Fishbowl Vase
C101A
From: China
Curatorial Section: Asian
Object Number | C101A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Chinese |
Provenience | China |
Period | Ming Dynasty |
Date Made | Ming Dynasty |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Clay | Glaze |
Technique | Glazed | Fired | Ceramic |
Description | Colossal monochrome myrtle-green plant jar. Large round shape with straight flaring sides that expand to the wide apertured and thick upper rim. Dense Ming pottery of the 14th or 15th Century. The exterior is coated with a mottled myrtle green (talu) colored glaze, its clouding including tones of the guapilu (瓜皮綠) or "cucumber rind" green; literally the gros vert of early periods. |
Credit Line | Purchased from Duveen Brothers, 1915 |
Other Number | 1512 - Morgan Collection Number | Getz 331 - Other Number |
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