements with Ru and Imperial
kilns but was very different from porcelain for the common people.
The
most distinguished feature of Ge porcelain ware would be its crackling
patterns. The surface of the glaze displays natural patterns such as
ice-crackles, fine crackles, or fish egg crackles and so forth. The
areas enclosed within the cracks can vary from the size of large chunks
of ice to speckles as small as fish eggs. The actual crackle lines also
vary in width and can be filled in with different colors such as black,
gold or red. This effect is sometimes referred to as “gold and iron
threads”. The crackling in the glaze is caused by differences in the
degree of expansion of various parts of the glaze. This was originally
an imperfection in technology, but was taken advantage of by porcelain
artisans and made into added aesthetic element.
The vase bears
an inscription: "Feng Yue Fei", freely translated as "Respectfully
presented to the imperial concubine". Imperial Concubines made up the
fifth and last limited rank in the imperial harem, which was composed of
just four women. The first four were the Empress (only one in the
harem), the Imperial Noble Consort (only one in the harem), the Noble
Consort (only two in the harem), the Consorts (only four in the harem).