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San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Lenora and Walter F. Brown.
Vase
San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Lenora and Walter F. Brown.
Contact San Antonio Museum of Art, Registrar Department for rights and reproduction of this image. Photography by Peggy Tenison.

Vase

Artist Unknown
DepartmentAsian Art
CultureChinese
Dateca. 1620-1627
MediumPorcelain with cobalt blue underglaze
Dimensionsh. 18 in. (45.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Lenora and Walter F. Brown
Object number85.135.3
Geography
Place madeJingdezhen, Jiangx province, China
General regionAsia
DescriptionA rare and delicately painted blue and white slender vase with a narrow neck and flared lip. The body is decorated with a romantic scene of court figures and attendants in a garden scene set between an-hua borders at the shoulder and foot, made up of scrolling foliage and hatch-pattern.Label TextIn the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, blue and white porcelain was often decorated with scenes drawn from popular novels and plays. The story on this bottle vase depicts Lady Wang, a member of the Han dynasty Imperial court, being married. ProvenanceMr. and Mrs. Walter F. BrownExhibition HistorySan Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Legacy of Beauty: An Exhibition of Chinese Ceramics in Honor of Walter F. Brown, 2014
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San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Lenora and Walter F. Brown. Photography by Peggy Tenison.
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Image Not Available for Vase
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