EditorialLarge porcelain pot, porcelain, underglazed decoration, Total: Height: 33.30 cm, Ceramics, Flower ornaments, meander, yongle, The painting in cobalt blue under the glaze established the fame of Chinese porcelain of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). The pro...
EditorialPlate Dish with grapevines and floral scrolls, Porcelain dish, painted in underglaze blue. On the shelf a grape vine. The wall with a continuous flow of flowers and the edge with a band with swirling waves. The back wall with a flower vine. Ming porcel...
EditorialSmall dish with incised 'shou' symbol, Porcelain dish covered with a translucent white glaze. On the shelf the incised 'shou' symbol, long life, in a medallion. Ming porcelain., anonymous, China, c. 1368 - c. 1500, Ming-dynasty (1368-1644) / Hongwu-per...
EditorialPlate Dish with grapevines and floral scrolls, Porcelain dish, painted in underglaze blue. On the shelf a grape vine. The wall with a continuous flow of flowers and the edge with a band with swirling waves. The back wall with a flower vine. Ming porcel...
EditorialBell-shaped bowl with a poem and a water landscape with a boat, Bell-shaped porcelain bowl on a thick foot ring, painted in underglaze blue. On the outside a compartment with a sailing boat in a river landscape. Three men are sitting on the deck at a t...
EditorialBowl with lotus scrolls and auspicious symbols, Porcelain bowl with a lobed edge, covered with a translucent white glaze and painted in white. The inner wall with lotus tendrils and the Eight Happiness symbols (wheel, infinite knot, shell, two fish, pa...
EditorialPlatter Dish with incised flower sprays and foliate scrolls, Stoneware dish covered with a green glaze. On the shelf a medallion with an incised flower branch. On the wall a band with fruit branches and a band with leaf vines. Celadaon (Longquan)., ano...
EditorialEwer with long curving spout, Pear-shaped ewer with flower scrolls, Pear-shaped jug made of porcelain, with a curved ear with a modeled curl on top and a long, curved spout, connected to the jug with a bridge. The body with a continuous peony, above a ...
EditorialSaucer dish with a flower spray in a medallion, Porcelain dish, painted in underglaze blue. On the shelf a stylized flower branch in a double medallion. The glaze is crackled, the bottom is unglazed. Found on Sulawesi. Blue White., anonymous, China, c....
Editorial??? ?????????, Box with garden scene, Ming dynasty (1368?1644), Yongle period (1403?24), 1403?1424, China, Carved red lacquer, H. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); Diam. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm), Lacquer, On the cover, two seated men relax on a veranda that overlooks a b...
EditorialEwer with floral scrolls and funghi in a panel decoration, Porcelain pot with a straight wall, slightly flared upwards, sloping shoulder and a cylindrical neck with a high ear and an angular spout. Painted in underglaze blue. The belly is divided into ...
EditorialOvoid vase with a white glaze, Porcelain vase with a printed, egg-shaped body, a flat, unglazed underside and a short neck, covered with a gray-white glaze. Ming porcelain., anonymous, China, c. 1400 - c. 1499, Ming-dynasty (1368-1644) / Jianwen-period...
EditorialBlue and White ?Floral? Dish, Ming dynasty (1368?1664), Yongle period (1403?1425), China, Porcelain painted in underglaze blue, H. 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.), diam. 40.5 cm (15 15/16 in.).
EditorialRitual Weapons, early 1400s. Sino-Tibetan, Derge School, Yongle period (1403-1427). Iron alloy with gold and silver inlay; overall: 40.4 cm (15 7/8 in.).
EditorialLotus-Seed Bowl with Petals and Arabesques, 1403-1424. China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Yongle period (1403-1424). Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration; diameter: 10.2 cm (4 in.); overall: 6 cm (2 3/8 in.).
EditorialMeiping Vase with Cloud Collars and Peony Sprays, 1403-1424. China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Yongle period (1403-1424). Porcelain with incised decoration and white glaze; diameter: 20.3 cm (8 in.); overall: 32.1 cm ...
EditorialGourd Flask with Floral Medallion, 1403-1424. China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Yongle period (1403-1424). Porcelain with incised decoration and whit glaze; overall: 28.1 x 20.4 cm (11 1/16 x 8 1/16 in.).
EditorialBowl with Dragons and Clouds, 1403-1424. China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Yongle period (1403-1424). Porcelain with molded and incised decoration and white glaze; diameter: 8.4 x 17.2 cm (3 5/16 x 6 3/4 in.); overall: 8 cm...
EditorialSeated Maitreya Buddha, c. 1400. Western Tibet, Yongle Period (1403-1424). Bronze; overall: 18.6 cm (7 5/16 in.); base: 12.2 cm (4 13/16 in.).
EditorialRitual Flaying Knife, c. 1407-1410. Sino-Tibetan, Derge School, Yongle period (1403-1427). Iron alloy with gold and silver inlay; overall: 17.4 cm (6 7/8 in.).
EditorialRitual Axe, c. 1407-1410. Sino-Tibetan, Derge School, Yongle period (1403-1427). Iron alloy with gold and silver inlay; overall: 40.4 cm (15 7/8 in.).
EditorialFire-Offering Ladle, Ming dynasty (1368?1644), Yongle period (1403?24), Eastern Tibet, Derge, for China, Iron inlaid with gold and silver, L. 31 1/4 in. (79.4 cm), Metalwork, This ladle and its companion were used to make offerings of fuel during a Hom...
Editorial? ?? ?????????, Sutra Box with Dragons amid Clouds, Ming dynasty (1368?1644), Yongle period (1403?24), China, Red lacquer with incised decoration inlaid with gold; damascened brass lock and key, H. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm); W. 5 in. (12.7 cm); L. 16 in. (40.6...
EditorialGiraffe with Two Keepers, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), China, Framed painting; ink and color on silk, Image: 53 3/4 x 33 1/2 in. (136.5 x 85.1 cm), Paintings, Unidentified Artist Chinese, 17th century or later, In 1414, a giraffe?a creature unknown in Chi...
Editorial??? ?????????, Box with garden scene, Ming dynasty (1368?1644), Yongle period (1403?24), 1403?1424, China, Carved red lacquer, H. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); Diam. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm), Lacquer, On the cover, two seated men relax on a veranda that overlooks a b...
EditorialFire-Offering Ladle, Ming dynasty (1368?1644), Yongle period (1403?24), Eastern Tibet, Derge, for China, Iron inlaid with gold and silver, L. 31 1/4 in. (79.4 cm), Metalwork, This ladle and its companion were used to make offerings of fuel during a Hom...
EditorialCup, Ming dynasty (1368?1644), Yongle period (1403?24), China, Porcelain, H. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); Diam. of rim 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm); Diam. of foot 1 9/16 in. (4 cm), Ceramics.
EditorialPorcelain bowl with image of Xiwangmu, Chinese, Ming dynasty, c1401-c1424. The scene on this bowl of the Yongle period shows Xiwangmu as she is usually portrayed in paintings, a beautiful woman in her garden, with her two maids, one holding a large fan...