Blue-and-white ewer with floral and geometric decoration

Details

• Title

  Blue-and-white ewer with floral and geometric decoration

• Associated place

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

• Date

  1590 - 1630

• Material and technique

  porcelain, with modelled and applied decoration luted to the ewer with slip, and with underglaze painting in cobalt-blue

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › porcelain

• Technique index

  formed › modelled;

  luted;

  slipped;

  covered › coated › painted;

  glazed

• Object type

  container › vessel › ewer

• Dimensions

  19.5 cm (height)
  12.8 cm (diameter)
  at base 8 cm (diameter)

• 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.

  EA1978.1935

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