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China
Jar and Cover late 16th-early 17th century
Porcelain painted in underglaze blue | 30.5 x 25.0 cm (whole object) | RCIN 10756
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A blue-and-white Chinese porcelain jar and cover with four mask-head lugs in applied relief round the shoulder, short neck, straight foot and glazed base. The low, domed cover, which does not belong to this jar, has a pointed button knob.
Painted round the sides is a continuous landscape, with a cliff, a growing peony, a pair of large peafowl, a flowering tree and a pair of smaller birds. Round the foot is a lotus-petal panel border, and round the shoulder one of Y-diaper on a blue ground, interrupted by four cartouches with peach sprays; on the neck, a ‘classic scroll’ border, and on the cover, four flower-spray panels on a Y-diaper ground.
Text adapted from Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen: Volume I. -
Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Porcelain painted in underglaze blue
Measurements
30.5 x 25.0 cm (whole object)