Blue-and-white moon flask or bianhu

Details

• Title

  Blue-and-white moon flask or bianhu

• Associated place

  Asia › China › Jiangxi province › Jingdezhen › Jingdezhen kilns (place of creation)

• Date

  1403 - 1425
  Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644)

• Material and technique

  porcelain, with underglaze painting in cobalt-blue

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › porcelain

• Technique index

  covered › coated › painted;

  glazed

• Object type

  container › vessel › flask › moon-flask

• Dimensions

  29.5 x 20.5 x 12.5 cm max. (height x width x depth)
  width and depth at foot 29.5 x 6.5 x 5.5 cm (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased with the assistance of the Art Fund, in honour of Sir Christopher White's Directorship of the Ashmolean, 1997.

• Museum location

  Second floor | Gallery 38 | China from AD 800

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1997.190

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