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Vase

Jingdezhen Kiln

Artwork Details

Vase
Qing dynasty (18th century)
Jingdezhen Kiln
soft paste porcelain with blue underglaze painting
15 1/2 in. (39.37 cm)
Gift of William C. Weese, M.D., LSA '65
2022/1.67

Description

Subject Matter:

This Blue and White porcelain vase are decorated with scrolls of peony blossoms and branches of pomegranate and blossoms. The medalions are decorated with pomegranate in the center, circled by four hornless dragons. The hornless dragon is one of the so-called "nine sons of a dragon", strong and fearless.



 

Physical Description:

Blue and white soft paste porcelain stork neck vase with rounded lower portion. 

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