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Vase
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Vase
- Place of origin:
Jingdezhen, China (made)
- Date:
about 14th century (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue
- Museum number:
CIRC.156-1932
- Gallery location:
On Display
Physical description
Vase of porcelain, with decoration painted in underglaze blue. Baluster-shaped. Round the shoulder, a border of four lotus blossoms enclosed in ruyi shaped loops. Round the middle, a border of lily stems, with heads of lingzhi and other emblems. Round the base, a formal border.
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen, China (made)
Date
about 14th century (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques
Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue
Dimensions
Height: 24.1 cm, Diameter: 14 cm
Object history note
Previously on long term loan to Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, from 1962.
Descriptive line
Vase, porcelain painted in underglaze blue; China (Jingdezhen), Ming dynasty, about 14th century
Production Note
Register
Materials
Porcelain
Techniques
Blue and white
Subjects depicted
Lotus flowers; Ruyi; Emblems (symbols); Magic fungus
Categories
Porcelain; Ceramics
Collection code
EAS
