Puzzle Vase

CultureChinese
Titles
  • Puzzle Vase
Date1736–1796
Made inJingdezhen, China
MediumCeramic with celadon glaze and gilt (Jingdezhen ware)
DimensionsOverall: 5 × 3 1/2 in. (12.7 × 8.9 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Charlene Quitter Thompson
Object number2013.499.A,.B
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
109M Jones Galleries
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Department
Asian Art
Object Type
ProvenanceTan Jen, Shanghai; Nai Chi Chang, Shanghai; ; Libby Johnson Moody, Galveston, Texas; Charlene Q. Thompson, Houston, Texas
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
[no inscription]
[not signed]
Base: six characters in underglaze blue, Da Qing Qianlong nian zhi (Made during the reign of the Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty)

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