Rarely seen! Blue and white porcelain of Ming Dynasty at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
2021-04-10
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art is the largest museum in the United States. It is an art shrine that almost every visitor to New York must visit. As one of the wonders of the 21st century, the Metropolitan Museum of Art has a global collection spanning thousands of years. Where else can you see an Egyptian mausoleum, a complete suit of Japanese armor and an entire gallery of Renaissance paintings in the same day?

 

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is located next to New York's Central Park. The museum covers an area of 130,000 square meters. So far, there are 3 million items in the collection. Together with the British Museum in London, the Louvre in Paris, France, and the Leningrad Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, they are also known as "the world's four largest art museums".

 

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The main part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is a Gothic building. It has three floors and 234 showrooms. It collects all kinds of cultural relics from more than 5,000 years of human civilization.

 

The collection of ancient Chinese porcelain is on display around the lobby of the Asia Hall on the second floor. Collection from the early celadon, white porcelain, the Tang dynasty Changsha kiln, tricolor, the Song dynasty five famous kilns, to the Yuan dynasty blue and white porcelain, underglaze red, Jingdezhen blue and white porcelain of Qing and Ming Dynasty, red glaze, yellow glaze, bucket color, multicolor, ink color and so on everything.

 

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 Metropolitan Museum of Chinese Porcelain Collection Avery Collection 1907 

Here you can almost see a complete and detailed history of Chinese porcelain. The porcelain collection in the Metropolitan Museum is not only of great variety and quantity, but also of great quality, some of which are even rare treasures.

Chinese porcelain has a long history and is the crystallization of the wisdom and creativity of the ancient working people. In the Ming Dynasty, Jingdezhen almost dominated the whole world. In the Ming Dynasty, Jingdezhen blue and white porcelain was the dominant style. The blue and white porcelain was painted with traditional brush and various lines, dot dyeing and rendering. The fetal body is generally thicker than the Qing Dynasty. In the shape, generally show plump, vigorous, soft, round shape lines, give a person with plain, solemn sense. Plants, animals, characters, landscapes, figures, flowers and birds, fish, insects and so on are all included in the painting. The picture is bold and unrestrained, the brushwork is pleasant and skillful, and the composition is sparse and simple. In the Metropolitan Museum of Art, there are many Ming porcelains, including a large number of blue and white porcelains. Let's take a look at the Metropolitan Museum’s collection of blue and white porcelains.

 

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Ming Dynasty, Longqing: Blue and White Poetry Bowl from Jingdezhen Kiln

H 6 cm,Diam 11.9 cm

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Late Ming Dynasty: Blue and White Deer Horse Landscape Fuji Type Plate from Jingdezhen Kiln

H 5.3 cm,W 25.1 cm,L 28.5 cm

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Ming Dynasty, Wanli: Blue and White Lotus Figure Plate from Jingdezhen Kiln

H 14.9 cm,W 2.9 cm

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Ming Dynasty: White Magnetic Blue Painting Flower Animal Face Text Saucer

H 5.4 cm,Diam 14.6 cm

Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen: Blue and White Gourd Bottle from Jingdezhen Kiln

H 21 cm,W 9.5 cm

Ming Dynasty, Xuande: Blue and White Tall Cup with dragon Pattern from Jingdezhen Kiln

H 7.6 cm,Diam 6.4 cm

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H 21 cm

H 14 cm

H 3.2 cm,Diam 15.2 cm

H 3.8 cm,Diam 19.4 cm

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H 4.8 cm,Diam 23.8 cm

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H 10.2 cm,Diam 21.6 cm  

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L 22.2 cm

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H 49.5 cm

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H 17.8 cm,L 16.5 cm

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H 19.1 cm

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H 31.1 cm

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H 4.4 cm,Diam 21.6 cm

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H 18.4 cm,W 11.4 cm

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H 45.7 cm,Diam 24.8 cm

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Diam 36.2 cm

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H 16.5 cm

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H 60.3 cm,Diam 32.7 cm

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H 20 cm,Diam 20.3 cm

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H 18.7 cm,W 14 cm

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H 54 cm,Diam 22.9 cm