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Its exterior is finely glazed in white with designs in underglaze blue. Large brownish golden crackles are clearly visible on the bulging belly. The interior has a thin layer of white glaze and it appears coarse. The bottom of the base is unglazed and much has been worn away. The jar is in good condition except that a small part of the mouth is broken, exposing the white kaolin body. In addition, a loop of glaze on the bottom of the bulging belly has been chipped off. Overall the exterior of this large blue and white jar is adorned with five registers of designs in underglaze blue, separated by double 'bowstring' circles. The first register on the neck depicts a band of ruyi (as you wish) head-shaped clouds. The following register is a narrow band of continuous cloud collars illustrated around the top of the sloping shoulders. Below is a wide band of cloud collars, each of which is filled with a ruyi head-shaped cloud design against the supplemental man cao wen (coiling vine and leaf design) background. Between every two cloud collars is a pendant consisting of various beads and rings. The fourth and main register represents the Eight Immortals who are either talking with each other or relaxing under a tree probably just after a good drink, with their emblems such as the sword, (associated with Lü Dongbin) and the fan (associated with Zhong Liquan) spread on the foreground. Trees, clouds and shrubs surround them. On the bottom are wave patterns. The shape of this jar and the coloring of the underglaze blue bear much resemblance to a blue and white jar also with the Eight Immortals design dated to the Tianshun reign of the Ming dynasty (1457-1464) (cat.187, from Geng Baocang's book titled Gugongbowuyuan cang wenwu zhenpin quanji: Qing hua you li hong (shang) < Complete rare works from the Palace Museum, Beijing: underglaze blue and red decorations, vol.1> < Hong Kong: shangwu yinshuguan, 2000.> ), except that the mouth of this jar is relatively narrow and the underglaze blue appears somewhat darker. As mentioned above, there are two bands of cloud collars represented around the shoulders. As a matter of fact, the depiction of the cloud collars around the shoulders was prevalent as complementary decorative elements during the Yuan and Ming periods before gradually declining during the Qing dynasty. Therefore, it is probable that this piece was produced around the Tianshun reign of the Ming dynasty, approximately in the mid-Ming period."},{"label":"Title","value":"Blue and white jar"},{"label":"Rights","value":"Materials available through GettDigital encompass a wide range of works, many of which are in the public domain. However, some items may still be protected by copyright or other intellectual property rights. Users are responsible for determining the copyright status of materials and ensuring compliance with all applicable laws when reproducing or publishing these works. Items in our GettDigital Collections are for educational use. For assistance in understanding rights, obtaining permissions, or requesting files for publication or research purposes, please contact us at www.gettysburg.edu/special-collections/ask-an-archivist"},{"label":"Reference URL","value":"http://cdm16274.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p4016coll6/id/1065"}],"description":"Blue and white jar","sequences":[{"@type":"sc:Sequence","canvases":[{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/93d553bb-8420-4a90-9ca7-3bf25459bea2/canvas/_1","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"Blue and white jar","height":768,"width":512,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/93d553bb-8420-4a90-9ca7-3bf25459bea2/full/full/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/93d553bb-8420-4a90-9ca7-3bf25459bea2","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json","tiles":[{"width":512,"scaleFactors":[1,2]}]},"height":768,"width":512},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/93d553bb-8420-4a90-9ca7-3bf25459bea2/canvas/_1","metadata":[]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/93d553bb-8420-4a90-9ca7-3bf25459bea2/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}}]}],"thumbnail":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/93d553bb-8420-4a90-9ca7-3bf25459bea2/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","logo":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/logo"}