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White rounded jar with blue image of dragon and round object

This white porcelain jar has a narrow opening that flares out and then rounds back inward at the base, creating a rounded, broad-shouldered shape. The jar is painted with shades of blue. This side of the jar shows a dragon with a lion-like tail, large paws, wide white eyes, and a fanged mouth. The dragon pounces on a round object made up of concentric circles with four equidistant points around the edges. The leg of another dragon can be seen to the left. Swirling dark blue lines weave around the dragons.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1917.24
Title
Broad-Shouldered Jar with Flaring Base and Decoration of Three Dragons, Each Pursuing a Brocade Ball
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
late 17th-early 18th Century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen
Period
Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/210288

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
Technique
Blue-and-white ware
Dimensions
H. 22.9 cm (9 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Dr. Denman W. Ross
Accession Year
1917
Object Number
1917.24
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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