Jingdezhen kilns
European Market Bottle
1699-1721
Scroll
Jingdezhen kilns
European Market Bottle
1699-1721
Physical Qualities
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt decoration, 7 13/16 H x 4 1/2 Diam. in. (19.8 x 11.4 cm.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Francis Burns Harvey
Object Number
1931.20.74
Ceramic bottles of this shape were based on glass models. Many porcelain bottles like these also bear a "G" mark, suggesting they were part of a large set. The letter mark may be the initial of the European client who placed and purchased the order.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1930; Francis Burns Harvey, Baltimore
Asian Reinstallation: Home, Temple, Tomb
[Asian Refresh]
Asian Gallery Rotations 2023
Asian Rotations 2024
Asian Rotations 2025
Christiaan J. A. Jörg, "Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Ming and Qing Dynasties," London: Philip Wilson Publishers Limited, 1997, no. 298, p. 259, ill.; for a bottle of this type, 20 cm. h, early 18th century, similarly marked with an underglaze blue "G".
Inscribed: On bottom: letter 'G'
On View at the BMA
