Gourd-Shaped Bottle
Unknown Artist
mid-16th century
Medium
Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under and colored enamels over transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware)
Dimensions
H. 6 in. (15.2 cm); Diam. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); Diam. of base 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm)
Classification
Ceramics
Culture & Period
China · Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Jiajing mark and period (1522–66)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Accession Number
91.1.379
Tags
Lotuses