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Fishbowl Vase
| Object Number: | C100A |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Chinese |
| Provenience: | China |
| Period: | Ming Dynasty |
| Date Made: | 16th Century |
| Early Date: | 1500 |
| Late Date: | 16th Century |
| Section: | Asian |
| Materials: | Clay Glaze |
| Technique: | Fired Ceramic Glazed Incised |
| Iconography: | Dragons |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Duveen Brothers, 1915 |
| Other Number: | 1115 - Collector Number |
Description
Colossal imperial fishbowl decorated with dragons and incised lines of cloud scrolls and borders with yellow glaze on a creamy white ground. Dense greyish-white pottery. Faint crackle in glaze.
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:
| [Article] 1934. Chinese Dragons (for the younger reader). The University Museum Bulletin. 5 (1): 29-31. | View Objects related to this Actual Citation | |
| [Catalogue] Getz, John. 1916. The University Museum Exhibition of Oriental Art. | View Objects related to this Actual Citation | |
| [Article] 1916. An Exhibition of Oriental Art. The Museum Journal. Volume VII (No. 1): 1-17. | View Objects related to this Actual Citation | |
| [Book] Bushell, Stephen W., et al. 1904. Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains. Volume I. | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
