Physical description
Bottle of porcelain with decoration painted in blue under a greyish-white glaze. The body is pear-shaped and has decoration consisting of lotus scrolls over which is painted the character Yuan.
Place of Origin
China (made)
Date
second half of 15th century (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown
Materials and Techniques
Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue
Dimensions
Height: 19.7 cm, Diameter: 10.8 cm
Descriptive line
Bottle, porcelain painted in underglaze blue, China (Jingdezhen), Ming dynasty, second half of 15th century
Production Note
label
Materials
Porcelain
Techniques
Blue and white
Subjects depicted
Lotus flowers
Categories
Ceramics; Porcelain
Collection
East Asia Collection