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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Cylindrical Brush Pot with Decoration of Ducks Swimming in a Pond Under a Willow Tree
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Cylindrical Brush Pot with Decoration of Ducks Swimming in a Pond Under a Willow Tree

Artist Unknown
Dateearly 18th century
MediumPorcelain | Enamel
DimensionsOverall: 6 1/8 x 7 5/8 in. (15.6 x 19.4 cm)
ClassificationsAsian art
Credit LineGift of Dr. James C. Perry in Memory of Nancy Nash Perry
Object number36.8.157
Terms
  • Tan
  • Yellow
  • Green
  • Aubergine
  • White
  • China
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DescriptionWide cylindrical container has flat bottom of which half is unglazed. Body burned to light tan. Piece painted in famille jaune enamels of yellow, aubergine and green. Two rectangular scenes, one of a bird sitting on a rock watching insects around flowering branch and the other two swans and cygnets swimming in pond. Both have yellow sky area. Surrounding areas are filled with diaper pattern. Interior glazed, white.
Base with underglaze imperial mark reading “Da Qing Kangxinian zhi” (Made during the Kangxi reign of the Qing Dynasty.
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