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Jar and lid

Jar and lid

  • Place of origin:

    Jingdezhen (made)

  • Date:

    1662-1722 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Porcelain painted in underglaze blue

  • Credit Line:

    Salting Bequest

  • Museum number:

    C.872&A-1910

  • Gallery location:

    Ceramics, Room 136, The Curtain Foundation Gallery, case 4, shelf 5 []

Physical description

Porcelain jar and lid, globular body with short neck and foot, domed lid. Painted in underglaze blue, round the jar with two ladies playing chess and three others on a terrace; on the lid with two boys at play.

Place of Origin

Jingdezhen (made)

Date

1662-1722 (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown

Materials and Techniques

Porcelain painted in underglaze blue

Dimensions

Height: 11.4 cm, Diameter: 8.3 cm

Descriptive line

Jar and lid, porcelain painted in underglaze blue, China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722)

Production Note

Register

Materials

Porcelain

Techniques

Blue and white

Subjects depicted

Ladies; Boys

Categories

Ceramics; Porcelain

Collection

East Asia Collection

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