Vase with 'mirror-black' glaze

Details

• Title

  Vase with 'mirror-black' glaze

• Associated place

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

• Date

  1740 - 1780
  Qing Dynasty (1645 - 1911)

• Material and technique

  porcelain, with 'mirror-black' glaze containing iron and manganese oxides with cobalt and copper; white glaze on upper lip and inside

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › porcelain

• Technique index

  glazed

• Object type

  container › vessel › vase

• Dimensions

  20.3 cm (height)
  8.5 cm (diameter)
  at foot 6.2 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Bequeathed by Gaspard Farrer through The Art Fund, 1946.

• Museum location

  Second floor | Gallery 38 | China from AD 800

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EAX.1906

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