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Blue-and-white jar and lid with female figures in a garden landscape
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Description
Small jar with underglaze blue decoration of female figures in a garden landscape.
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Jiangxi province › Jingdezhen (place of creation)
- Date
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17th century (1601 - 1700)
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period (1661 - 1722)
- Material and technique
- porcelain, thrown, with underglaze painting in cobalt blue
- Dimensions
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21.1 cm (height)
10.5 cm (diameter)
at base 8.2 cm (diameter)
- Material index
- Technique index
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 2
- Accession no.
- EAX.1605
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.
Past Exhibition
see (1)
Location
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- currently in research collection
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