Baluster covered jar with lotus plants and cranes, anonymous, c. 1700 - c. 1724 Balus -shaped porcelain lid jar with a spreading base and a wide neck. Painted in underly glaze blue and red and a white sludge. On the wall a continuous representation of a pond with lotus plants and standing and flying cranes. A decorative band around the foot and on the shoulder. The neck with flower branches. Lotus plants on the lid. Marked on the underside with an artemisia leaf in a double circle. A crack in the neck of the pot. Two shards from the lid. Underglaze blue with copper red. China porcelain. glaze.


Baluster covered jar with lotus plants and cranes, anonymous, c. 1700 - c. 1724 Balus -shaped porcelain lid jar with a spreading base and a wide neck. Painted in underly glaze blue and red and a white sludge. On the wall a continuous representation of a pond with lotus plants and standing and flying cranes. A decorative band around the foot and on the shoulder. The neck with flower branches. Lotus plants on the lid. Marked on the underside with an artemisia leaf in a double circle. A crack in the neck of the pot. Two shards from the lid. Underglaze blue with copper red. China porcelain. glaze. cobalt (mineral). copper (metal) painting / vitrification Balus -shaped porcelain lid jar with a spreading base and a wide neck. Painted in underly glaze blue and red and a white sludge. On the wall a continuous representation of a pond with lotus plants and standing and flying cranes. A decorative band around the foot and on the shoulder. The neck with flower branches. Lotus plants on the lid. Marked on the underside with an artemisia leaf in a double circle. A crack in the neck of the pot. Two shards from the lid. Underglaze blue with copper red. China porcelain. glaze. cobalt (mineral). copper (metal) painting / vitrification


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