Hexagonal Flower Pot
Unknown Artist
early 1400s
Medium
porcelaneous stoneware, numbered Jun ware
Dimensions
13.4 × 14 cm, l. 22 cm
Classification
Ceramic
Department
Chinese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Bequest of John L. Severance
Accession Number
1942.661.2
About this artwork
This deep hexagonal flowerpot, one of a pair in the collection, is numbered "10" and bears additional inscriptions to specifically indicate the location of its usage within the palace: "for use in the Study of Illumination (Mingchuang yong)" within the "Hall of Cultivating the Mind (Yangxin Dian)" of the Forbidden City. The inscriptions seem to suggest the Qing imperial provenance of this flower pot.