Blue flower arabesque design tube ear bottle Seika Karakusamon Kanjihei

Production period: Qing Dynasty, Qianlong years (1736-1795)
Kiln name: Jingdezhen Kiln
Number of members: 1
Dimensions (height x diameter x bottom diameter): 53.0 x 19.5 x 21.3cm
Inscription/Box writing: "Made in the Great Qing Qianlong era" inscription
Collection number: 2005-CC-IS026
Exhibition history: "10 Years of Passage: Senshu Garden 10th Anniversary Exhibition" Crescent House (Shiba Park, Tokyo) November 2006-11, 22; "Ibaraki Museum of Modern Art + University of Tsukuba Ishii Collection Exhibition" Ibaraki Prefectural Tsukuba Museum of Art October 23-2007, 10 cat. 5; "The Flower of Oriental Ceramics from the Ishii Collection, University of Tsukuba - Focusing on the Ming, Qing, Korean, and Arita" Ibaraki Prefectural Ceramic Art Museum April 28, 51- June 2011 cat. 4 “Manabia Terrace Opening Commemoration Exhibition from the Ishii Collection from the University of Tsukuba: Encountering Beauty: [Late Period] Encountering Ceramics”, Manabia Terrace [Higashine City Museum of Art], December 28, 6 – January 19 March 36th, cat. 2016.

Explanation:
Aoka is porcelain with patterns dyed with cobalt on a white background.Its production began during the Yuan Dynasty and reached its peak during the Yongle to Xuande years of the Ming Dynasty (1403-35). The Qing Dynasty, which ruled China in the 17th century, also used the Qinghua porcelain of the Ming Dynasty as a model, and from the 18th century onwards, many plates and pots were made that faithfully reproduced this technique at the official kiln in Jingdezhen.This work can be considered an example of this.A tube ear bottle is a bottle with two tubular handles (ears) on the neck.This work, which has strips of patterns such as arabesques and waves painted on a hard-fired, pure white base, is precise and brightly colored, and is a good example of the style of the Jingdezhen kilns in the 18th century.