Vase
1977-1978 (made)
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Vase, pear-shaped, with flaring rim on a raised footrim. An extremely white body, decorated with a design of two cranes on a pine tree. The pine tree painted in black under the glaze, the cranes in underglaze black with touches of overglaze white, blue and red.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain, painted in underglaze black and overglaze enamels |
| Brief description | Vase, porcelain, painted in underglaze black and overglaze enamel colours by Sun Gensheng, manufactured by Qunli Ceramic Factory, China (Liling, Hunan province), 1977-1978 |
| Physical description | Vase, pear-shaped, with flaring rim on a raised footrim. An extremely white body, decorated with a design of two cranes on a pine tree. The pine tree painted in black under the glaze, the cranes in underglaze black with touches of overglaze white, blue and red. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Zhongguo Liling' (Mark on base in underglaze blue seal characters) |
| Credit line | Given by Sir John Addis KCMG |
| Object history | Presented to the donor at the factory in 1978. |
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| Bibliographic reference | 'Liling yao' Chugoku toji zenshu 30 (Kyoto, 1981): FED Literary Archive Box XVI |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | FE.114-1978 |
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| Record created | February 12, 2000 |
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