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Pair of spitoons
Qing dynasty, Xuantong period 1909-1911
Medium
porcelain, gilt, enamel
Measurements
(a) 8.9 × 9.7 cm diameter
(b) 8.9 × 9.8 cm diameter
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John H. Connell, 1914
Gallery location
Asian Art - Chinese Gallery
Level 1, NGV International
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, south-east China, China
Inscription
(a) incised and painted in red enamel on base (in Chinese characters) c.: (mark of the Empress Dowager studio)
impressed in red enamel in upper rim (in Chinese characters): (Empress Dowager studio's seal marks) (studio of grand culture) (Spring within Heaven and earth as one family)
(b) incised and painted in red enamel on base (in Chinese characters) c.: (mark of the Empress Dowager studio)
impressed in red enamel in upper rim (in Chinese characters): (Empress Dowager studio's seal marks) (studio of grand culture) (Spring within Heaven and earth as one family)
Accession Number
1218.a-b-D3
Department
Asian Art
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Physical description
(a) Globular body with wide trumpet mouth; minah on combination wisteria/grape vine with camelias on turquoise ground; interior with combination wisteria/grape vine on turquoise ground on mouth; gilt rim.
(b) Globular body with wide trumpet mouth; minah on combination wisteria/grape vine with camelias on turquoise ground; interior with combination wisteria/grape vine on turquoise ground on mouth; gilt rim. Broken at rim, enamel loss on some leaves.