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PDF.125
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Description
Porcelain vase of bag-shaped basket form with simulated basketwork. The vase has greyish white crackled glaze. There is an inscription on the base.
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Culture/period
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Date
- 18thC
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Materials
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Ware
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Technique
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Dimensions
- Height: 175 millimetres
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Inscriptions
Inscription Type
inscriptionInscription Position
On the baseInscription Language
ChineseInscription Content
永壽宮Inscription Transliteration
YongshougongInscription Translation
Yongshou gong [a palace in the Forbidden City]
Inscription Type
inscriptionInscription Position
on baseInscription Language
ChineseInscription Content
寅Inscription Transliteration
yinInscription Translation
reverence
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Curator's comments
Published PDF date : 17th-18thCRoom 95 label text:
PDF 125
Vase imitating a basket
This vase is incised with lines to imitate basketwork and with a trompe l’oeil rope around the neck. The design is archaistic and loosely based on earlier white wares with basket work patterns made in North China. Three characters永壽宮 (Yongshougong ‘Never-ending Longlife Palace’) are incised on the base and coloured with a red pigment. This palace was located within the Forbidden City – the Ming and Qing emperor’s residence and seat of government. There is a separate character 寅 (yin ‘reverence’) also incised on the base.
Underfired porcelain, incised and with transparent glaze
South China 中國南部
Qing dynasty, about AD 1700–1800PDF 125白釉魚簍尊
此尊模仿籃子,刻劃弦紋,頸部飾繩紋。這種仿古紋飾大概源於中國北方的早期白釉器物上的籃紋。外底刻“永壽宮”三字,填紅彩。永壽宮位於紫禁城,紫禁城是明清兩代皇帝的居所及朝廷所在地。器底另刻“寅”字(寅有尊敬之意)。
生燒瓷器,劃花,透明釉
中國南方
清代,約1700-1800年 -
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Location
On display: G95/dc11/sh7
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Acquisition name
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Department
Asia
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Registration number
PDF.125
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