Large Porcelain "Guan" Jar , Baluster Form / Artist Unknown, China
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.109
- Title
- Large Porcelain "Guan" Jar , Baluster Form
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Artist Nationality
- Chinese
- Medium and Support
- porcelain
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1573-1619
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- China (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- China (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Stuart and Barbara Hilbert
- Dimensions
- 41 cm x 36 cm x 36 cm (16 1/8 in. x 14 3/16 in. x 14 3/16 in.)
- Primary Object Classification
- Ceramic
- Primary Object Type
- vase
- Secondary Object Classification
- Decorative Arts
- Secondary Object Type
- vase
- Physical Description
- The short vertical neck is decorated with a key motif repeat. The shoulders are decorated with a tapered lappet device repeat. The open large scale decoration features two mythical kylin in a suggested landscape of mountains. The opposing side depicts a moonlit valley with assorted foliage and stylized clouds. The base is unglazed with turning marks and discolored with good evidence of age.
- Secondary Keywords
- asia (continent)
- asian
- chinese
- chinese ceramics styles
- chinese styles
- chinese styles and periods
- containers
- containers by form
- east asian
- geographic and political locations
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- vessels
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 3888 x 2592
- File Size
- 139 KB
- Record
- 2009/2.109
- Link to this Item
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"Large Porcelain "Guan" Jar , Baluster Form; Artist Unknown, China." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2009-sl-2.109/2009_2.109.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024.