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Meiping vase

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Meiping vase by the artist is a ceramic vessel with a narrow mouth and a short neck. The vase body is bulbous in the middle and tapers down to a narrower base. It has a white glaze with a crackle pattern throughout. The crackle pattern resembles fine, dark lines crisscrossing the surface. The background is a plain light gray color with the vase casting a faint shadow on the surface below it.

Artwork details

Date:
late 17th–early 18th century
Medium:
Porcelain with Ge-type crackled glaze (Jingdezhen ware)
Culture:
China
Dimensions:
600 × 500 px
Museum record:
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