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Room 38 | China from AD 800 gallery

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Blue-and-white vase with figures and a poemside

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  • Blue-and-white vase with figures and a poem (side)
  • Blue-and-white vase with figures and a poem (side)
  • Blue-and-white vase with figures and a poem (side)
  • Blue-and-white vase with figures and a poem (side)
  • Blue-and-white vase with figures and a poem (side)
  • Blue-and-white vase with figures and a poem (oblique)
  • Blue-and-white vase with figures and a poem (bottom)
  • Blue-and-white vase with figures and a poem (detail, upper part)
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Blue-and-white vase with figures and a poem

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › China (place of creation)
    Date
    1639
    Material and technique
    porcelain, with underglaze painting in cobalt-blue
    Dimensions
    46 cm (height)
    22 cm (diameter)
    at base 16.7 cm (diameter)
    Material index
    processed material › ceramic › porcelain
    Technique index
    decorated › painted,
    painted,
    covered › coated › painted,
    marked › painted,
    covered › coated › glazed,
    more
    Object type index
    container › vessel › vase
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.
    Accession no.
    EA1978.1276

  • Further reading

    Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 18 July-13 September 1981, and London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981, Eastern Ceramics and Other Works of Art from the Collection of Gerald Reitlinger: Catalogue of the Memorial Exhibition, Deborah Willis, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum and London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), no. 73 on p. 41, illus. pp. 41-42

Glossary (2)

porcelain, underglaze painting

  • porcelain

    Ceramic material composed of kaolin, quartz, and feldspar which is fired to a temperature of c.1350-1400⁰c. The resulting ceramic is vitreous, translucent, and white in colour.

  • underglaze painting

    Painting applied to ceramic material before a transparent, or monochrome or coloured glaze for Islamic objects, is applied. The technique was initially developed in China.

Location

    • Second floor | Room 38 | China from 800

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