CHINESE
Vase
(1920s)

Medium
porcelain, enamel

Measurements
34.8 × 16.8 cm diameter

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1958

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, south-east China, China

Inscription
inscribed in red enamel (in Chinese characters) on base c.: (Zhu rentang zhi: made for the hall where one dwells in benevolence)

Accession Number
1764-D4

Department
Asian Art

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Gordon Darling Foundation

Physical description
Elongated ovoid form tapering to short neck with everted rim; rooster standing on eccentric rock with hen and three chickens in garden of flowering plants, with two flying birds. Porcelain, overglaze polychrome enamels on white on buff body.

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CHINESE
Vase
(1920s)