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Covered jar with flowers

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The covered jar with flowers by Royal Delft is a white porcelain jar with a domed lid and a small blue finial on top. The jar features a wide mouth and a narrow neck. It has a wide body that tapers towards the base. The jar and lid are decorated with blue and white designs. The designs feature floral motifs, foliage, and butterflies. There are rectangular and circular panels on the jar depicting trees, a pagoda, and a frog on a lily pad. The background of the image is beige.

Artwork details

Date:
late 17th–early 18th century
Medium:
Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue (Jingdezhen ware)
Culture:
China
Dimensions:
468 × 624 px
Museum record:
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