Vase
1640-1670 (made)
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Vase with slender and almost cylindrical body, slightly contracted neck, and spreading lip. Porcelain with ivory-white glaze enamelled in thin brownish-red with washes of leaf-green and turquoise-green. On the body is a landscape with figures on horses and mules and on foot; below this are bands of crackled ice and stiff leaf patterns and a lotus scroll in a hatched ground. On the shoulder are egrets and lotuses in a hatched ground; and on the neck are lotus flowers and borders of hexagon and stiff leaf patterns. On the sides are two handles in the form of lion masks enamelled green and from them a streak of green enamel runs down the sides of the vase. The base is unglazed.
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Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in coloured enamels |
Brief description | Vase, porcelain painted in enamel colours; China (Fujian province), Ming dynasty, 17th century |
Physical description | Vase with slender and almost cylindrical body, slightly contracted neck, and spreading lip. Porcelain with ivory-white glaze enamelled in thin brownish-red with washes of leaf-green and turquoise-green. On the body is a landscape with figures on horses and mules and on foot; below this are bands of crackled ice and stiff leaf patterns and a lotus scroll in a hatched ground. On the shoulder are egrets and lotuses in a hatched ground; and on the neck are lotus flowers and borders of hexagon and stiff leaf patterns. On the sides are two handles in the form of lion masks enamelled green and from them a streak of green enamel runs down the sides of the vase. The base is unglazed. |
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Accession number | C.112-1939 |
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Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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