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Photographed by Scott Wolff. Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Meiping Vase with Sang de Boeuf Glaze
Photographed by Scott Wolff. Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Photographed by Scott Wolff. Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Meiping Vase with Sang de Boeuf Glaze

Artist Unknown
Date18th century
MediumPorcelain | Glaze | Monochrome sang-de-boeuf ware
DimensionsOverall: 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm)
ClassificationsAsian art
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.101
Terms
  • Oxblood
  • Buff
  • White
  • Chinese exportware
  • China
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DescriptionMeiping vase has high shoulders, slightly flared short neck. Tapers gracefully to foot. Glaze "oxblood" with "orangeskin" surface, collects evenly around foot. Exposed body of light buff color, bottom and interior white. Glaze on neck thinned by downward flow. Monochrome sang-de-boeuf ware: porcelain with copper-red glaze; with spurious mark painted on base in underglaze cobalt blue reading: “Da Ming Xunadenian zhi” (Made during Xuande reign of the Ming Dynasty)

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