Vase
probably 1736-1795 (made)
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Vase, in the form of a jade cong with rectangular sides. Porcelain covered on the outside with a pale blue glaze, and decorated in relief at the corners with parallel bars. The parallel bars are symbols of the Eight Trigrams (bagua) from the Book of Changes (Yijing).
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Glazed porcelain with relief decoration |
| Brief description | Vase, in the form of a jade cong, porcelain with pale blue glaze, decorated with symbols of the Eight Trigrams; China, Qing dynasty, probably Qianlong period (1736-1795) |
| Physical description | Vase, in the form of a jade cong with rectangular sides. Porcelain covered on the outside with a pale blue glaze, and decorated in relief at the corners with parallel bars. The parallel bars are symbols of the Eight Trigrams (bagua) from the Book of Changes (Yijing). |
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| Object history | Purchased from a source not recorded in the Asia Department registers, accessioned in 1860. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. |
| Production | Register |
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| Accession number | 6882-1860 |
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| Record created | January 14, 2009 |
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