Waterpot

CultureChinese
Titles
  • Waterpot
Date1662–1722
Made inJingdezhen, China
MediumPorcelain with clair de lune glaze (Jingdezhen ware)
DimensionsOverall: 2 × 3 7/8 in. diameter (5.1 × 9.8 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Charlene Quitter Thompson
Object number2013.488
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
109M Jones Galleries
On view

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Department
Asian Art
Object Type
ProvenanceImperial Palace Collection; Prince Li; 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 Kangxi nian zhi (Made during the reign of the Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty)

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2013.502.2
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2013.508.2.A,.B