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Jar decorated with rock, peonies, and birds

mid- to late 17th century
Not on view
This colorful jar follows the traditional enameling technique developed during the fifteenth century. Featuring a solid tone, the overglaze enamels are polychromatic but blue appears only in the underglaze, as seen in the outlines around the jar’s neck, shoulder, and base. The dominant use of green, appearing in different hues on rocks, leaves, and the birds’ feathers, is typical of the period. Wares of this type are often identified in the West with the French term famille verte, or “green family.”

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Object Information
  • 清早期 景德鎮窯花石錦鷄紋罐
  • Title: Jar decorated with rock, peonies, and birds
  • Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Shunzhi (1644–61)–Kangxi (1662–1722) period
  • Date: mid- to late 17th century
  • Culture: China
  • Medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze enamels (Jingdezhen ware)
  • Dimensions: H. 11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm) ; Diam. 10 in. (25.4 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Mary Clark Thompson, 1923
  • Object Number: 24.80.164a, b
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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