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Flower pot
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Flower pot
- Place of origin:
Jingdezhen, China (probably, made)
- Date:
16th century-17th century (made)
- Artist/Maker:
unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Porcelain with decoration incised and in applied relief and with coloured glazes
- Museum number:
C.131-1939
- Gallery location:
In store
Physical description
Flower pot, hexagonal, with straight sides slightly expanding at the mouth, and wide flat rim with upturned edge; six small feet. Porcelain with ornament incised and in applied relief, and coloured with green, yellow, turquoise, and white glazes (with touches of black), in an aubergine-brown ground. The reliefs on the sides comprise: i) a horse and willow tree, ii) rock and pine and a man with knotted staff and two sheep, iii) rock and two hares, iv) rock and pine and a sage on a mule, v) a stork on a rock with waves below and clouds above, vi) a willow tree and a rustic with an ox; and they are bordered with irregular fret patterns. Key fret incised on the rim. Drainage hole in the base.
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen, China (probably, made)
Date
16th century-17th century (made)
Artist/maker
unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques
Porcelain with decoration incised and in applied relief and with coloured glazes
Dimensions
Height: 15.6 cm
Descriptive line
Hexagonal flower pot, porcelain with decoration incised and in applied relief and with coloured glazes; China (probably Jingdezhen), Ming dynasty, 16th-17th century
Production Note
Label
Materials
Porcelain
Techniques
Glazed; Incised; Applied work
Subjects depicted
Men; Sheep; Horses (animals); Frets (patterns); Trees, Pine; Oxen; Stork (bird); Willow; Hares
Categories
Porcelain; Ceramics
Collection code
FEC
