Caption

Ornament, purchase, Chinese art, Chinese culture, Ming 1368–1644, Ming style; bosses, lotuses, headgear, cranes iconography, ornaments. The ornament presents a complex three-dimensional form: a scene by a lotus pond with four cranes standing in natural poses among densely growing lotuses. The scene was based on an ornament created by thirteenth-century craftsmen during the Yuan era. Mongolian nobility wore wide-brimmed hats with jade bosses on top; in the Ming, society moved away from this foreign fashion so the headgear was abandoned, but jade ornaments remained in use and were applied to vessels as decorative elements due to their material and craft value. Early 17th century, China; clothing, varia. Dimensions: height 3.65 cm, width 3.2 cm, depth 2.5 cm., A small, pale greenish-white translucent rectangular object with rounded corners sits near the bottom center of the image, showing a smooth, slightly glossy surface and four small circular holes arranged in a square pattern; the object casts a soft shadow to the right and behind it, and the background transitions from light gray at the bottom to dark gray at the top.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A27_452

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (589.8Kb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Ornament purchase Chinese art Chinese culture Ming 1368–1644 Ming style bosses lotuses headgear cranes iconography ornaments ornament presents complex three-dimensional form scene lotus pond four cranes standing natural poses densely growing was based ornament created thirteenth-century craftsmen Yuan era Mongolian nobility wore wide-brimmed hats jade bosses top Ming society moved away foreign fashion abandoned jade ornaments remained applied vessels decorative elements due material craft value Early 17th century China clothing varia Dimensions height 3.65 cm width 3.2 cm depth 2.5 cm small pale greenish-white translucent rectangular object rounded corners sits near bottom center image showing smooth slightly glossy surface four small circular holes arranged square pattern object casts soft shadow right background transitions light gray bottom dark gray top.