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Medium:
Porcelain with clear colorless glaze
Dimensions:
H x Diam: 18.5 × 8.5 cm (7 5/16 × 3 3/8 in)
Style:
Jingdezhen ware
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China
Date:
early 18th century
Period:
Qing dynasty
Description:
Monochrome - white.
Vase of bottle shape with high spreading foot, slightly spreading neck and short vertical lip; from monster heads on neck issue two annular handles from which hang free-moving rings.
Body: buff stoneware, thinly potted.
Glaze: creamy white with some late crackle; lip and most of inside of foot raw.
Decoration: incised in clay under glaze; two dragons, two phoenixes, leaf, flower and scroll patterns.
Wood stand, not previously recorded.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Topic:
ceramic  Search this
Jingdezhen ware  Search this
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)  Search this
China  Search this
porcelain  Search this
Chinese Art  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Accession Number:
F1948.2a-c
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Related Online Resources:
Google Cultural Institute
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3a3428f93-2103-40a0-b5f9-88deef0e8d67
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1948.2a-c