Blue-and-white hexagonal vase in double-gourd form

Details

• Title

  Blue-and-white hexagonal vase in double-gourd form

• Associated place

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

• Date

  1600 - 1625

• Material and technique

  porcelain, thrown and luted together with slip, with underglaze painting in cobalt-blue

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › porcelain

• Technique index

  thrown;

  luted;

  covered › coated › painted;

  glazed

• Object type

  container › vessel › vase

• Dimensions

  43.7 cm (height)
  24.5 cm max. (diameter)
  at base 16.5 cm max. (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.

  EA1978.921

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