Blue-and-white tile with a landscape on one side and flowers on the other

Details

• Title

  Blue-and-white tile with a landscape on one side and flowers on the other

• Associated place

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

• Date

  c. 1690
  Qing Dynasty (1645 - 1911)

• Material and technique

  porcelain, with underglaze painting in cobalt-blue; polychrome overglaze enamels on the reverse side

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › porcelain;

  processed material › enamel

• Technique index

  covered › coated › painted;

  glazed;

  covered › coated › enamelled

• Object type

  architecture › tile

• Dimensions

  16.2 x 27 x 3.7 cm (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.

• Museum location

  Second floor | Gallery 38 | China from AD 800

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1978.1174

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