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vase

• Object type

  • vase

• Museum number

  PDF.78

• Description

  Guan-type stoneware quadrangular vase of ancient bronze hu form with a short straight foot and neck, and two mask and ring handles. Translucent blue-green glaze with some wide crackle and tiny pin holes at the rim and foot.

• Culture/period

  • Qing dynasty

• Date

  • 1800-1911

• Production place

  • Made in: China
  • (Asia,China)

• Materials

  • stoneware

• Ware

  • Guan-type Ware

• Technique

  • glazed

• Dimensions

  • Height: 315 millimetres
  • Width: 131 millimetres
  • Depth: 146 millimetres
  • Width: 64 millimetres (base)
  • Depth: 66 millimetres (base)
  • Width: 65 millimetres (mouth)
  • Depth: 65 millimetres (mouth)

• Curator's comments

  Published PDF date : Qing, 17th-18thCRoom 95 label text:

  PDF 78

  Bronze-shaped vase with celadon glaze

  
  This vase combines the shape of an ancient bronze with the glaze of Song dynasty guan ware, recreated on a porcelain body. This combination of an interest in the antique and a desire to experiment and create something new is a fundamental part of Chinese culture. This example was made in the late Qing dynasty.

  
  Porcelain with celadon glaze
  Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province江西省, 景德鎮
  Qing dynasty, about 1800–1911

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• Bibliography

  • Hobson 1934 p. 9, pl. VIII
  • Yorke Hardy 1953 p.21, no.78, pl.IX
  • Pierson 1999 p.45, no.78

• Location

  On display: G95/dc50/sh1

• Acquisition name

  • On loan from: Sir Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art

• Acquisition notes

  R. L. Hobson, 1934 records: From the Collection of Dr. Robert Weismann, Berlin. Illustrated in "Asiatiche Kunst", pl. 91.

• Department

  Asia

• Registration number

  PDF.78