PEAR-SHAPED VASE WITH FLAIRING RIM MOLDED WITH PRUNUS BRANCH
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
This earthenware pear-shaped monochrome vase with flaring rim was thrown on the potter's wheel and then molded in low relief with a prunus, or "mei hua," branch in bloom on one side before being glazed in off-white. The glaze was intended to produce an all-over fine cracklure in reference to apple-green- and other monochrome-glazed ceramics produced during the reign of the Emperor Kangxi (1644-1722). The footring is glazed in a brighter hue of white with the earthenware body evident, and it is not marked.
- Object name:
- PEAR-SHAPED VASE WITH FLAIRING RIM MOLDED WITH PRUNUS BRANCH
- Made from:
- Pottery
- Made in:
- China
- Date made:
- 1850-1911
- Size:
- 29.8 cm (11 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 27.45
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973