Yixing kilns
Group of Fruits, Nuts, and Seeds
Late 16th century original (this set a later copy)
Scroll
Yixing kilns
Group of Fruits, Nuts, and Seeds
Late 16th century original (this set a later copy)
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
This group of naturalistic objects includes a walnut, chestnut, peanut, gingko nut, sunflower seed, melon seed, lily bulb, water chestnut, and bat- or moustache-shaped caltrop—all made from the distinctive reddish brown, sandy clay of the
Yixing potteries.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1988; Terri and Erwin Harris, Baltimore
Frances Klapthor, Chinese Ceramics, Baltimore: BMA, 1994, no. 143, p. 59.
