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Vase

Vase

  • Place of origin:

    Jingdezhen, China (made)

  • Date:

    1723-1735 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Porcelain with incised decoration under a celadon-green glaze

  • Credit Line:

    Salting bequest

  • Museum number:

    C.433-1910

  • Gallery location:

    Ceramics Study Galleries, Asia & Europe, room 137, case 11, shelf 7

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This type of Chinese vase is generally referred to as 'meiping', literally 'prunus vase'. Yet strangely it was used not to hold prunus flowers but wine. The transparent green glaze is called a celadon glaze. Chinese potters had been producing celadon wares since the 3rd century, initially on a stoneware body and gradually changing to a porcelain body. This 'meiping' with an incised floral design is a fine example of the latter.

Physical description

Vase of baluster form. Porcelain with celadon-green glaze. Round the body incised with peonies on scrolled stems between bands of cloud-scrolls and plantain leaves. The base unglazed except for an inset medallion.

Place of Origin

Jingdezhen, China (made)

Date

1723-1735 (made)

Artist/maker

unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Porcelain with incised decoration under a celadon-green glaze

Dimensions

Height: 23.2 cm, Diameter: 13.0 cm

Descriptive line

Vase, porcelain with incised decoration under a celadon-green glaze; China (Jingdezhen), Qing dynasty, Yongzheng period (1723-1735)

Materials

Porcelain; Celadon

Techniques

Glazed

Subjects depicted

Peonies; Cloud scrolls; Plantain leaves

Categories

Porcelain; Ceramics; Vases

Collection code

EAS

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