A Blue and White Underglazed Red ‘Dragon’ Porcelain Vase
礬紅龍紋瓶
大明萬曆年制款
Wd.13cm Ht.24cm
Graceful lips, short neck, full shoulders, dignified and elegant shape, full and soft lines. The fetus is white and firm, and the glazed surface is plump and delicate. Decorated with red glaze, and a giant dragon standing among the clouds is painted, fierce and domineering and vivid.
Red in the glaze is a kind of underglaze painting created in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province in the Yuan Dynasty. It uses copper as the coloring agent to directly draw various patterns and ornaments on the white tire, apply glaze, and fire in a high-temperature reduction flame, but the truly colorful ones are extremely rare. The firing is difficult, the yield is low, the color of this device is relatively pure, and it is regarded as an official kiln fine product.
Wanli seal mark
唇口，短頸，豐肩，造型端莊典雅，線條飽滿柔和。胎質潔白堅質，釉面肥潤細膩。外壁以釉里紅裝飾，繪一條矗立於雲間巨龍，凶猛霸氣，活靈活現。釉里紅是元代江西景德鎮創燒的一種釉下彩繪，以銅為著色劑，在白胎上直接繪制各種圖案紋飾，上施釉，在高溫還原焰中燒成，但真正色彩鮮艷的極為罕見，燒制難度大，成品率低，此器發色較為純正，當為官窯精品。