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jar
Object Type
jar
Museum number
PDF.518
Description
Porcellaneous stoneware wine-jar of guan form, with ovoid body. The wine-jar has a gilt copper-bound mouthrim. The wine-jar has finely crazed turquoise glaze. There is an inscription on the shoulder.
Cultures/periods
Ming dynasty
(?)
Qing dynasty
(?)
Production date
1600-1700
Production place
Made in:
Jingdezhen
Materials
porcelain
copper
gold
Technique
glazed
gilded
Dimensions
Diameter:
316 millimetres
Height:
335 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Published PDF date : Ming 15th-16th century
Room 95 label text: PDF 518 Vase with turquoise glaze This vase is inscribed 内府故宮供用 (nei fu gong yong ‘For use in the Inner Palace’) and covered with a low-temperature turquoise glaze. Porcelain with turquoise glaze and metal rim Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮 Ming to Qing dynasty, about AD 1600–1700
PDF 518 孔雀藍釉瓶 此瓶施低溫孔雀藍釉,有銘文“內府供用”。 瓷器,孔雀藍釉,鑲金屬口 江西省景德鎮 明至清,約1600-1700年
Bibliographic references
Scott 1989 / Illustrated Catalogue of Ming and Qing Monochrome Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(p.14, no.518, pl. II)
Medley 1973 / Illustrated Catalogue of Ming and Ch'ing Monochrome in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(p.14, no.518, pl. II)
Scott 1989a / Imperial Taste - Chinese Ceramics from the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(p.66, no.36)
Pierson 2002 / Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art: A Guide to the Collection
(p.76, no.70)
Scott 1989b / Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art: A Guide to the Collection
(p.90, no.86)
Hobson 1934 / A Catalogue of Chinese Pottery and Porcelain in the Collection of Sir Percival David Bt., F.S.A.
(p. 110, pl. CIX)
Medley 1975 / Volume 7: Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(Colour pl. 48 and p. 311)
Location
On display
(G95/dc28/sh7)
Department
Asia
Registration number
PDF.518