jar;
cover
- Museum number
- 1972,0619.1.a
- Description
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Porcelain jar and cover painted in underglaze blue. This ovoid jar has a wide base with a narrow foot ring, short neck with a broad mouth and a domed cover with a lotus-bud finial. It is exquisitely painted with a continuous scene of assorted flowering plants growing from a sketchily delineated ground, including Chinese pinks, chrysanthemums, millet, hostas and other herbaceous plants. The base is glazed and slightly concave.
- Production date
- 1403-1424
- Dimensions
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Height: 14 centimetres (with lid)
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Width: 12.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Harrison-Hall 2001:
Plants growing in this fashion from undulating soil may also be seen on a blue-and-white pen box excavated from the Yongle stratum at Zhushan in 1984. In support of this dating are the pure white porcelain body and soft-focus blue cobalt effect employed on the present jar.
- Location
- On display (G33/dc33b/s3)
- Acquisition date
- 1972
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1972,0619.1.a