Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen
This publication highlights some of the most important examples of eastern arts now in the western world
Jar
mark and reign of JiajingPorcelain painted in underglaze blue | 56.0 x 55.0 cm (whole object) | RCIN 1385
This time-worn piece is the earliest example of Ming blue-and-white porcelain surviving in the Collection, and is notable for its five-clawed imperial dragon decoration and for having the reign-mark inscribed, somewhat unusually for this type of jar, on the base rather than the shoulder.
The reign mark reads: 大明嘉靖年製
Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi ('Made in the reign of the Jiajing emperor of the Great Ming')
Text adapted from Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen: Volume I.
Creator(s)
Jingdezhen [Jiangxi Province, China] (place of production)
Chinese (nationality)
56.0 x 55.0 cm (whole object)