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# Ming Dynasty Porcelain Pitcher Modelled as a Kneeling Figure

Porcelain pitcher modelled as a kneeling bearded figure holding a ewer, decorated in blue and red on a crackled cream ground.

**Period:** [Ming Dynasty](https://realrareantiques.com/ming-dynasty/)
**Category:** [Ming Dynasty Porcelain](https://realrareantiques.com/product-category/antique-chinese-porcelain/ming-dynasty-porcelain/)
**Dimensions:** Height 48.5 cm · Depth 21 cm · Width 22 cm
**Reference:** RRA-0099
**Availability:** Available

## Description

A porcelain pitcher modelled as a kneeling bearded man in a broad-brimmed hat with a knob finial, holding a ewer in front of him. The ewer has an open mouth, a pierced spout and a loop handle.

The decoration is in blue and red on a cream ground. The hat and some of the beads on the cords hanging beside his ears are red. His robe is painted in blue with flowering scrolls, a collar of scrolling panels at the shoulders and a patterned belt, and the ewer is painted in blue as well.

The glaze is [crackled](https://realrareantiques.com/crackles/) all over. A crack line runs across one sleeve, and a few small chips show the body beneath. There are fissures near the base, visible in the photographs. The base is unglazed.

We can send further photographs on request.

**Learn more:** [The Ming Dynasty](https://realrareantiques.com/ming-dynasty/)

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