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Vase
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Vase
- Place of origin:
Jingdezhen, China (made)
- Date:
1662-1722 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels
- Credit Line:
Salting Bequest
- Museum number:
C.1034-1910
- Gallery location:
On Display
Physical description
Vase of porcelain, club-shaped, painted in green, red, yellow, manganese-purple, blue and black enamels over a crackled celadon-green glaze. Round the body, an emperor playing chess. On the shoulder, trellis diaper with four panels of emblems. On the neck, chrysanthemums, flowering pomegranates and butterflies.
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen, China (made)
Date
1662-1722 (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques
Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels
Dimensions
Height: 46.0 cm, Diameter: 19.1 cm, Weight: 4.13 kg
Descriptive line
Vase, porcelain painted in polychrome enamels over a celadon-green glaze, China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
Production Note
Register
Materials
Porcelain; Celadon
Techniques
Painted; Glazed
Subjects depicted
Diaper-work; Figures (representations); Butterflies; Chrysanthemum; Emblems (symbols); Pomegranates
Categories
Porcelain; Ceramics
Collection code
EAS
