CHINESE
Vase
Yuan dynasty 1279-1368

Medium
stoneware (Cizhou ware)

Measurements
26.4 × 14.6 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of H. W. Kent, 1938

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Cizhou, Hebei province, north China, China

Inscription
incised in base (in Chinese characters) c.: (...illeg.)

Accession Number
3721-D3

Department
Asian Art

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Physical description
Cylindrical body tapering to rimmed foot; rounded shoulders, short neck with everted rim; three quatrefoil medallions of a figure in stylized garden with water and scroll clouds, lower band of scroll flowers and scrolling foliage, shoulder band of floral and scrolling foliage motif. Chipping around foot and rim.

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CHINESE
Vase
Yuan dynasty 1279-1368