Gourd-Shaped Bottle

Unknown Artist

mid-16th century

Gourd-Shaped Bottle by Unknown Artist

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

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