VesselsJapanese19th-20th century

Lobed, Wide-Shouldered Jar with Decoration of Four Immortals in a Landscape

late 19th-early 20th century

Classification

Vessels

Medium

Enameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark on base reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base

Culture

Japanese

Period

Meiji era, 1868-1912

Century

19th-20th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

12.7 x 13 cm (5 x 5 1/8 in.)

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