Vase

88-10-28A

From: China

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 88-10-28A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chinese
Provenience China
Period Qing Dynasty | Kangxi
Date Made Kangxi
Section Asian
Materials Porcelain | Glaze
Technique Porcelain | Famille Verte | Glazed | Fired
Iconography Prunus Tree | Hawthorne | Flowers | Insects | Magpie
Description

Porcelain vase. Flattened rectangular form, bulging out from rectangular foot. Lobed flat mouth. Famille verte glaze with overall white flowering prunus tree (Hawthorne). Front and back raised round white pointed reserves with floral and insect designs. Outlined in black. Applied open flat handled on shoulders with magpie on branch design. Grecian key around lip. Recessed base with greyish white interior glaze. With wooden stand.

Credit Line Bequest of Robert C. Alexander, 1988
Other Number 312 - Other Number | L.38.59 - Other Number

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