Blue-and-white bowl with crane and flowering branches

Details

• Title

  Blue-and-white bowl with crane and flowering branches

• Associated place

  Asia › China › Jiangxi province › Jingdezhen › Jingdezhen kilns (place of creation)

  Asia › Japan (original location)

• Date

  Ming Dynasty, Tianqi Period (1621 - 1627)

• Material and technique

  porcelain, with reserved decoration against underglaze painting in cobalt-blue and red

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › porcelain

• Technique index

  covered › coated › painted;

  glazed

• Object type

  container › vessel › bowl

• Dimensions

  2.6 cm (height)
  14.6 cm (diameter)
  at foot 5.6 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.

• Museum location

  Second floor | Gallery 38 | China from AD 800

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1978.2061

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