Title(s)

Ovoid covered jar with fluted sides and figures in medallions

Object type

• lid
• ginger jar

Object number

AK-RBK-16270-B-2

Inscriptions / marks

• mark: ‘大 明 成 化 年 製 dà míng Chéng huà nián zhì’

Description

Plat deksel van eivormige dekselpot van porselein, beschilderd in onderglazuur blauw. Op de rand van de deksel met fruittakken (perzik), de bovenzijde met drie spelende jongens (zotjes) in een omheinde tuin. Blauw-wit.

Artist

• anonymous

Place

China

Dating

c. 1700 - c. 1724

School / style

Qing-dynasty (1644-1912) / Kangxi-period (1662-1722) / Yongzheng-period (1723-1735)

Material

• porcelain
• glaze
• cobalt (mineral)

Technique

turning / formed / fired / paint / vitrification

Measurements

diameter 11 cm × height 3.8 cm

Credit line

• Mr and Mrs Drucker-Fraser Bequest, Montreux

Acquisition

bequest 1944

Copyright

Public domain

Is part of

• Ovoid covered jar with fluted sides and figures in medallions (AK-RBK-16270-B)

• Chinese ceramics in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam : the Ming and Qing dynasties, p. 110, cat.nr. 107