Yixing kilns
Group of Fruits, Nuts, and Seeds
1643
Scroll
Yixing kilns
Group of Fruits, Nuts, and Seeds
1643
Physical Qualities
Various colored clays, a) walnut 3.5 cm.; b) chestnut 3.5 cm.; c) peanut 3.9 cm.; d) gingko nut 2.8 cm.; e) sunflower seed 2 cm.; f) melon seed 1.7 cm.; g) lily bulb 7.8 cm.; h) water chestnut 3.5 cm.; i) caltrop 7.8 cm.
Credit Line
Gift of Terri and Erwin Harris, Baltimore
Object Number
1988.159
Walnut, Chestnut, Peanut, Gingko Nut, Sunflower Seed, Melon Seed, Lily Bulb, Water Chestnut, and Bat- or Moustache-Shaped Caltrop
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1988; Terri and Erwin Harris, Baltimore
Frances Klapthor, Chinese Ceramics, Baltimore: BMA, 1994, no. 143, p. 59.