jar
| Nom de l'objet : | jar |
| Type de l'objet : | jar |
| Catégorie de l'objet : | CONTAINERS |
| Sous-catégorie de l'objet : | ceramics |
| Matériaux : | glaze clay |
| Technique de fabrication : | fired glazed incised moulded shaped hand built |
| Numéro de catalogue : | Ia257 |
| Province d'origine : | Zamboanga Del Sur |
| Pays d'origine : | Philippines |
| Continent d'origine : | Asia |
| Autres données géographiques : | Mindanao Island |
| Culture : | Philippines |
| Secteur géo-culturel : | Philippines & Taiwan |
| Contexte culturel : | ceremonial heirloom. exchange status |
| Date de début de production : | 1368 |
| Date de fin de production : | 1644 |
| Période : | Ming Dynasty |
| Description : | A large globular jar with wide mouth, thick overhanging lip and five lugs in the shape of lion heads. The main body motif is a pair of incised dragons each chasing a round object and bordered by wave patterns. The interior, mouth and underside are unglaze |
| Commentaires : | An heirloom piece defined by Dr. Tecson as a piece never in the ground, thus different from an excavated piece, and not necessarily from his family. This jar is from Zamboanga del Sur, Mindanao Island. |
| Fonctions : | Chinese ceramics were important trade items in Southeast Asia during the 11th - 16th century C.E. This jar was probably exported from China to the Philippines via the Burmese port of Martaban from which the generic name for large jars is derived. They are also referred to as dragon jars because they often have a moulded dragon decoration on their sides. These pot-bellied jars were designed for long journeys at sea, with lugs big enough to pass a rope through and as containers for food, oil and water as well as for packing smaller porcelains. Besides China, Martaban jars were also manufactured in other parts of Southeast Asia such as Burma, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam and are still being manufactured today in parts of Asia. Due to their physical characteristics - resonance, vitreosity and durability - Chinese ceramics became fully integrated with the ideology and ritual in Philippine societies and played an important role in all aspects of cultural life (Langrick, p.61). Their functions were varied and included utilitarian, ceremonial, religious roles, as heirlooms, in mortuary ceremonies as burial goods and as items of prestige. Treasured for their supernatural powers, large jars were considered to harbour spirits or household gods while some spoke prophesying events. As heirlooms, large jars together with stories of their origins and other tales associated with them, often mythical and wondrous, were handed down from one generation to another. With age, jars increased in value and one's wealth was largely reflected in the number of old jars possessed. |
| Hauteur : | 48.2 |
| Diamètre extérieur : | 39 |
| Unité de mesure linéaire : | cm |
| Sujet ou image : | animal, lion |
| Signification iconographique : | In many indigenous groups of the Philippines, supernatural power was attributed to Chinese ceramics because of the ringing sound emitted when lightly tapped and their vitreous, shiny glazed surfaces which impart an impermeable quality. The ringing sound was seen as a magical voice able to attract the attention of powerful ancestor spirits. Their impermeable and seemingly imperishable surfaces were believed to have great protective power against all kinds of influences, from evil spirits to poisons (Langrick, p. 55-56). While the dragon is a traditional Chinese symbol embodying the yang or male principle and emblematic of good fortune, it is also associated with the mythical Naga serpent by the peoples of Southeast Asia. Dragons frequently occur in pairs with each chasing a round object variously interpreted as sun, moon, pearl or the yin yang emblem. The lion is sacred in Buddhism and is an emblem of bravery and strength. |
| Département : | Museum of Anthropology |
| Établissement : |
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| Ville de l'établissement : | Vancouver |
| Province de l'établissement : | British Columbia |
| Enregistrement de l'institution : | Fiche complète provenant du site du musée |
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