- Provenance
- Provenance research underway.
- Description
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Blue-and-white.
Clay: fine white porcelain, thick.
Glaze: transparent, faintly bluish, streaky in some areas.
Decoration: in underglaze blue, a different flower spray on each side (lotus, peony, -?- and camellia); small sprays on base and foot.Description by Jan Stuart (10 October 2003):
Deep, flared sides shaped as four bracket lobes rising to an everted rim, each lobe painted in underglaze blue with a different branching stem bearing two flowers, including peony, camellia, lotus and magnolia, raised on a pedestal base with four cloud-shaped feet joined by a shaped apron and painted with small detached flower sprigs.
- Collection Area(s)
- Chinese Art
- Web Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- SI Usage Statement
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