Miniature bottle late 17th century

Porcelain painted in underglaze blue | 8.5 cm (parts .a-b together) | RCIN 8912

China

Description

A blue-and-white miniature porcelain bottle. With ovoid body tapering into a tubular neck with everted lip, and glazed base. Painted on one side is a flowering plant growing by a rock.

Text adapted from Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen: Volume I.
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Creator(s)

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Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Porcelain painted in underglaze blue

porcelain

blue underglazed

Measurements

8.5 cm (parts .a-b together)
Groupings
Category
Ceramics
Object type(s)
containers
vessels
vases
References

Other number(s)

C&J : Ayers, J., 2016. Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen. 3 vols., London – C&J 381

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