Jingdezhen kilns
Covered Jar Decorated with Medallions
1661
Physical Qualities
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt decoration, 16.8 cm. H
Credit Line
Bequest of Francis Burns Harvey
Object Number
1931.20.51
Covered jar with dome-shaped lid, small mouth, broad rounded shoulders and body tapering to the foot. The body decorated with three large quatrefoil medallions containing stylized knobby leaf scrolls reserved in white against a blue ground; linked at the mid-point by a wide band decorated with three smaller shaped panels each enclosing a single 6-petaled flower.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1930; Francis Burns Harvey, Baltimore; Morgan Collection (224); Garland Collection (190)
Frances Klapthor, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "90 Years of Asian Accessions: 1920-1940," (Lockwood de Forest, Julius Levy, Francis Burns Harvey, Mary Frick Jacobs, William H. Whitridge), July 2004-February 2005.
Inscribed: Labels, on bottom (removed to file): "MR. GARLAND/190" [within a double circle]; "MORGAN COLLECTION/224" [within a double oval]
