Vase

Object Details

• Description

  Monochrome - white.

  Vase of bottle shape with high spreading foot, slightly spreading neck and short vertical lip; from monster heads on neck issue two annular handles from which hang free-moving rings.

  Body: buff stoneware, thinly potted.

  Glaze: creamy white with some late crackle; lip and most of inside of foot raw.

  Decoration: incised in clay under glaze; two dragons, two phoenixes, leaf, flower and scroll patterns.

  Wood stand, not previously recorded.

• Origin

  Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1700s, 1730s

• Place

  China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen

• Topic

  Porcelain, Art, Chinese Art, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), Jingdezhen ware

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)