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Blue-and-white vase in double-gourd form
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- Associated place
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Asia › China › Jiangxi province › Jingdezhen › Jingdezhen kilns › Jingdezhen Zhushan kiln-sites (place of creation)
- Associated people
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Jiajing, Emperor of China (ruled 1522 - 1567) (commissioner)
- Material and technique
- porcelain, with underglaze painting in cobalt-blue
- Dimensions
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48 cm (height)
25.7 cm (diameter)
at base 17.5 cm (diameter)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.
- Accession no.
- EA1978.938
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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. 11 on p. 23, illus. p. 23
Vainker, Shelagh, Chinese Silk. A Cultural History (London: The British Museum Press, 2004), pp 161, 165, fig. 105 on p. 165
Glossary (2)
porcelain, underglaze painting
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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.
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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
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Second floor | Room 38 | China from 800
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Second floor | Room 38 | China from 800
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