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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1917.20.A-B
Title
Covered Ovoid Jar (So-Called Ginger Jar) with Two Large and Four Small Decorative Cartouches, Each Featuring Antiquities and Auspicious Emblems
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
19th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen
Period
Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/210286

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue, the cartouches reserved against a cobalt powder blue ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base
Technique
Blue-and-white ware
Dimensions
H. 24.5 x Diam. 21 cm (9 5/8 x 8 1/4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Dr. Denman W. Ross
Accession Year
1917
Object Number
1917.20.A-B
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

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