Jar with a bird on a prunus spray

Details

• Title

  Jar with a bird on a prunus spray

• Associated place

  Asia › Korea (place of creation)

• Date

  c. 1700
  Choson Dynasty (1392 - 1910)

• Material and technique

  porcelain, covered with white glaze, and with painting in blue under a transparent glaze

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › porcelain

• Technique index

  covered › coated › painted;

  glazed

• Object type

  container › vessel › jar

• Dimensions

  35.6 cm (height)
  31 cm (diameter)
  at base 16.5 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.

  EA1978.1800

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