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Jingdezhen kilns

Large Jar Decorated with Dragons

1521

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Jingdezhen kilns

Large Jar Decorated with Dragons

1521

Physical Qualities Porcelain with underglaze cobalt decoration, Overall: 21 × 19 1/4 Diam in . (53.3 × 48.9 cm.)
Credit Line Purchase with exchange funds from The Mary Frick Jacobs Collection
Object Number 1993.22
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1993; Andrew Kahane, Ltd., New York
Frances Klapthor, "The Way of Nature: Art from Japan, China, and Korea," Baltimore Museum of Art, September 21, 2025-March 1, 2026

Inscribed: 6 character reign mark, in underglaze cobalt, on the neck: Da Ming Jia Jing Nian Zhi

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