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Jingdezhen kilns

Beaker Vase Decorated with Flowers and Rocks

1660

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Jingdezhen kilns

Beaker Vase Decorated with Flowers and Rocks

1660

Physical Qualities Porcelain with underglaze cobalt decoration, 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm.) H19
Credit Line Bequest of Francis Burns Harvey
Object Number 1931.20.42
Beaker vase decorated with flowering plants and fantastic rocks enclosed within oblong, quatrefoil panels on opposite sides of the body: on one side, a dianthus and on the other, a variety of chrysanthemum. The panels are set against a background of sloppily drawn and painted flower-and-vine leaf scroll. Bands of bracketed ruyi-heads decorate the top and top, below the mouth and above the foot. The mouth rim and stepped footrim are unglazed.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1930; Francis Burns Harvey, Baltimore; Morgan Collection (289); James Garland Collection (267)

Markings: On bottom, two labels: "MORGAN COLLECTION/289" and "MR. GARLAND/267" [within a double circle]

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