Fishbowl Vase

Object Number: | C102A |
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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: | 64.77 cm |
Outside Diameter: | 96.52 cm |
Credit Line: | Purchased from Duveen Brothers, 1915 |
Other Number: | 1114 - Morgan Collection Number Getz 330 - Other 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:
Exhibition of Oriental Art (12 Feb 1916) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
[Catalogue] Getz, John. 1916. The University Museum Exhibition of Oriental Art.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pg.164-167, No.330 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
[Book] Clarke, Thomas B., and Laffan, William M., and Bushell, Stephen W. 1911. Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains.. New York. J. Pierpont Morgan. Vol. Volume Two. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: No. 1115A | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
[Book] Clarke, Thomas B., and Laffan, William M., and Bushell, Stephen W. 1904. Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains.. New York. J. Pierpont Morgan. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: No. 1114 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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