Jingdezhen Classical Blue and White Porcelain Small Mouth Bottle Ceramic Bottle Plum Vase

Jingdezhen Classical Blue and White Porcelain Small Mouth Bottle Ceramic Bottle Plum Vase

Ming and Qing blue and white plum vase

Ming and Qing blue and white plum vase

Meiping is a traditional famous porcelain. Meiping is a type of bottle with a small mouth, short neck, ample shoulders, thin bottom, and round feet. It is named after its small mouth that allows only plum branches to be inserted. Due to its slender body, it was called the "Jingping" during the Song Dynasty. It was used as a vessel for holding wine and had a sleek and beautiful shape. After the Ming Dynasty, it was called the "Meiping".
Yuanlongquan Kiln Blue Glazed Brown Colored Plum Vase, Collection of Shenzhen Museum

Yuanlongquan Kiln Blue Glazed Brown Colored Plum Vase, Collection of Shenzhen Museum

The bottle body is exquisite, with a small mouth, short neck, ample shoulders, gradually converging from the belly to the bottom, and shallow circular feet. The bottle seat has round lips and flat folds, with three small holes on the neck. The seat body has three floral window shaped voids, and four small feet are placed at the bottom of the seat. The bottle body and bottle holder can be moved for loading and unloading. The continuous seated plum vase first appeared in the Song Dynasty and is one of the bottle styles that were first burned in the Song Dynasty. During the Yuan Dynasty, plum wine bottles had wider shoulders and fuller shapes, which were not as slender as those of the Song Dynasty. They were often used as wine vessels. The body of the connected plum vase is thick and fine, with a green glaze throughout the body. The glaze color is blue with a yellowish tint, and there are ice cracks on the glaze surface.
South Korea crane cloud plum bottle

South Korea crane cloud plum bottle

This is a South Korea plum bottle decorated with cranes and clouds (a popular pattern on Korean celadon) made in the second half of the 12th century. South Korea plum bottle (Korean Meiping) is a traditional South Korea ceramic. It is a unique bottle, usually with a tall and thin cylindrical body, a slender neck and a closed mouth. The design of the plum bottle was influenced by the plum bottle of the Song Dynasty in China, but South Korea plum bottle has its own unique style and characteristics.