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Fishbowl Vase
| Object Number: | C102A |
| Current Location: | Collections storage |
| Culture: | Chinese |
| Provenience: | China Canton |
| Period: | Yuan Dynasty (uncertain) Ming Dynasty (uncertain) |
| Date Made: | Yuan Dynasty - 15th Century |
| Early Date: | 1271 |
| Late Date: | 1499 |
| Section: | Asian |
| Materials: | Clay Glaze |
| Technique: | Kuang-yao |
| Iconography: | Lotus Birds Iris |
| Height: | 64.77cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 96.52cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Duveen Brothers, 1915 |
| Other Number | 1114 - Morgan Collection Number |
Description
Large pottery plant jar. Wide apertured oviform shape with thick rounded upper rim. Large guanyao pottery of the Yuan Dynasty. The exterior body is coated in a dark clouded manganese purple glaze, while the rim shows a turquoise blue color with mottling. The embellishment, which is molded in slight relief, presenting lotus plants growing in a shallow water (as indicated by a green wave pattern at the base), is variously glazed in lapis and turquoise blue together with dashes of white. The design includes leafage and lotus seed pods, together with flying birds.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Special Exhibition: Classical and Oriental, Part A: Chinese Porcelains - Varied Groups of the Morgan Collection / (12 Dec 1913 - 01 Nov 1915) | View Objects in Exhibition | |
| Harrison Chinese Rotunda Inaugural Exhibition ( Feb 1916) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Catalogue] Getz, John. 1916. The University Museum Exhibition of Oriental Art. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 164,No.330 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation | |
| [Book] Bushell, Stephen W., et al. 1904. Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains. Volume I. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: No. 1114 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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