VesselsChinese13th-14th century

Circular Bowl with Alternating Designs of Flowering Plants in Planters and Cut, Flowering Branches in Vases (one of two)

13th-14th century

Classification

Vessels

Technique

Qingbai

Medium

Qingbai ware: porcelain with sky-blue glaze over mold-impressed decoration; the unglazed rims originally bound with metal. Probably from the kilns at Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province.

Culture

Chinese

Period

Southern Song period (1127-1279) to Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)

Century

13th-14th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 6.5 x Diam. 18.6 cm (2 9/16 x 7 5/16 in.)

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