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: | 1599 |
| Section: | Asian |
| Materials: | Clay Glaze |
| Technique: | Fired Ceramic Glazed Incised |
| Iconography: | Dragons |
| Height: | 75 cm |
| Width: | 106 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Duveen Brothers, 1915 |
| Other Number: | 1115 - Morgan Collection Number Getz 333 - Other 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:
| Exhibition of Oriental Art (12 Feb 1916) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Article] 1934. "Chinese Dragons: For Junior Members". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 5. no. 1. pg. 29-31 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 29-31 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue] Getz, John. 1916. The University Museum Exhibition of Oriental Art.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pg.167-168, No. 333 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] 1916. "An Exhibition of Oriental Art". The Museum Journal. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. VII. no. No. 1. pg. 1-17 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 1-17 | 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. 1115B | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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