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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1940.193
Title
Vase with Flaring Mouth and Dragon-Shaped Handles and with Decoration of Two Flowering Peony Plants
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
mid 17th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen
Period
Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/205247

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Enameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with applique handles and decoration reserved in white against an underglaze cobalt blue ground, the reserved designs embellished with overglaze polychrome enamels; with an underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base
Dimensions
H. 37.9 x Diam. 16.2 cm (14 15/16 x 6 3/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Samuel C. Davis
Accession Year
1940
Object Number
1940.193
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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