Jar
1500-1600 (made)
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Jar of stoneware, decorated in fahua style with coloured lead glazes filled in to raised designs. The decoration consists of figures from Daoist folklore, the Eight Immortals, with other lucky emblems.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Stoneware with coloured lead glazes |
| Brief description | Jar, stoneware decorated in fahua style with coloured glazes filled in to raised designs; China (probably Shanxi province), Ming dynasty, 1500-1600 |
| Physical description | Jar of stoneware, decorated in fahua style with coloured lead glazes filled in to raised designs. The decoration consists of figures from Daoist folklore, the Eight Immortals, with other lucky emblems. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Kerr, Rose & Scott, Rosemary. Ceramic evolution in the middle Ming period : Hongzhi to Wanli (1488-1620), Singapore : Sun Tree Pub., 1994
p.25, no.36 |
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| Accession number | CIRC.118-1938 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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