Broad-Shouldered Jar with Decoration of Dragons Pursuing Flaming Pearls
Artist
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CultureChinese | Ming Dynasty | Qing Dynasty
Date17th century
MediumPorcelain | Enamel | Enameled Porcelain | Porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels
DimensionsOverall: 12 7/8 x 2 3/4 in. (32.7 x 7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. James C. Perry in Memory of Nancy Nash Perry
Object number36.8.132
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Not on viewPublished ReferencesSee similar jar in Jenyns, _Later Chinese Porcelain_, Pl. II, fig. 1, p. 20 ("...but some of the patterns such as running horses against a sea of waves occur each side of the border line (of the fall of Ming). Most of these pieces may be placed in the last quarter of the 17th century."
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18th - 19th century
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18th-19th century