Beaker vase with figures in a landscape

Details

• Title

  Beaker vase with figures in a landscape

• Associated place

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

• Date

  1640 - 1660
  Qing Dynasty, Shunzhi Period (1645 - 1661)

• Material and technique

  porcelain, thrown and luted together with slip, with underglaze painting in cobalt-blue, and polychrome overglaze enamels; iron-brown painting on the rim

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › porcelain;

  processed material › enamel;

  processed material › metal › iron

• Technique index

  thrown;

  luted;

  covered › coated › painted;

  glazed;

  covered › coated › enamelled

• Object type

  container › vessel › vase;

  container › vessel › beaker

• Dimensions

  51 cm (height)
  21.5 cm (diameter)
  at base 17 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.

  EA1978.1807

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