Mid-17th Century Chinese Wucai Porcelain Vase Lamped

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About the Item

A medium sized Chinese Transitional Wucai porcelain Vase dating, circa 1640 and transformed into a lamp with a hand-carved giltwood base. The vase with an old restoration on the back where two pieces have been re attached to the body through the use of rivets/staples (typical 19th century way of restoring.) More About Wucai enamel decoration: Wucai meaning five enamels or "five color ware" is in reality mostly three enamels (red, green and yellow) within outlines in blackish dry cobalt, underglaze blue, plus the white of the porcelain body, all in all making up five colors. The name Wucai or Wanli wucai refers to Chinese porcelain decorated in this palette dating from the Ming period (1368-1642, especially during the reign of Jiajing (AD 1522-66), Longqing (AD 1567-72) and Wanli (1573-1619) emperors, who commissioned a variety of porcelain items decorated in this style. The number of colors can differ and become more as the times goes on. This possibly suggest that the important thing is the name wu-cai, or five-color ware, where the number five has an important symbolic significance in Chinese art. An important innovation of the Jiajing period, the so-called wucai ("five-color") decoration, was one of the last major additions to the lexicon of ornamental techniques that were developed during the Ming dynasty. Despite its name, the number of colors in wucai decoration is not strictly limited to five. Wucai, like doucai, is a combination of underglaze blue and overglaze polychrome enamels. However, where the soft underglaze blue of doucai was primarily used for dainty outlines that lay the groundwork for elegant little washes of pale enamel colors, the dark blue of wucai was applied in bold washes to complement vigorous splashes of strong overglaze colors, and outlining was mostly done in overglaze red, brown, or black. The Ming enamels resemble-indeed, they are bits of translucent colored glass that have been fused to the surface of the glaze. While some variety in tone could be achieved with them, gradations in color were quite limited, and any shading of individual colors was virtually impossible.

Dimensions:
Height: 15.75 in (40 cm)Diameter: 9.06 in (23 cm)
Place of Origin:
China
Period:
Mid-17th Century
Date of Manufacture:
1640
Condition:
Minor structural damages.
Seller Location:
London, GB
Reference Number:
1stDibs: f97351606104886033fs

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