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bottle
(garlic-bulb-shaped mouth)
Object Type
bottle
(garlic-bulb-shaped mouth)
Museum number
Franks.98.b
Description
Porcelain bottle with a broad garlic-bulb-shaped mouth, toffee-coloured glaze and slip decoration. This stumpy bottle has a broad garlic-bulb-shaped mouth and stands on a low foot ring. It is covered with a rich toffee-coloured glaze and further decorated with thick crackled white slip, showing, on either side, basins filled with rocks and large peonies. Lion masks and mock ring handles are painted on both sides at the shoulder and alternating fruiting peach sprays and 'ruyi' symbols with beading are depicted around the neck. It has a crackled white glaze inside and the base is glazed in a toffee colour.
Cultures/periods
Ming dynasty
Wanli
(probably)
Production date
1573-1620
(circa)
Production place
Made in:
Jingdezhen
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
China
Materials
porcelain
Technique
glazed
slip-painted
Dimensions
Diameter:
14.50 centimetres
Height:
29 centimetres
Curator's comments
Harrison-Hall 2001: A pair of bottles with related white slip designs on a blue ground is in the Burghley House Collection.
Bibliographic references
Harrison-Hall 2001 / Catalogue of Late Yuan and Ming Ceramics in the British Museum
(11:190)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
animal
fruit
flower
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks
Department
Asia
Registration number
Franks.98.b
Conservation
Treatment
: 12 Mar 1997