Flower pot
- Place of origin:
Jingdezhen, China (made)
- Date:
1662-1722 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Porcelain painted in enamel colours on the biscuit
- Credit Line:
Salting Bequest
- Museum number:
C.1120-1910
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Physical description
Flower pot of porcelain. Half-hexagonal form with bowed sides. Painted in enamel colours on the biscuit. Peonies in front, lotuses at the sides and cherry blossom behind. The inside and base green glazed; a peony in outline on the bottom inside.
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen, China (made)
Date
1662-1722 (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques
Porcelain painted in enamel colours on the biscuit
Dimensions
Height: 6.4 cm, Length: 16.2 cm
Object history note
Formerly in the Carmichael Collection. Lot 215 (with C.1119-1910) in the collection of Sir Thomas Gibson Carmichael, Bart. (afterwards Lord Carmichael) at Christie's, May 13th 1902 (£110 15s.)
Descriptive line
Flower pot, porcelain painted in enamel colours on the biscuit; China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
Production Note
Register
Materials
Porcelain
Techniques
Painted
Subjects depicted
Peonies; Cherry blossom
Categories
Porcelain; Ceramics
Collection code
EAS
