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Vase with plum blossoms (one of a pair)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The vase is blue and white. The vase has a wide mouth and a narrow base. The vase body is shaped like an upside-down bulbous pear. The vase body and wide rim have a pattern of white plum blossoms. A circle on the upper third of the vase body with a design inside. A band of decoration above and below the circle. A band of decoration around the middle of the vase. The background of the vase body is a dark blue with a crackle pattern. The background is white.

Artwork details

Date:
late 17th–early 18th century
Medium:
Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue (Jingdezhen ware)
Culture:
China
Dimensions:
392 × 625 px
Museum record:
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