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Jar

Jar

  • Place of origin:

    Vietnam (made)

  • Date:

    15th century (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Porcelain painted in underglaze blue

  • Museum number:

    C.896-1936

  • Gallery location:

    Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery, case 17, shelf 4

Physical description

Jar, porcelain painted in underglaze blue. It is squat with a broad, square shoulder, narrow mouth with an upturned rim, and a slight foot-ring. The body is divided into "melon-shaped" segments by vertical grooves. Radiating from the mouth are painted sunflower petals over the shoulder, and round the sides is a frieze of stylised foliage and flowers. The blue pigment has gone greyish in the kiln and has formed into brown spots where thick.

Place of Origin

Vietnam (made)

Date

15th century (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown

Materials and Techniques

Porcelain painted in underglaze blue

Dimensions

Height: 6.4 cm

Object history note

Of the same origin and obtained from the same sources as C. 797-1936. Gift.

Descriptive line

Porcelain jar painted in underglaze blue, Vietnam, 15th century

Labels and date

Jar.
Probably ANNAMESE; 15th century.
Eumorfopoulos Collection. C. 896-1936. [pre-1988]
Jar
Porcelain painted in underglaze blue
VIETNAMESE; 15th century
Eurmorfopoulos (sic) Collection
C. 896 - 1936 (RK - 1988) [1988]

Production Note

label

Materials

Porcelain

Techniques

Painting

Subjects depicted

Flowers; Stylized foliage; Sunflowers

Categories

Ceramics; Porcelain

Collection

East Asia Collection

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