Chen Ming-yuan / Lotus Bud Waterdropper / 17th century

Chen Ming-yuan
Lotus Bud Waterdropper
17th century - 18th century
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Creator Name: Ming-yuan, Chen
Creator Nationality: Asian; Far East Asian; Chinese
Creator Role: Sculptor
Creator Dates/Places: 1662 - 1735
Creator Name-CRT: Chen Ming-yuan
Title: Lotus Bud Waterdropper
View: front
Creation Start Date: 1600
Creation End Date: 1799
Creation Date: 17th century - 18th century
Object Type: Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Classification Term: pottery
Materials and Techniques: unglazed stoneware, with colored slips
Dimensions: H.2-3/8 x W.3-3/8 x D.2-5/8 in. (overall)
Inscriptions: STAMP
AMICA Contributor: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Owner Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
ID Number: 95.95.7a,b
Credit Line: Gift of Ruth and Bruce Dayton
Rights: http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html
Context:

Archaeologists have confirmed that the I-hsing kilns in Kiangsu province were active by the 12th century. But it was not until the Ming dynasty that their small, unassuming "organic taste" products began to attract the literati's attention. Famous for stoneware teapots and other unglazed vessels in natural earth tones, the highest quality I-hsing ware often bore the signatures and name seals of its makers. This finely detailed water container has been shaped like a lotus bud and was crafted from red, brown, and yellow clays. Its bottom has been imprinted by the square seal of Ming-Yüan, a versatile I-hsing potter famous for his scholar's desk objects fashioned like bamboo, nuts, vegetables, and prunes. The water dropper, an essential implement for the literati, was used to hold water and sprinkle it onto the grinding stone when making ink.

AMICA ID: MIA_.95.95.7a,b
Component Measured: overall
Measurement Unit: in
AMICA Library Year: 2000
Media Metadata Rights: ?The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

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