Fishbowl Vase

C100A

From: China

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number C100A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chinese
Provenience China
Period Ming Dynasty
Date Made 16th Century
Section Asian
Materials Clay | Glaze
Technique Fired | Ceramic | Glazed | Incised
Iconography Dragons
Description

Colossal imperial fishbowl decorated with dragons and incised lines of cloud scrolls and borders with yellow glaze on a creamy white ground. Dense greyish-white pottery. Faint crackle in glaze.

Height 75 cm
Width 106 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Duveen Brothers, 1915
Other Number 1115 - Morgan Collection Number | Getz 333 - Other Number

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