Jar

China

Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

  • Titles Jar (Descriptive)
  • Artist China
  • Medium porcelain
  • Dimensions Overall: 3 3/8 x 2 3/4 in. (8.6 x 7 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Dr. Robert Rosser, 1977.223
  • Work Type jar
  • Classification Containers

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from “Chapter on Filial Sons” Illustrated Stories Exemplifying the Five Confucian Virtues (Oryun Haengsildo) One of eight unmounted screen panel paintings with scenes of filial piety. Originally intended to be mounted as a folding screen.
Small print of autumn grasses.
A fish pattern, the pervasive theme of this oval tray, comes from the symbol of the Nawebro of Oudh, and it was frequently used by local Oudh silversmiths in border decorations. The fish make their first appearance on the fluted and beaded rim. They appear again, in a stylized the border on the inside portion of the tray, and, finally, the theme is alluded to yet a third time, in the ground of the landscape in the center: not fish this time, but as a cross-hatching pattern of large fish scales. The inner portion of the tray depicts a highly detailed and typical Lucknow jungle scene, with elephants, tigers, lions, and other animals; palm trees; and a large haveli surrounded by huts. This heavy-gauge silver is the répoussé and chased work most favored by Muslim patrons.
Narcissus and Rocks, Zhang Xiong, China, ink and color on paper