A large underglaze-red vase (Yuhuchunping), Yuan dynasty | 元 釉裏紅纏枝花卉紋玉壺春瓶

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The present vase has been preserved in exceptional condition, and is a particularly striking and successful example of its type, with rich bold splashes of copper red. Vases of this type were made at Jingdezhen during the Yuan dynasty when potters began experimenting with copper pigments on qingbai-type glazes. J.M. Addis in Chinese Porcelain from the Addis Collection. Twenty-two Pieces of Chingtechen Porcelain Presented to the British Museum, London, 1979, pp 9-10, discusses the experimental techniques of the Yuan dynasty. 

A vase of this shape and decorated with similar splashes is illustrated in Chen Yongzhi, Porcelain Unearthed from Jininglu Ancient City Site in Inner Mongolia, Beijing, 2004, pl. 41. See also a closely related example excavated at Ongniod, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia in 1978, now preserved at Ongniod Ancient Art Museum; and another example was included in the Exhibition of Jingdezhen Wares. The Yuan Evolution, Oriental Ceramics Society, London, 1984, cat. no. 146. Compare also a very similar vase in the Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Tokyo, illustrated in Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo, 1987, pl. 147.