Sang De Boeuf Porcelain Tianqiuping Vase Origin - Persia decorative storage

decorative storage

5 (WxDxH cms)

87 x 50 x 160 (wxdxh cms)

A comparable example is illustrated in Folk Art & Culture of Gujarat: A Guide to the Collection of the Shreyas Folk Museum of Gujarat by Jyotindra Jain (Figure 245)

Here you see the traditional swastika or manja used

Sang De Boeuf Porcelain Tianqiuping Vase Origin - Persia decorative storageAn exquisite sang de boeuf or 'ox blood' porcelain tianqiuping vase. Sang de boeuf refers to the colour which translates to French for 'ox blood', a colour created by oxidising iron & copper. Sang de boeuf was one of a number of new flamb glazes, marked by unpredictable but highly decorative and varying effects. Developed in the Jingdezhen porcelain kilns during the Kangxi reign (1662 1722). Red flambe was first developed in the 11th century and is