Jar
1506-1521 (made)
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Jar of rectangular section with angled corners, the sides rising from the base, spreading gently and then curving in at the shoulder, with straight neck and reinforced lip of the same section. Painted in greyish blue with on three sides a design of cranes among lotus plants and on the fourth, two phoenixes among lotus, the angles with lotus plants; with louts panels round the foot, ruyi heads border on the shoulder and key-fret on the neck.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue |
| Brief description | Jar, porcelain painted in underglaze blue with phoenix, crane and lotus design; China, Ming dynasty, Zhengde period (with Xuande mark) |
| Physical description | Jar of rectangular section with angled corners, the sides rising from the base, spreading gently and then curving in at the shoulder, with straight neck and reinforced lip of the same section. Painted in greyish blue with on three sides a design of cranes among lotus plants and on the fourth, two phoenixes among lotus, the angles with lotus plants; with louts panels round the foot, ruyi heads border on the shoulder and key-fret on the neck. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Xuande nian zao' in a rectangular cartouche on the base |
| Credit line | Purchased with Art Fund support and assistance from the Murray Bequest and the Horn Bequest |
| Object history | Previously in the Alfred Clark Collection. |
| Production | label |
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| Other number | Loan Garner no. 64 - Previous loan number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | FE.39-1980 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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